Sarah Perillo has joined Publishers Lunch as data and operations manager. She was previously director of foreign rights at Curtis Brown.
Archives for November 2023
Obituary: Casey McIntyre
Casey McIntyre, 38, died on November 12 from ovarian cancer. McIntyre was vp and publisher at Razorbill and named vp, editor-at-large, Putnam Children’s as the teams were merged in June. She is survived by her husband, Andrew Gregory, and their daughter, Grace, as well as her parents and sister. Over the course of her career, she worked with authors including Katherine Applegate, Loren Long, Marie Lu, Richelle Mead, Terry Pratchett, Jon Scieszka, Veronica Roth, the March for Our Lives founders, and Sabaa Tahir. Penguin Children’s president Jen Loja said, “Penguin Young Readers and I will miss Casey immensely. It is […]
People 11/14
Ginee Seo has joined Ten Speed in the newly created position of vp, editorial director of children’s publishing, reporting to publisher Aaron Wehner. She was most recently at Chronicle.
NBA Nominee Bilal Explains Plans to Speak Out at National Book Awards Ceremony
Finalist for the NBA fiction award for TEMPLE FOLK Aaliyah Bilal indicated to the NYT in their story that followed ours “that a number of finalists planned to take the stage at the end of the [awards] ceremony” on Wednesday night “as one person reads the statement. In framing the call for a cease-fire, she said, she and other writers wanted to demonstrate their sensitivity to losses on all sides and intend to specifically denounce antisemitism.” Bilal says: “It was very important, as we were constructing it, that we were clear that we are sensitive to all of the antisemitism going […]
Shelley to Become CEO of Hachette Book Group, As Pietsch Retires and Becomes Chair and Mangan Retires
Michael Pietsch will retire from his role as CEO of Hachette Book Group and take on a new role as chairman, effective January 1, it was announced Tuesday. Pietsch will hold that new role for one year. Hachette UK CEO David Shelley becomes CEO for both Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, part of a “new English language management structure” for HBG “to develop the longstanding excellent collaboration” between the US and UK companies. Richard Kitson will take the role of Deputy CEO of both HBG and HUK. Shelley will report to Hachette Livre’s Deputy CEO Stéphanie Ferran and chair […]
National Book Awards Prepare For Protest As Zibby Media Withdraws Sponsorship
At least one sponsor of tomorrow’s National Book Awards ceremony recently withdrew their support of the event. CEO of Zibby Media Zibby Owens provided PL with a lengthy statement and posted it Tuesday morning. Owens had written to NBF executive director Ruth Dickey earlier this week after hearing a report that nominees might be planning collective action at the ceremony. Owens reports she wrote in an email, “I am deeply troubled to learn that all the nominees of the National Book Awards this year have decided to collectively band together to use their speeches to promote a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli agenda. […]