At Quirk Books, Brett Cohen has resigned from his position as president and publisher after 20 years with the company. Quirk Books founder and owner David Borgenicht will return to his role as president. Jhanteigh Kupihea has been promoted to publisher and will lead the creative group. Nicole De Jackmo has been promoted to the new role of svp, sales, marketing, and publicity. Additionally at Quirk, Megan DiPasquale has been promoted to vice president of finance; Andie Reid to art director; Jane Morley to managing editor; Mandy Sampson to senior production and sales manager; and Kelsey Hoffman to senior publicity […]
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April Picks: Indie Next, Library Reads
The ABA named Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge as its No. 1 pick for April’s Indie Next list. You can sample it now in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer sampler, along with fellow April picks Of Women and Salt, by Gabriel Garcia; Northern Spy, by Flynn Berry; Finding Freedom, by Erin French; The Night Always Comes, by Willy Vlautin; and Eternal, by Lisa Scottoline. The rest of the list: Broken (in the Best Possible Way), by Jenny Lawson Raft of Stars, by Andrew J. Graff Gold Diggers, by Sanjena Sathian Mother May I, by Joshilyn Jackson The Elephant of Belfast, by […]
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At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Alex Littlefield has been promoted to executive editor, and Sarah Kwak has been promoted to editor. Robert Davis has been promoted to editor at Tom Doherty Associates. Jessica Yao will join Norton as editor on April 5, acquiring and editing books for the company’s science list. She was previously at Princeton University Press. Andrea Heinecke has joined The Bindery as agent, bringing her list from her previous position at Alive Literary. Awards Rachel Maddow won the Best Spoken Word Album Grammy for her narration of her audiobook, Blowout. Barnes & Noble announced the inaugural shortlist for its […]
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Paul Samuelson will join Scribner as a deputy director of publicity on March 22. He was most recently director of publicity for Twelve Books. Emily Fisher has joined William Morrow as senior publicist. She was previously publicist at Bloomsbury. Rayshma Arjune has been promoted to publicity manager, special interest and Osprey at Bloomsbury At Flatiron, Louis Grilli has been promoted assistant manager, publishing operations; Sydney Jeon to assistant editor; Christopher Smith to senior publicity manager; Claire McLaughlin to senior publicist; Erin Gordon to assistant art director, marketing; Katherine Turro to assistant director, marketing; and Keith Hayes to vp, creative director. Terrence […]
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Jennifer Kasius has joined the ghostwriting and publishing services firm Kevin Anderson & Associates as executive editor. She was previously editorial director at Running Press. Melinda Kennedy has joined The Experiment as senior publicist. She was previously marketing manager at University of Chicago Press. At Penguin Canada, Deborah Sun de la Cruz has been promoted to editor, and Laura Dosky has been promoted to associate editor. Honors The American Academy of Arts and Letters added 33 new members as part of a diversity and inclusion effort, including writers: Hilton Als, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Joy Harjo, Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth Kolbert, Sigrid Nunez, […]
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Callie Garnett has been promoted to senior editor at Bloomsbury. At First Second, Molly Johanson has been promoted to designer, and Sunny Lee has been promoted to senior designer. Fellowships Zibby Owens, host of the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast, has launched a fellowship for debut women memoir writers to complete their first, book-length manuscript. The Moms Don’t Have Time To Fellowship is a 12-month program, pairing 2-4 authors a year with editor mentors “to encourage a diversity of perspectives, and to give new writers outside the literary establishment the tools, skills, and knowledge they’ll need to […]