Sarah Bonamino has been promoted to publicist at St. Martin’s Publishing Group.
Cecilia Lyra has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary agent. She was previously associate literary agent at The Rights Factory.
Literary agents Lester Hekking and Rik Kleuver have joined the management team at Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency.
Picks
Jenna Bush Hager‘s Read With Jenna book club pick for December is The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
Fishing
Someone associated with Melania Trump talked to Page Six to encourage the idea that she should get a book deal: “Melania is in meetings to write her White House memoir, and it would be her money — a chance for her to earn on her own.” The source added, “She’s not done, or going as quietly as you might expect.”
Distribution
University of Minnesota Press will now be distributed in Canada by University of Toronto Press Distribution, moving from the Chicago Distribution Center. Chicago Distribution Center will remain UMP’s distributor in the US.