We know its summer and the industry is slowing down, but the WNBA-NYC blog is not! As a summer initiative, we want to highlight our members in different ways. Member Mondays will now include the Blog Roll Call. In addition to having your blog added to the blog roll, Mondays…
A Crime Fiction Panel June 11, 2013, 7:00pm McNally Jackson 52 Prince St. In celebration of International Crime Month, panelists Jason Pinter (Grove Atlantic), Johnny Temple (Akashic Books), Dennis Johnson (Melville House Press), and Michael Reynolds (Europa Editions) join forces to promote what is arguably one of the most vital…
Pauline Hsia is the Literary Agent Assistant at Doris S. Michaels Literary Agency in New York. She is a member of the Women’s National Book Association, Association of Author’s Representatives, and Young to Publishing Group. How long have you been a member of the WNBA-NYC? How did you get involved…
by Tqwana Brown Do your feet hurt? Shoulders ache? Back sore? Then you, like me, are suffering from the BEA Experience. For four days last week, the Javits Center turned into a theme park for the publishing industry. Chances are your body is still recovering from walking the exhibition floor,…
Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work June 11, 2013 – August 17, 2013 The Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues) New York, NY 10065 “This exhibition at the Society of Illustrators showcases the collection of Justin G. Schiller and Dennis…
Deirdre Bair was nominated for the prestigious Plutarch award for her recent book, Saul Steinberg: a Biography. Jane Kinney-Denning, WNBA-NYC president, interviewed John P. Stern, president of Storm King Art Center, the sculpture park in Mountainville, for Chronogram magazine. Read the interview here. Linda Epstein, literary agent and WNBA-NYC…
In August, it was announced that author Ann Patchett had been chosen as the 2012-2013 WNBA Award recipient. Ms. Patchett is scheduled to receive her award at a reception being held June 9, 2013 at Parnassus Books, in Nashville – a bookstore she opened in 2011, with publishing veteran Karen…
Huffington Post Books has compiled a list of working titles of some of literature’s greatest works. 24 Classic Books’ Original Titles As a bonus, here is the link to the Book Riot article that inspired Huff Post. 5 Books with Awful Original Titles What do you think WNBA-ers? Can you…
BEA Dinner Thursday, May 30, 2013 Pepe Giallo (253 10th Ave.) 5:45pm – 8:00pm NYC Chapter (WNBA-NYC) will be hosting a dinner for chapter members attending Book Expo America (BEA). This is a fun opportunity to make new connections with fellow book professionals and book lovers, talk about industry trends,…
Pamela Milam, a member of the New York Chapter of the WNBA, is a reader, author, and therapist living part-time in both Dallas and New York. Represented by Jim Levine at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, her most recent book takes a closer look at what happens inside the therapy…
