Agency News Writers House is closing its London office, and managing director of Writers House UK Angharad Kowal has left the company as a consequence. Peggy Boulos Smith joined Writers House in New York as UK rights director, representing adult clients, and director of children’s subsidiary rights Cecilia de la Campa is handling the UK children’s business. Smith was previously global rights director at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. Meredith Miller has joined United Talent Agency as an agent and will direct their foreign rights department. Previously, she was associate director of foreign rights at Trident Media Group, where she worked for 6 […]
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Sarah Haugen has joined Harper Wave as assistant editor. Previously, she was with Little, Brown. People from across the trade have offered remembrances of and testimonials to the late Ed Victor. Distribution Penguin Random House Publisher Services announced a multi-year North American book sales and distribution agreement with art and craft publisher Search Press, starting January 1, 2018. Bookselling New York City children’s bookstore Books of Wonder on 18th Street will open a second location on West 84th Street this summer. The lease on the downtown store expires in 2019, and owner Peter Glassman explained, “Given the rise in retail rents along 18th […]
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Literary agent Ed Victor, 77, died the evening of June 7 of a heart attack, following a long battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, his company Ed Victor Ltd. confirmed to the Bookseller. The agency said: “Ed was a one-off: the toughest yet most professional of agents, who would always get the very best deal for his clients. An inveterate party-goer, he often attended three events in an evening. He will be a huge loss to the publishing industry and the wider world, and we miss him dearly.” The agency celebrated its fortieth anniversary last November. Born in New York, Victor went to […]
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Josh Glickman will join Scribner as publicist, starting June 19. Previously, he was publicist at Oxford University Press. At Berkely, Heather Connor has been promoted to publicity director and Diana Franco has been promoted to associate publicity director. Chelsea Lindman left Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, where she worked for the past 8 years. She will continue to co-host the Northern California Writers’ Retreat, which she founded with editor Heather Lazare in 2016, and can be reached at chelsea@norcalwritersretreat.com. Wendy Friedman will join Quarto as vp, director of international sales this summer, reporting to chief operating officer Ken Fund. She has been at […]
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Philip Marino has joined Little, Brown as senior editor. Previously, he was at Norton, where he was an associate editor and marketing director for Liveright. Christie Henry was named director of Princeton University Press, effective early September. She will succeed Peter Dougherty, who is retiring in December. Henry has been editorial director for the sciences, social sciences, and reference at the University of Chicago Press since 1993. In the UK, Lennie Goodings will step aside as publisher of Virago after 20 years running the imprint, taking on the new position of chair and working three days a week. Sarah Savitt will move up to […]
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Allison Moore has joined Bloomsbury Children’s as editor. Previously, she was associate editor at Little, Brown Children’s. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Megan Wilson has been promoted to associate director of publicity; Hannah Harlow moved up to director of marketing; and Liz Anderson is now marketing manager. Jennifer Leight will join Hollan Publishing as editor next week. Previously, she was executive editor at Rodale. Ann Jansen will join Penguin Random House Canada as producer of audio books, starting June 5. Most recently, she was senior producer for Canada Reads and CBC Books. Carina Nunstedt will join Harper Nordic as publishing and marketing director on September 4, reporting to managing director […]