WWW.PUBLISHERSWEEKLY.COM 35London Book Fair Preview
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
U.S. publisher: Knopf, spring 2021
Pulitzer Prize–winner Lahiri’s English translation of her own
2018 novel, originally published in Italian, is a portrayal of a
middle-aged woman’s daily life over the course of a year.Writers House
Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
U.S. publisher: Celadon, May
In his memoir, to be released in
conjunction with an album of the same
name, the lead singer of the Airborne
Toxic Event details how he escaped
from an infamous cult and a childhood
filled with poverty, addiction, and
emotional abuse.Older by Pamela Redmond
U.S. publisher: Gallery, Sept.
In this sequel to Younger, now a TV
series from the creator of Sex and the
City, Liza Miller is torn between two
cities and two hearts when her
bestselling novel is picked up by a
major television network.The Power of Ritual
by Casper ter Kuile
U.S. publisher: HarperOne, June
Ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School
fellow and cohost of the popular
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast,
explores how everyday practices—
yoga, reading, walking the dog—can
become sacred rituals to help readers
deal with social isolation and the
struggle to find purpose.To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini
U.S. publisher: Tor, Sept.
Paolini’s debut for adults is an epic
space opera that follows biologist Kira
Navárez from a fateful discovery on an
uncolonized planet through space
battles with the future of humanity at
stake.The Wylie Agency
Livewired by David Eagleman
U.S. publisher: Pantheon, Aug.
From the author of Incognito and Sum
comes a portrait of the human brainthat explores how it unceasingly
adapts, re-creates, and formulates new
ways of understanding the world.The Night Watchman
by Louise Erdrich
U.S. publisher: Harper, Mar.
National Book Award–winner Erdrich
based her novel on the life of her
grandfather, who carried the fight
against Native dispossession from rural
North Dakota to Washington, D.C.Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
U.S. publisher: Knopf, Sept.
In this new novel from the author of
White Tears, set in a suburb of Berlin, a
writer struggles to accomplish anything
begins to lose faith in writing as he binge-watches a violent
cop show that becomes weirdly compelling in its bleak
Darwinian view. ■Mehta Memorial Set for March 9
Penguin Random House
will hold a celebration of
Sonny Mehta’s life in
books in London on
Monday, March 9. The
event will take place at
One Marylebone, London
NW1 4AQ at 4 p.m. and
will be followed by a
drinks reception at the
same venue. The leg-
endary editor-in-chief of
Knopf and chairman of
the Knopf Doubleday
Publishing Group died December 30 in New York City.
Anyone planning to attend is asked to register at sonny-
[email protected]. If
you do not plan to stay for the reception afterward,
please let the organizers know that as well.Mikel JollettPamela RedmondCasper ter KuileChristopher PaoliniDavid EaglemanLouise ErdrichHari Kunzru© dove shore
©gregory vigliotti
© r j lewis
© andrew bartholomew
©mark clark
© clayton cubittNote: At press time, some of the agencies included in this roundup
were reconsidering whether to attend the event, in light of the global
spread of the new coronavirus. For updates on the status of the fair,
check the organization’s website: londonbookfair.co.uk.