Over the weekend, close to 1,500 people from across publishing houses, literary agencies and more added their names to a Statement of Solidarity from Workers Across Publishing, which had been posted as a public google document. Addressed to the ceos of the five largest trade publishers, a little over half of the signatories work for those companies. The statement committed to today as “a day of action in solidarity with the global uprisings in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and the many, many others in the long history of Black people murdered […]
Diversity
In American Dirt Book Club Episodes, Oprah Puts “Herself on Trial”
That’s the assessment of AP reporter Hillel Italie, who attended the taping of the two-part filming of Oprah’s Book Club discussion of AMERICAN DIRT and the controversy around the book. The shows are available for streaming from Apple TV+ on Friday, March 6. “She turned the forum into a debate about the marginalization of Latino voices, the lack of diversity in publishing and the question of who is best suited to tell a given story.” The AP spoke to Winfrey after the taping and she said, “This has taken up a lot of my energy, a lot of her (Cummins’) […]
People, Etc.
Elizabeth Mendez Berry has joined One World as vice president and executive editor. She was previously with the Nathan Cummings Foundation, where she was the director of their arts and media portfolio. Gabriella Doob has been promoted to editor at Ecco. Lauren Diethelm has joined Random House Children’s as production associate. She was previously production assistant at professional sports publications. Bebe Barrow has joined Chronicle Books as sales operations coordinator. Lizz Skelly will join Bonnier Books UK as head of publicity for children’s books on February 17 (she is currently at PRH UK), and Emma Quick joins the company today […]