Thursday, October 20, 2016

The Roundup with PW

Frankfurt Book Fair 2016: Charkin Says IPA Stands With Turkish Publishers
Richard Charkin, executive director of Bloomsbury and current IPA president, said the situation in Turkey is of grave concern. The country's government has been working swiftly to curtail any dissenting voices and has shut down over 30 publishers, while jailing thousands of authors and journalists.
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A Look at MoMA's Children's List
There are certain advantages to having your publishing offices housed a few paces from one of the most exquisite collections of art in the world. "I don't know of another children’s publisher with 55 paintings by Picasso in its collection," joked Charles Kim, associate publisher of MoMA Books.
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The Stephen E. King Chair in Literature: The University of Maine is creating a chair in honor of one of its most famous graduates, and is collecting applications from professors now.

United Methodist Lays Off 40: The United Methodist Publishing House will close a distribution center in March, a move that will idle roughly 40 employees.

Thom Jones Dies at 71: The janitor turned author, author of 'The Pugilist at Rest,' once burst from obscurity to become an idiosyncratic literary sensation.

Paramount Options VanderMeer's 'Borne': With the highly anticipated 'Annihilation' set to bow next year, the studio is looking to stay in the Jeff VanderMeer business.

How Open Road Uses Agile Marketing: Open Road’s Julie Blattberg and Mary McAveney explain how content and data-driven marketing have spurred growth.

Olivia Spies a New Book in 2017
After a hiatus of half a decade, literature's bossiest pig returns next April in Olivia the Spy, the cover of which PW unveils here for the first time. Uncharacteristically, the normally indefatigable Olivia is wearing an expression of deep concern.
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IN THE MEDIA
From Bustle:
Jolly Fish Press's Unexpected Closure Shocks Authors and Books Community.
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From the Guardian:
Ursula K. Le Guin on the limitations of genre: "I wish we could all live in a big house with unlocked doors."
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From the Guardian:
Which books made the shortlist for the 2016 Guardian children's fiction prize?
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From the Guardian:
Illustrator Robert Ingpen on the value of childhood dreaming.
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From GalleyCat:
Jennifer Connelly Was a YA Book Model.
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From Deadline:
J.K. Rowling Says the Fantastic Beasts Franchise Will Span Five Movies.
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From the Washington Post:
Betty MacDonald: the plucky author behind the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books.
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From GalleyCat:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar will be published as an e-book for the first time.
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From Brightly:
Marie Lu's New Favorite YA and Middle Grade Reads.
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From Bookish:
Kami Garcia’s Favorite Young Adult Couples.
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