Random House begins the London Book Fair by announcing a new fiction imprint, Hogarth, which is part of the Crown Publishing Group in the US and part of Chatto & Windus in the UK. Molly Stern will lead the US line, which aims to publish eight to 10 books a year, and Clara Farmer will lead the UK version, which will issue a smaller list drawing from the US titles. The announcement says the units will have “a close, but non-exclusive, editorial relationship.” Lindsay Sagnette and Zachary Wagman are also acquiring for the US list; Becky Hardie and Poppy Hampson […]