Picks GMA Book Club chose Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia for April (as noted yesterday, a recent Buzz Books selection that was also featured in our virtual BB Editors Panel). The Costco Pennie’s Pick for the month is Remember by Lisa Genova. Events The London Book Fair has backpedalled on their promise again. In an “update statement,” LBF director Andy Ventris says, “We promised to update the trade about plans for the 2021 Fair by the end of March. Given the continuing uncertainty around international travel, we are currently planning for all scenarios and will update with a final […]
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Following the reorganization of Knopf Random House Canada into Knopf Canada and Random House Canada last December, the company made a number of personnel announcements. At Random House Canada, Craig Pyette and Pamela Murray will remain on the team, both in the role of senior editor. Deirdre Molina stays on as senior managing editor. Sarah Jackson has been promoted to associate editor. Evan Klein will work with the Random House Canada team as imprint sales director, reporting to group sales director Val Gow. At Knopf Canada, Lynn Henry will stay in the role of publishing director. Amanda Betts has been promoted to the […]
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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 […]
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Bill Hamilton will join Celadon Books as executive editor, starting April 5, where he will acquire “nonfiction with a focus on politics and history.” He was most recently Washington editor at The New York Times. Nathalie Le Du has been promoted to publisher of Odd Dot, reporting to Jen Besser, president of Macmillan Children’s Publishing. Newly reporting to Le Du is creative director Christina Quintero. Previous publisher Daniel Nayeri is stepping down to write full time. At Orbit, Nivia Evans has been promoted to senior editor; Angela Man has been promoted to publicist; and Lisa Marie Pompilio to associate art director. Author Colson Whitehead will […]
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At Knopf, Daniel Halpern will join as executive editor, starting July 1. He founded Ecco in 1971 and led the line until last September, when he was “immediately…transition[ed]” to editor-at-large and then left at the end of 2020. Diana Tejerina Miller has been promoted to executive editor and Andrew Miller moves up to vice president, executive editor. Charles Linsmeier has been promoted to evp, general manager of Macmillan Learning. Josalyn Moran has joined Welbeck Publishing Group as director of business development for children’s books, North America. She was most recently senior director for children’s books at Barnes and Noble. Katie […]
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Kaitlyn Sanchez is joining Red Fox Literary as agent. She was previously associate agent at Olswanger Literary. In the publishing operations department at Penguin Random House, Hanna Glidden and Amanda Rodell are promoted to director, and Kim Wiley is promoted to manager. Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita, editor of crime anthologies including Unspeakable Acts and Women Crime Writers, and former news editor at Publishers Lunch, has joined the New York Times Book Review as crime columnist. Marilyn Stasio, who has written the crime column since 1988, is retiring. Disney Television Studios has formed a new creative acquisitions department, focused […]