While the future of America's biggest sports magazine remains an open question, its second-biggest will soon call it quits on print entirely. ESPN The Magazine will shutter its monthly print edition after September's annual Body Issue, its parent company announced Tuesday morning, ending a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Miller, the co-founder and senior editor of Academy Chicago Press, a quirky and erudite publisher of fiction and nonfiction titles, died on Saturday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
George Andreou, currently v-p and senior editor at Alfred A. Knopf, has been named the new director of the vaunted university press. The job marks something of a homecoming for Andreou, who graduated from Harvard College in 1987. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Harwell, senior editor at HarperCollins Children's Books and winner of PW's second annual Star Watch award, shares his notes and pictures throughout his week at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Harwell, senior editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, was named PW Star Watch Superstar at a party at New York's Dream Downtown hotel on September 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A senior editor is the latest to leave Yale University Press London following a reorganisation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week's My Job in 5 is with My Job in 5; Sophie Schrey, senior editor, Buster Books, the children's imprint of Michael O'Mara. Here's what she had to say about her role. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier Zaffre has appointed Katherine Armstrong as senior editor on the Zaffre crime list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Describe your role. I’m involved in so many aspects of editorial, but the main component of my role is to devise new title ideas and develop them with a strong sense of identity. This includes exploring new designs, authors, artists and concepts. I also oversee the work of the rest of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Granta Books has acquired two new books from Ben Marcus, author of The Flame Alphabet and Leaving the Sea. Senior editor of Granta Books, Max Porter, acquired UK & Commonwealth rights for a collection of stories and a novel, both as yet untitled, from Judith Murray at Greene and Heaton on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two Roads has acquired an originally self-published memoir by the general manager of Opera Holland Park. Michael Volpe’s Noisy at the Wrong Times was chosen by The Bookseller’s Caroline Sanderson as an Independent Author pick in April, and was named by the Sunday Times as one of its “100... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Piatkus has acquired a book by Sareeta Domingo, who works as a senior editor at Hothouse Fiction. Anna Boatman, senior editor at Piatkus Fiction, bought world rights in The Nearness of You from Sara Keane at Keane Kataria Literary Agency. The Nearness of You is set in London and concerns a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scribner in the UK and Atria Books in the US, both part of the Simon & Schuster group, have acquired a new book by Swedish novelist and playwright, Jonas Hassen Khemiri. World English Language rights in the novel, titled Everything I Don’t Remember, were acquired by Rowan Cope, editorial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate will publish a new cookbook from Birmingham-born chef April Bloomfield featuring recipes using vegetables, titled A Girl and Her Greens. Jenny Lord, senior editor at Canongate, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Cullen Stanley at Janklow and Nesbit. Bloomfield is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Music critic Jessica Hopper’s work has been anthologised in a new book – still a rare accolade in the macho world of rock writingThe first essay reprinted in Jessica Hopper’s new book, The First Collection Of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, sees her in 2002, imagining “what a REAL... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sphere has acquired two novels by debut author Mark Hardie, who began writing full-time after losing his eyesight in 2002. Jade Chandler, senior editor for Sphere Fiction, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Burned and Broken and its sequel from Juliet Mahony and Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder non-fiction has promoted Briony Gowlett to senior editor. Gowlett, who was previously commissioning editor, has been at Hodder for a year, and bought books including Joey Essex’s Being Reem and most recently YouTuber Joe Sugg’s first book, a graphic novel. Hannah Black, publisher for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karyn Marcus is returning to Simon & Schuster as a senior editor, starting February 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Editors are predicting a continuing surge of debut fiction in 2015, following the success of authors like Jessie Burton and Elizabeth Healey, saying they are on the lookout for original voices and novels in translation, as well as strong homegrown talent. The trend for unreliable female... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has made two appointments to its editorial team in Canada, while confirming the departure of two other staff members. Nita Pronovost will now be joining the Canada operation as editorial director from her position as senior editor at Doubleday where she built “an impressive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]