At Tin House, Nanci McCloskey has been promoted to associate publisher, director of marketing and sales. Masie Cochran becomes editorial director. At Little, Brown Jessica Chun has been promoted to marketing director; Shannon Hennessey to associate publicist; Alyssa Persons to senior publicist; Juliana Horbachevsky to assistant director of publicity for the Spark and Voracious imprints; Tracy Shaw to executive art director / Jimmy Patterson Books; and Kirin Diemont to junior designer, Little Brown trade art department. Lisa Quach has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as marketing manager. She was most recently senior marketing coordinator at Big Honcho Media. At Random House Children’s […]
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Philip Gwyn Jones will move to Picador and become publisher on June 2. He has been publisher-at-large at Scribe UK. Jones fills the position Paul Baggaley vacates at the end of this month, when he moves to Bloomsbury. (Associate publisher Francesca Main is also leaving Picador, to start a new imprint at Orion.) Leah Miller has joined Atria as executive editor. She was most recently at Grand Central. At Del Rey, Sarah Peed has been promoted to senior editor; Tom Hoeler to editor; and Alex Larned to associate editor. Allison Adler has been promoted to senior editor at Andrews McMeel. Brooke […]
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Sarah Malarkey will join Ten Speed Press as an executive editor, reporting to Lorena Jones. She was previously executive editorial director at Chronicle Books for two decades. At Mountaineers Books, publisher for 20 years Helen Cherullo will move into the role of executive director of conservation and advancement on March 1 to focus on philanthropic development. Director of finance and operations Tom Helleberg will succeed her as publisher. Darryl Booker will move up to director of sales and marketing. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Katherine Devendorf has been promoted to executive managing editor. Julia McCarthy becomes associate editor at Atheneum. Michelle […]
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Three employees of Wayne State University Press who were fired earlier this month will return to work on Tuesday. The university let go editor-in-chief Annie Martin; design and production manager Kristin Harpster; and sales/marketing director Emily Nowak on February 14 without providing a reason. The firings resulted in a public outcry, including from the editorial board and sixty writers, editors and people who are affiliated with the press. Additionally, The Detroit News reports that a representative for Wayne State said the university re-hired interim director Kathryn Wildfong to make personnel decisions moving forward. In advance of the London Book Fair, […]
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At Bonnier Books UK, Ciara Lloyd has been promoted to editorial director at John Blake Publishing. Beth Eynon becomes senior editor at Blink Publishing. Madiya Altaf moves up to to assistant editor at Blink Publshing. Marina de Pass and Niamh O’Grady have both been promoted to associate agent at The Soho Agency. Former longtime editor at St. Martin’s Hope Dellon, 67, died recently. There is a service on Sunday. Author Charles Finch remembers her in this thread online. Imprints Flatiron Books has paired with the iHeartPodcast Network for a new imprint called Stuff You Should Read: An iHeartBook. The line […]
Briefs: LBF Addresses Coronavirus Concerns, Dan Brown Has A Picture Book, and More Bolton
The London Book Fair, due to convene starting March 10, has acknowledged concerns and inquiries about international travel in the wake of the coronavirus/Covid-19 outbreak. They write in a special post that they are “monitoring the situation carefully” and “the health and safety of our exhibitors, visitors and staff is our number one priority.” Precautions at the Fair will include public health messaging displayed and shared before and during event; strengthened hygiene, sanitization, availability of disinfectants; and strengthened medical support. Organizers suggest that “if you have any concerns that you may get caught up in an inbound or outbound quarantine, […]