At Chronicle, Mirabelle Korn has been promoted to associate editor, art.
Angela Craft has been promoted to marketing director for Avon and Harper Voyager.
The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association has hired board member (and treasurer) Larry Law as their executive director, starting March 1. He was director of e-commerce & marketing at Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, IL.
Forthcoming
Reportedly, James Comey‘s first television interview ahead of the April 17 publication of A HIGHER LOYALTY will be with George Stephanopoulos at ABC.
Awards
The Booker Prize Foundation announced a special Golden Man Booker Prize, a one time award given only this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the prize. Five judges will choose their favorite Booker honoree from an individual decade and the public will vote on the winner. The judges are: Robert McCrum (1970s); Lemn Sissay (1980s); Kamila Shamsie (1990s); Simon Mayo (2000s); and Hollie McNish (2010s). The shortlist will be released on May 26, and the winner will be announced on July 8 at the conclusion of a three-day Man Booker 50 Festival.