Laurel Stokes has joined Hachette as backlist director. She was most recently national account manager at HarperCollins Publishers.
Archives for May 2022
Obituary: Ann Spinelli
Former Putnam vp, executive art director Ann Spinelli died on May 9 at 77. Starting in 1981, she worked at Putnam for 30 years, and designed and art directed covers by Tom Clancy, Amy Tan, Kurt Vonnegut and others. “Ann is remembered as a mentor to the designers whose careers she launched and who are top talents in publishing today. Ann was passionate about design, the authors and artists with whom she worked, and the colleagues with whom she collaborated. Her kindness, generosity, and unique sense of humor left an indelible mark on all,” the publisher said in a statement.
People 5/17
Maya Baran will join the Harper Group on June 6 as senior director of publicity. Most recently, she was assistant director of publicity at Viking Penguin.
Imprints: Random House Worlds
Random House has launched Random House Worlds, “a new publishing imprint dedicated entirely to licensed book publishing.” The imprint will publish branded titles in any genre or format from pop culture properties including Star Wars, Minecraft, and Garfield. The frontlist and backlist of these brands, which were previously published by Del Rey and other imprints, will move to Random House Worlds in 2023. VP, deputy publisher of Del Rey Keith Clayton will also lead the new imprint as publishing director. Joining him are business director, licensing & brands Kristin Conte, who comes from NBCUniversal; editorial director, nonfiction & illustrated Sarah […]
New Books Publishing May 17
Christina Lauren and Maggie Shipstead lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes new work from Phil Klay, Simu Liu and Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa. Also out today are books by Alison Espach, Robin Peguero and Emma Straub, all excerpted and available in our Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer sampler. 18 works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-17 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_/222887 10 nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-17 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_/222888 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our […]
PEN/Malamud Award
Yiyun Li won the 2022 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.