The PW Morning Report, January 13, 2009

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 1/13/2009 5:51:00 AM

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Bush’s Book; Nelson DeMille Profile; Harvey Ginsberg Dead; Andrew Taylor Wins Cartier Diamond Dagger; Mick Imlah Dead; Finalists for Story Prize; and Gotham Book Mart Treasures Rescued

Bush Confirms Plans to Write Book, reports Huffington Post
Attention potential Bush editors: If you saw his Nixonesque press conference yesterday—Dana Milbank of the Washington Post records it all here—you know you have your work cut out for you

Nelson DeMille Profiled by New York Times
The author of The Gate House is interviewed in his humble abode in Garden City

Harvey Ginsberg, Editor, Dead at 78, reports New York Times
Ginsberg counted Saul Bellow, John Irving and Armistead Maupin among his writers

Andrew Taylor Wins Cartier Diamond Dagger, reports The Bookseller
Taylor is the author of The American Boy and Bleeding Heart Square. The Cartier Diamond Dagger is awarded by The Crime Writers’ Association for sustained excellence in crime writing. Previous winners of the award include P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, John le Carre and Ian Rankin

Mick Imlah, Poet, Dead at 52, reports The Bookseller
His two volumes of poetry include The Lost Leader, which earlier won the 2008 Forward Prize for Best Collection, and Birthmarks, published in 1988

Finalists for Story Prize Announced, reports AP
Jhumpa Lahiri, Tobias Wolff and Joe Meno are the finalists for the fifth annual Story Prize for outstanding short fiction

Gotham Book Mart Treasures Rescued, reports Reuters
More than 220,000 items belonging to the famed Gotham Book Mart have been rescued from a Connecticut warehouse, including items belonging to Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller