Michael Taeckens: PR Whiz Now a Literary Agent, Too Michael TaeckensMichael Taeckens, co-founder of Broadside PR in 2015, is adding a new gig to his work as a publicist: effective today, he is

🎉 HUZZAH!!! 🎉 Our Michael Taeckens @mtaeckens.bsky.social is spreading his wings! He'll continue leading publicity campaigns with Broadside PR, but now he'll be agenting with Massie & McQuilkin too. We are over the moon for him, and MMQ, and also for the lucky authors he reps! 💓💓💓

BroadsidePR's Advice for Authors: A Survival Kit for Dark Times is a little dusty since we first published it NINE years ago on @literaryhub.bsky.social, but we hope still useful.

Kate Lloyd, Kimberly Burns, Michael Taeckens, Whitney Peeling, Sarah Jean Grimm of Broadside PR

🎊💥🎉 Kate, Kimberly, Michael, Whitney and Sarah Jean at Broadside PR's holiday breakfast! 😋

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant! See @whitingfoundation.bsky.social to learn more about their groundbreaking and inspiring books in progress and read excerpts from their work!

100 Notable Books of 2024 Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Hooray! Hooray! Aaron Robertson’s beautiful debut, THE BLACK UTOPIANS (a “sensitive, often deeply personal exploration of utopianism in Black American thought and life”) is a @nytimes.com Notable Book! @fsgbooks.bsky.social

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Washington Post 50 notable works of fiction, featuring Alexandra Tanner's WORRY

Washington Post 10 Best Books of the Year, featuring Claire Messud's novel

Washington Post 50 notable works of nonfiction, featuring Aaron Roberton's THE BLACK UTOPIANS

Washington Post 50 notable works of nonfiction, featuring Jill Ciment's CONSENT

Washington Post 50 notable works of nonfiction, featuring Zoë Schlanger's THE LIGHT EATERS

Congrats to our 5 clients whose books are featured in @washingtonpost.com's Best Books of the Year package--Claire Messud, Aaron Robertson, Jill Ciment, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social and Alexandra Tanner!

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Book media: contact Sarah Jean Grimm & Glory Plata for review copy/interview requests and they'll hook you up!

sjg AT broadsidepr DOT com
gplata AT penguinrandomhouse DOT com

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 The fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books that entertained and enlightened us.

HUZZAH! A whopping SEVEN of our authors made TIME's Best Books of 2024 list! 🎉
Jeff VanderMeer's ABSOLUTION
Aaron Robertson's THE BLACK UTOPIANS
Jill Ciment's CONSENT
Bianca Bosker's GET THE PICTURE
Emily Raboteau's LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL
Zoë Schlanger's THE LIGHT EATERS
Carrie Sun's PRIVATE EQUITY