Obituary: Ann K. Beneduce

Revered children's book editor and author Ann K. Beneduce, who had a guiding hand in launching the careers of Eric Carle and many other authors and illustrators, died on March 18 in Princeton, N.J. She was 102. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Apply Now for the 2016 Children’s Book Editor’s Trip to Germany

Children's book editors from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: apply for the German Book Office New York editor's trip by April 11, 2016. The post Apply Now for the 2016 Children’s Book Editor’s Trip to Germany appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slate Voice: “Two Kinds of Goodbyes”

In September 2015, book editor and novelist Jill Bialosky wrote “Two Kinds of Goodbyes,” an essay about tragically losing both her daughter and her son during two pregnancies. Exclusively for Slate Plus members, Bialosky reads “Two Kinds of Goodbyes” as a podcast. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Does a Book Editor Work?

We’re posting transcripts of Working, Slate’s podcast about what people do all day, exclusively for Slate Plus members. What follows is the transcript for Season 3, Episode 6, in which Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to Jordan Pavlin, a book editor at Knopf, about how she identifies... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picture book nonsense from Eric Carle

Puffin is to publish a new picture book by The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle. The Nonsense Show will celebrate surrealism, and will be published in October to coincide with US publication. Jo Hanks, editorial director at Puffin, bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Jonathan Lanman

Jonathan Lanman, longtime children's book editor and former v-p and editorial director at Atheneum Books for Young Readers, died on April 19. He was 62. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Gatekeepers

One day about three years after I’d left the New Yorker to become a book editor, Alberto Vitale—former CEO of Random House, Inc., a genial, intelligent, and remarkably tan businessman, originally from Italy and Olivetti—stopped me in the hall outside my office. “Profesore, how are you?” Alberto... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Reviewer and Editor, Ruth Coughlin, 71

Ruth Bridget Coughlin, former book editor at the 'Detroit News,' passed away on December 25 in Dover, N.J. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Profile: Hannah Moushabeck at Odyssey Bookshop

Hannah Moushabeck, age 25, is the children's department director at Odyssey Bookshop, a children's book editor for Interlink Publishing Group, and co-chair of the New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eric Carle to write first book in four years for Puffin

Written By: Charlotte Williams Puffin is to publish a new picture book by The Very Hungry Caterpillar author Eric Carle, his first in four years. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse will be published in October 2011, in a global, simultaneous publication with Philomel, a Penguin Young Readers... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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