‘Cape May’ a Debut Novel from Celadon’s Inaugural List is the Winter 2019 Macmillan Book Brag Selection

Macmillan Publishers announce today that Chip Cheek’s debut novel, Cape May, (April 30, 2019; Celadon Books; $26.99) is its Winter 2019 Book Brag selection. The novel is a part of Celadon Books’ inaugural list of titles. Cape May has also been selected as an Indies Introduce title, and was called one of Parade Magazine’s 12 Big Fiction Reads Every Book Club Will Love in 2019.

“Cape May was the first acquisition made for Celadon and it exemplifies what we are looking for: smart, singular books that entertain and make the reader think about the book long after it is finished,” said Deb Futter, Senior Vice President and Co-Publisher of Celadon Books.

Macmillan Book Brag is a company-wide program created to champion select in-house buzz titles to the larger reading public. The program focuses on building excitement for favorite reads and getting them directly into the hands of new readers through grassroots marketing efforts.

“The enthusiasm and dedication within the sales team has been clear from the start and we are all proud to be a part of this project and excited to see it grow,” said Jenn Gonzalez, Executive Vice-President of Sales, Macmillan.

In-house praise for Cape May includes: “Cape May is Marilynne Robinson on a gin-and-tonics bender with the dirty parts of a Henry Miller novel, and some decadent Fitzgerald characters crashing the story and leaving an epic disaster in their wake.” -- Mike Slack, Field Sales Representative

“A beautifully written tale of a couple’s journey through a damaged marriage. I felt all of the excitement, sorrow, joy, and pain of the characters. Impossible to put down, it is a read that you’ll be eager to discuss with others!” -- Catherine Marvin, Senior Manager, Communications.

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The Fall 2018 Book Brag Selection was Sadie by Courtney Summers, a Young Adult Thriller published by Wednesday Books that went on to become a New York Times bestseller and was named a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus, NPR, Buzzfeed, Publishers Weekly, and many more.

About Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world. Macmillan publishes a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, St. Martin’s Press and Tor Books. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan Publishers is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.