Penguin Random House Australia conducted “a review of our structure ” and found they “no longer require the role of publishing director-Penguin Random House Literary” (comprising Hamish Hamilton, Vintage, Knopf, Viking and Penguin). As a result, Penguin veteran Ben Ball has left the company. The team for the Literary division (created last year) will now report to group publishing director Nikki Christer. Fairfax Media reports that “the immediate departure of Ball has created shockwaves in the Australian literary community, with authors, colleagues, booksellers and agents left in disbelief.” Four-time Miles Franklin Award winner Tim Winton said he was “deeply wounded by […]
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Samantha Fabien has joined Laura Dail Literary Agency as international rights manager. Former associate publishing manager at Viking Children’s Leila Sales has relocated to Austin, TX, where she will continue to edit select projects on Viking’s list, along with working on other editorial and writing projects. Awards The British Book Awards were presented on Monday, honoring both the trade and authors, with Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine named both debut of the year and book of the year. Launching Otto Penzler has started a new company, Penzler Publishers, now announcing its first imprint, American Mystery Classics. The line will focus […]
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Will Lippincott has joined Aevitas Creative Management as an agent, based in Los Angeles. Previously he was an agent and founding partner at Lippincott, Massie & McQuilkin until he left there in late 2016 “to find new paths.” At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Nicole Ellul has been promoted to editor for Simon Pulse; Sarah McCabe becomes associate editor for Simon Pulse; and Tricia Lin moves up to assistant editor for Aladdin. Diego Molano Rodriguez joins the marketing department as marketing coordinator, moving over from the sales department where he was most recently sales assistant. Former Baltimore Sun books editor Michael Pakenham, 85, died May 9 in Hanover, […]
Paris’s Bring Me Back Tops June Library Reads
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris leads June’s Library Reads list. Also on the list are Allison Pearson’s How Hard Can It Be? and Katy Regan’s Little Big Love, both available to sample now in Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer. There There, by Tommy Orange Us Against You, by Fredrik Backman The Word is Murder, by Anthony Horowitz Jar of Hearts, by Jennifer Hillier Dreams of Falling, by Karen White The Kiss Quotient, by Helen Hoang All We Ever Wanted, by Emily Giffin
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Mary Marotta has been promoted to senior vice president, DK North America, reporting to coo Shaun Hodgkinson. The US senior management team will report to Marotta, with Prima Games publisher Mike Degler continuing to report to Hodgkinson. Amy Cloud has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as senior editor, acquiring middle grade and young adult. She was previously at Aladdin. Pamela Peterson joins Cave Henricks Communications as associate director of publicity on May 21. She was senior publicity manager at Fortier Public Relations. Harassment Files The Washington Post reported another complaint against University of Virginia professor and National Book Award winner John Casey. […]
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Daniel Houghton has left his position as ceo of Lonely Planet, “in order to take on a new CEO role with another digital company.” Travel site Skift reports that it “has also learned that parent company NC2 is said to be pursuing a sale of Lonely Planet.” The publisher said, “The rest of Lonely Planet’s leadership team remains in place and will be continuing with business as usual.” Real estate billionaire Brad Kelley’s NC2 media bought the publisher from the BBC in early 2013 for £51.5 million ($77.3 million), and implemented significant layoffs shortly thereafter. Brant Rumble will join Hachette Books […]