Canadian publisher House of Anansi will restructure its leadership and board of directors, effective October 31. President Semareh Al-Hillal will depart the company. She was named publisher of the children’s division Groundwood in 2018 and became president of House of Anansi in 2020. Anansi publisher Karen Brochu and Groundwood publisher Karen Li will take over responsibility for each division. The company will form a new five-member board comprising: owner and chairman Scott Griffin; author and art director at The New York Review of Books Leanne Shapton; Flying Books publisher and former House of Anansi publisher Martha Sharpe; publisher of Sutherland House […]
