As Harper UK absorbs Harlequin UK as an operating division, Harlequin managing director Tim Cooper will leave the company after 12 years. Lisa Milton will take over as executive publisher of Harlequin UK on November 2, reporting to ceo Charlie Redmayne. (Milton was moved aside from her position as managing director at Orion this summer as part of a broader realignment of executives there in preparation for David Young’s retirement at the end of the year.) Laura Tisdel is returning to Viking, as an executive editor, starting on October 5, after four years at Reagan Arthur Books and Little Brown. At Knopf & […]
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Kensington has promoted Lynn Cully to publisher, less than six months after she rejoined the company in April as director of sales. (Previously Cully was publisher at Kensington when she left the company in 2000 to devote more time to her family.) President and ceo Steven Zacharius said in the announcement: “Even though w interviewed many well-qualified people over the past year, we chose to wait until the absolute perfect candidate was available to take the job –- and I’m glad we did. Lynn is the ideal Publisher for Kensington. She’s wonderful with accounts, agents, authors and co-workers. A voracious reader […]
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The National Endowment of the Humanities announced the ten winners of this year’s National Humanities Medal, including authors Annie Dillard, Jhumpa Lahiri, Larry McMurtry, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and Alice Waters. The winners will receive their honors at the September 10 ceremony at the White House. Separately, Stephen King and Tobias Wolff are among the recipients of the National Medal of Arts, also presented at next week’s ceremony. At Chronicle, Taylor Norman has been promoted to associate editor, children’s. Carolyn Bull will join the Little, Brown Children’s design department as junior designer for licensed books. Previously she was a design intern at […]
Groff’s Fates and Furies Leads October Indie Next List
The October Indie Next List is up, led by Lauren Groff‘s novel Fates and Furies as the No. 1 pick. You can start reading Groff’s novel, as well excerpts from six other recommended October titles — Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins, The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks, Bats of the Republic by Zachary Thomas Dodson, A Line of Blood by Ben McPherson, The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr, and The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine by Alex Brunkhorst — right now in our Buzz Books 2015: Fall/Winter. The rest of the list features: City on Fire, by Garth Risk […]
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At Chronicle, Laura Lee Mattingly has been promoted to senior editor, while Sarah Billingsley moves up to senior editor, food & drink. Brendan Coyne has joined the Pennsylvania State University Press as director of sales and marketing. He was formerly associate sales director at Johns Hopkins University Press. Penguin Random House UK group UK sales director Garry Prior is retiring at the end of the year, after 35 years with associated companies. Co-founder and former chief technology officer of The Book Depository Emad Eldeen Elakehal will launch ibiidi.com, a global international bookselling website selling titles in multiple language and focusing […]
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Scholastic announced a number of recent promotions. Emily Clement has been promoted to editor, Arthur A. Levine Books, while Marisa Polansky moves up to editor, Nonfiction. Celia Lee has been promoted to editor, Cartwheel Books, while Samantha Swank moves up to assistant editor. Finally, Beth Noble has been promoted to marketing manager, while Lauren Festa moves up to assistant marketing manager. Patricia McNamara has joined Abrams Children’s as digital and social media marketing associate. She was most recently a senior editor with Girls’ Life Magazine and GirlsLife.com. In addition, Caitlin Miller has joined as associate publicist. She was most recently […]