At Berkley, Michelle Vega has been promoted to executive editor; Sarah Blumenstock to editor; and Jenn Snyder to assistant editor. Jessica Mangicaro becomes marketing manager; Elisha Katz marketing coordinator; and Natalie Sellars marketing coordinator. Tara O’Connor has been promoted to publicist. At Thomas Nelson, Mark Glesne will become senior director of marketing, focusing on the Max Lucado and Lysa TerKeurst author brands, and Stephanie Tresner will become director of marketing. Best of As usual, Publishers Weekly starts off the Best Books of 2020 season. Their top 10: Nonfiction The Address Book, by Deirdre Mask (St. Martin’s) Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson (Random […]
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At Random House Children’s, Lauren Diaz Morgan has been promoted to associate manager, subsidiary rights. Jake Eldred becomes senior managing editor. Amanda Orozco has joined Transatlantic Agency as literary agent. She was previously with Park & Fine Literary and Media. Talent agency Markham Froggatt and Irwin has joined The Curtis Brown Group in the UK. Picks Farrar, Straus announced that Severance by Ling Ma is December’s NYT-PBS NewsHour Now Read Book Club Pick. Awards Anna Burns won the International Dublin Literary Award for Milkman. Thinkingdom Media Group’s Astra Publishing House, minedition Switzerland, minedition France, and Thinkingdom in China are backing […]
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At Writers House, Maria Aughavin has been promoted to evp, finance; Albert Araneo moved up to evp, business affairs; and Cecilia de la Campa is now evp, global media & licensing. Jonathan Morris has been promoted to production coordinator at Random House Children’s. Rights At the end of the year Penguin Random House Canada is taking back in-house the sub-rights business that they turned over to The Cooke Agency International in 2009, in “a strategic shift…in order to drive international growth across our publishing.” Adrienne Tang has been hired as vp, subsidiary rights, reporting to ceo Kristin Cochrane. Tang was at Kids Can […]
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Chelcee Johns has joined Ballantine as senior editor. She was most recently at 37 INK. Juli Kiyan will expand her role at Penguin Press to become associate publicity director/editor, acquiring and editing titles while still overseeing selected publicity campaigns. Carl Bromley is joining Melville House as executive editor. He was previously editorial director of The New Press. Katy O’Donnell is leaving Bold Type Books, where she was senior editor. She will continue to work on editorial projects. Stefanie Lindner will join Harper Collins on October 21 as vp of sales, general books, for the adult mass merch channel, reporting to […]
New Books Publishing October 20
As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 11 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-20 15 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-20 More new children’s and YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-orctoberber 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 titles at least […]
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Poets & Writers managing director Melissa Ford Gradel will take over as the organization’s executive director in January, when Elliot Figman steps down, after leading the nonprofit since 1981. Figman said: “It’s been my honor to work together with such talented and passionate colleagues. While parting is, indeed, sweet sorrow, I’m delighted to pass the baton to Melissa, who has a deep understanding of our mission, vision, and values and is uniquely qualified to take the helm. As I reflect on my time at Poets & Writers, I’m so proud that we’ve built this organization to be a widely respected […]