At Harper Children’s, Audrey Diestelkamp has been promoted to director, marketing; Robert Imfeld to associate director; Sabrina Abballe to senior manager; and Michael D’Angelo to assistant manager. At Phaidon, vice president, group publisher, Deb Aaronson will now manage the entire editorial group, overseeing commissioning in all of Phaidon’s publishing categories, including art, architecture, cookery, design, general interest, photography, and children’s. Emilia Terragni has taken on a new role as associate publisher. Simon Hunegs has been promoted to project editor. Ellie Smith has rejoined in the role of managing editor, culinary team. Sarah Sullivan will join Scholastic on February 1 as national […]
Awards
Awards: ALA Youth Media Winners; NBCC Finalists
The American Library Association presented their annual book awards at their virtual mid-winter meeting. On Monday morning, at the Youth Media Awards, the Newbery medal went to When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, and the Caldecott Medal to We Are Water Protectors illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri won the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature. The William C. Morris debut award went to Kyrie McCauley’s If These Wings Could Fly, while Candace Fleming’s The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh won the Excellence in […]
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Bertelsmann’s supervisory board renewed chairman and ceo Thomas Rabe‘s contract for another five years, with his third term beginning January 1, 2022. Rabe has held the position since 2012. Chairman of the board Christoph Mohn says, “I am delighted about the renewal of Thomas Rabe’s contract. In a time of increasingly rapid change, this is a clear sign of continuity. Thomas Rabe is a strategist with outstanding analytical skills and an excellent manager who has proven his and his team’s merits once again during the Corona crisis. He has successfully led Bertelsmann in recent years and strengthened it for the […]
Hannah’s The Four Winds Tops February Library Reads
Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds is the top pick for February’s Library Reads. The rest of the list: The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gailey Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, by Elle Cosimano Honey Girl, by Morgan Rogers The Kindest Lie, by Nancy Johnson The Kitchen Front, by Jennifer Ryan Much Ado About You, by Samatha Young The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles The Vineyard at Painted Moon, by Susan Mallery The Witch’s Heart, by Genvieve Gornichec
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Emily Meehan joins Sterling Books as chief creative officer & publisher, leading what Barnes & Noble calls a “relaunch” of their publishing division. She was most recently publisher at Disney Book Group. She takes over from Sterling president Theresa Thompson, who is apparently excused from duty. Meehan calls it an “exciting new chapter not only for me, but for Sterling and Barnes & Noble. There is a lot of opportunity to publishing in bigger, forward-thinking ways with a keen eye for the best quality in editorial, design, and production.” Avideh Bashirrad has been promoted to senior vice president, deputy publisher […]
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Ian Hudson has joined Bloomsbury as managing director of the consumer publishing division and executive director on the Bloomsbury executive committee. He was most recently ceo of DK, and stepped down last March “to recharge his batteries before embarking on the next stage of his career.” Hudson fills the position vacated by longtime Bloomsbury executive Emma Hopkin, currently managing director of Bloomsbury Consumer Publishing, will left the company at the end of 2020 “following an assessment of the future business needs of the consumer division.” Jayme Boucher joins Hachette Book Group on January 20 as director of their speakers bureau. Established […]