Norton Halts Shipments of Blake Bailey's Roth Biography

Norton has temporarily halted the shipment and promotion of Blake Bailey's 'Philip Roth: The Biography' following allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against the author by a number of women. On Monday, Bailey’s literary agency, the Story Factory, dropped the author when those allegations first surfaced. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-22 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Industry Notes: Serial Box’s Foreign Rights and Amazon’s Summer Reading List

Bookcase Literary Agency is handling international rights sales for Serial Box–which has an ‘Orphan Black’ series coming–and Amazon’s ‘Best So Far’ 2019 list is out for summer reading. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Serial Box: New “Orphan Black’ Content Coming iterary... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-06-20 03:26:28 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Serial Box’s Foreign Rights and Amazon’s Summer Reading List

Bookcase Literary Agency is handling international rights sales for Serial Box–which has an 'Orphan Black' series coming–and Amazon's 'Best So Far' 2019 list is out for summer reading. The post Industry Notes: Serial Box’s Foreign Rights and Amazon’s Summer Reading List appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-06-20 03:26:28 UTC ]
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New Agency for African MG and YA Fiction: Accord Literary

A Ghana-UK cooperation to support African writers led to the launch of a new literary agency for African middle-grade and teen fiction: Accord Literary. The post New Agency for African MG and YA Fiction: Accord Literary appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bright Agency launches literary list

Children’s literary agency The Bright Agency is launching a literary list, led by director Arabella Stein. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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True crime grips London book fair 2019

Big deals signed for study of a 19th-century family of killers, Hell’s Half-Acre, and Murder Isn’t Easy, a mortician’s take on Agatha Christie’s forensics The spectre of true crime was stalking the aisles at this year’s London book fair, with publishers snapping up investigations into past evils... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ton-up A M Heath basks in purple patch

Celebrating its centenary this year, the literary agency is reaping the benefits of estates and ebooks, and blossoming with its small but powerful team of cross-genre agents. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Honey in the Carcase' is Josip Novakovich's darkest and, somehow, most hopeful book yet

Only a few dozen writers have had careers estimable enough to have been nominated for the International Man Booker Prize, an award something like a cooler Nobel. Think Don DeLillo. Lydia Davis. Philip Roth. Joyce Carol Oates. Among the nominees in 2013 was the Croatian-born Josip Novakovich, who... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roesler promoted to editorial director at S Fischer

German publisher S Fischer has promoted Alexander Roesler to editorial director of non-fiction, to replace Nina Sillem who left in September to establish her own literary agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Library launches Emerging Writers Programme

The London Library has launched the Emerging Writers Programme to support unpublished writers, with literary agency A M Heath one of the scheme's supporters.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New Literary Agency’s Old Hands: ‘It’s Just Intoxicating’

With decades of experience in the offices and cubicles of the business, three publishing veterans are now repping authors as literary agents who hold meetings at 6 a.m. The post A New Literary Agency’s Old Hands: ‘It’s Just Intoxicating’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watson, Little hires Rachel Richardson as rights director

Watson, Little Ltd has hired the literary agency’s first rights director, Rachel Richardson.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Salena Godden signs with OWN IT! literary agency

OWN IT! has signed author, poet and activist Salena Godden to its literary, film and TV agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turkish agency urges 'understanding' for publishers in crisis-hit country

A literary agency in Turkey is calling on publishers and agents around the world to support the country's book trade with their "understanding" following the economic crisis and fall of the lira. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marjacq to push further into the heart of the action in its 45th year

A recent move into central London has proved a pleasant metaphor for the latter-day development of the literary agency which started life as a script and gaming agency, and is now striking a string of big-bucks book deals. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fight Club author left with 'no reserves to write the next book' after fraud

Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk has said he may be forced to sell his house in order to stay afloat after an accountant at his literary agency was arrested for embezzling $3.4m (£2.5m) from the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robertson to leave Faber to start new literary agency

Charlotte Robertson, sales and marketing director and paperback publisher at Faber, is to leave the company to become managing director of a new literary agency in association with Arlington Management. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Williams launches children’s literary agency

Literary agent Alice Williams has left David Higham Associates after 10 years to launch her own agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fight Club author Palahniuk 'close to broke' after accountant charged with fraud

Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk has described himself as being "close to broke" after an accountant at his literary agency was arrested for embezzling $3.4m (£2.5m) from the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Roth, Titan of American Fiction, Dies at 85

“The struggle with writing is done.” The Newark-born novelist, whose prolific output was matched perhaps only by his facility with the English language, died of congestive heart failure in Manhattan on May 22. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Holmwood joins DKW to develop foreign rights department

Diamond Kahn and Woods (DKW) has appointed Anna Holmwood as foreign rights manager to develop the literary agency’s foreign rights department in-house. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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