Carla Valadez is serving as Coffee House Press’s interim managing director, following the departure of Chris Fischbach. Mollie Reid has been promoted to associate publicist at Penguin Press. At Bertelsmann, cfo Bernd Hirsch “is leaving the company at his own request to pursue new professional challenges.” CEO of the Arvato Financial Solutions division Rolf Hellermann will take over as cfo January 1 and will join the executive board. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jason Reynolds will serve as host the National Book Awards on November 18. Bookselling Friends and supporters of Talking Leaves bookstore were “worried about losing a […]
Free
People, Etc.
Coffee House Press publisher Chris Fischbach has left the organization after 25 years there. He said in a statement, “It is time for me to step down as Publisher. I’m extremely proud of the work I have accomplished at Coffee House Press. I have developed incredible relationships here and look forward to the next new and exciting chapter in my career and life where I can leverage my prior experience, skills, and success to a new opportunity.” Senior editor Erika Stevens is interim editorial director, and the board will conduct a search for a new leader. Sally Hosokawa has been promoted […]
London Book Fair Hopes for A Live Show at the End of June
Until the pandemic is under control there will not be any large, live trade fairs, so the London Book Fair has set new, later dates for 2021 “to create the best opportunity of hosting a live event.” Originally scheduled for March 9–11, the organizers announced plans (and hopes) to convene June 29–July 1. While it gives them room to wait for an improvement in public health, it would put the show in an awkward time slot traditionally avoided by big fairs for good, practical reasons. For US attendees, it also puts the event right in front of the long Independence […]
People, Etc.
Emma Berry joins Basic Books and Seal Press on November 16 as senior editor. Most recently, she was editor at Crown. Karen Edwards has been promoted to executive editor for the Workman imprint. John Passineau has joined the Workman children’s team as a senior designer. Previously, he was a freelance designer. Rebecca Davis has been promoted to editorial director of Boyds Mills Press/Wordsong. Carolyn P. Yoder becomes executive editor of Calkins Creek. Daniella Cohen has been promoted to associate agent at Aevitas Creative Management. Jordan Koluch has been promoted to copy chief at Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull Press. On the Simon […]
New Books Publishing Election Day
These brave authors and publishers are putting new work out in the world today. After you vote, check out these notable new books: 12 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-november-3 7 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-november-3 21 new children’s and YA titles this month https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-november We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to submit brief details as well: publun.ch/submitNotable. Please submit your notable […]
People, Etc.
Hafizah Geter joins Janklow & Nesbit today as an agent. She was most recently editor at Amazon Publishing’s Little A and Topple Books. Julia Judge has been promoted to senior publicist at Verso Books. Rachel Vega-DeCesario has joined the New Press as assistant editor. She was previously editorial assistant at Black Dog and Leventhal. Hannah Strassburger has joined Sourcebooks as designer. Obituaries Longtime Grove Atlantic board member and executive editor Joan Bingham, 85, died on Saturday. She helped create Grove Atlantic through the merger of Grove Weidenfeld and Atlantic Monthly Press in 1993 and served on the board for the […]