With marketplace-impact data of its winner to follow, the UK’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction names its 2024 shortlist at Cheltenham.
UK: The £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize’s 2024 Longlist
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has released its 12-title 2024 longlist, with its shortlist expected from the jury on October 31.
Frankfurt Rights Meeting Opens: Newly Added Speakers
The 2024 hybrid Frankfurt Rights Meeting opens September 3, with a session on ‘English Language Exports Through Social Media.’
Shelley and Nourry Headline Publishing Perspectives Forum
The Publishing Perspectives Forum in Frankfurt this year features Hachette CEO David Shelley and Les Nouveaux Éditeurs’ chair and CEO Arnaud Nourry.
London and New York: Ken Follett Moves to Hachette
The author of 37 published books, Ken Follett will move to Hachette for his next release, after publishing with PRH and Pan Macmillan.
Hachette in the UK and USA: International Management
The key changes announced emphasize greater international dexterity for Hachette under David Shelley’s transatlantic leadership.
Marcus Leaver at Gemini Books Appoints Caulfield, Greenwood, Munnings
The newly created Gemini Books Group precedes its first London Book Fair stand with three executive appointments.
Hachette’s David Shelley Names Sally Kim to Lead Little, Brown
David Shelley, in naming Sally Kim as publisher of Hachette division Little, Brown, says he has admired her work ‘from across the Atlantic’.
Richard Charkin: It’s a Smaller World Now
Richard Charkin sees in David Shelley’s US-UK Hachette CEO appointment a chance for more commitment to world English rights.
UK: Swift Press’ Broccardo and Richards on ‘Of Boys and Men’
The co-founders of London’s Swift Press talk about publishing Richard Reeves’ ‘Of Boys and Men’ in the United Kingdom’s book business.