Tim Hely Hutchinson will retire as ceo of Hachette UK at the end of the year, with Little Brown Book Group and Orion ceo David Shelley to succeed him, reporting to Arnaud Nourry, starting January 1, 2018. He will also become a member of the international board of Hachette Livre and a director of Hachette Book Group USA. Nourry said Shelley is “an outstanding publisher and he will be an inspiring and inspired ceo.” Additionally, Jamie Hodder-Williams, currently ceo of Hodder & Stoughton, John Murray Press, and Headline and Quercus, will add the new role of director of trade publishing of Hachette UK […]
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Allison Moore has joined Bloomsbury Children’s as editor. Previously, she was associate editor at Little, Brown Children’s. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Megan Wilson has been promoted to associate director of publicity; Hannah Harlow moved up to director of marketing; and Liz Anderson is now marketing manager. Jennifer Leight will join Hollan Publishing as editor next week. Previously, she was executive editor at Rodale. Ann Jansen will join Penguin Random House Canada as producer of audio books, starting June 5. Most recently, she was senior producer for Canada Reads and CBC Books. Carina Nunstedt will join Harper Nordic as publishing and marketing director on September 4, reporting to managing director […]
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Don Linn has joined UK-based Unicorn Publishing Group as a full partner, based in the company’s new Chicago office, helping “to drive the business forward in the US and Canada” by “working with various galleries, museums, artists, historians and others across North America on new publishing projects.” Previously, he was director for Chicago University Press Distribution Center. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Kate O’Sullivan has been promoted to senior executive editor. Allison Vroegop and Lily Kessinger have each been promoted to editorial associate. At Knopf, Erinn Hartman has been promoted to director of publicity; Jordan Rodman moves up to publicity manager; and Anna Dobben is now […]
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Brooks Sherman will join Janklow & Nesbit as a literary agent on May 23, continuing to represent fiction for young adult and middle-grade readers, picture books, select literary and commercial adult fiction, and nonfiction in the areas of humor, pop culture, and narrative nonfiction. Most recently he was an agent at The Bent Agency. Nicola Barr is leaving Greene & Heaton and joining The Bent Agency with her existing list of clients, helping to expand the agency’s UK business. Liz Tzetzo has joined Macmillan as vice president of client publisher services. Previously, she was vice president of marketing and sales director for Basic […]
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Twelve editorial director Sean Desmond has been promoted to publisher of the imprint, as Paul Samuelson moves up to publicity director. Brooke Parsons joins Public Affairs and Nation Books on May 15 as a publicity manager. Previously, she was senior publicist at the Penguin Press. Dori Weintraub will head a new independent bookseller initiative for St. Martin’s, formally serving as independent bookseller liaison in addition to her current role as vice president of publicity. The position includes spearheading their work with Indie Next selections, as well as attending bookseller trade shows. Stefanie Rosenblum has been promoted to publicity manager at Portfolio. Sabrina Annoni will become editorial director for Harper Italia on June […]
People, Etc.: Kosztolnyik to Grand Central As Editor-In-Chief
Karen Kosztolnyik will return to Grand Central on May 30 (where she once was executive editor) as vp and editor-in-chief, under new publisher Ben Sevier. Reporting to Kosztolnyik will be editors Millicent Bennett, Maddie Caldwell, Wes Miller, Suzanne O’Neill, Lindsey Rose, and Gretchen Young, along with their teams. Kosztolnyik will acquire and edit “in her areas of interest, most prominently in commercial and literary fiction.” Most recently she was executive editor at Gallery and Scout Press, which she joined in 2011. Sevier says in the announcement Kosztolnyik “is well known in the book business for her taste, for her devotion […]