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 […]
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Paige Allen has joined Ingram Spark as director. She was most recently coo of the Horton Group, a web design and digital marketing agency in Nashville. Heather Drucker has been promoted to senior director of publicity for Harper Perennial and the Harper Paperbacks group. She will continue to work on Harper and Harper Business titles, as well. At Simon & Schuster, Amanda Mulholland, Paige Lytle, and Caroline Pallotta have each been promoted to managing editor. Annie Craig becomes associate managing editor. Katie Corcoran Lytle has been promoted to associate director of development at Adams Media. Kalen R. Landow has joined […]
Joyce’s Miss Benson’s Beetle Tops November Library Reads
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce is the top pick for the November Library Reads. Also on the list is Danielle Evans’ The Office of Historical Corrections, excerpted and available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter. The rest of the list: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Boy Toy, by Nicola March The Burning God, by R. F. Kuang Murder in Old Bombay, by Nev March The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany, by Lori Nelson Spielman This Time Next Year We’ll Be Laughing, by Jacqueline Winspear White Ivy, by Susie Yang Written in the Stars, […]