Ben Ball will join Simon & Schuster Australia in the newly created role of publishing director, Scribner. He will report to managing director Dan Ruffino, leading the recently launched Australian arm of the imprint. He was previously with Penguin Group Australia for 12 years, most recently as publishing director, literary. Keith Riegert will rejoin Ulysses Press, as evp and publisher on April 1. He worked in marketing analytics at Hachette Book Group for the past two years. Bryce Willett is stepping down as evp, but will continue to serve as a consultant for the press. Casie Vogel has been promoted to […]
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NBCC Awards to Burns, Coll, Smith and More
The National Book Critics Circle announced their 2018 award winners on Thursday night: Novel Milkman, Anna Burns (Graywolf), Nonfiction Directorate S, Steve Coll (Penguin Press) Criticism Feel Free, Zadie Smith (Penguin Press) Autobiography Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home, Nora Krug (Scribner); Biography Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous, Christopher Bonanos (Holt) Poetry Carrying, Ada Limón (Milkweed)
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Hannah Rahill has been promoted to senior vice president, director of publishing development and strategy at Crown Publishing. In this newly created position, she will develop publishing programs and product across the illustrated area of Crown, including Ten Speed, Clarkson Potter, and Harmony/Rodale. At Chronicle Books, Natalie Butterfield has been promoted to assistant editor, art. Lee Brackstone will leave Faber & Faber after nearly 25 years there to join Orion, where he will run a new music-focused imprint. Also in the UK, executive publisher at Templar Lisa Edwards will leave the company to explore new opportunities. Forthcoming Flatiron Books will publish […]
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Jan Baumer has joined Folio Literary Management as an agent. She was formerly acquisitions editor at Harper One. Tara Schlesinger has joined Gallery as senior digital marketing manager. She was previously a digital marketing and publicity specialist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Awards A 13-title Booker International longlist was announced, with the actual nominations to be released on April 9. The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards were presented across 18 categories. The Academy of Arts and Letters is presenting awards in literature to 17 writers this year. Among them: Lydia Millet gets an award of merit; Robert Alter, Marilyn Chin, Chris […]
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Thames & Hudson’s publishing director Sophy Thompson will be promoted to ceo and publisher as of April 12, when Rolf Grisebach departs. Anne Speyer has been promoted to senior editor at Ballantine Bantam Dell. Nichole Argyres has been promoted to senior publishing manager, St. Martin’s publishing group. At Tom Doherty Associates, Megan Barnard has been promoted to adpromo assistant creative director; Julia Bergen has been promoted to adpromo associate marketing manager; and Kristin Temple has been promoted to assistant editor. Maria Gomez has been promoted to executive editor at Montlake Romance. At Chronicle Books, Aubrey Rojas has joined as social media […]
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At Flatiron Books, Bryn Clark has been promoted to senior associate editor. In the publicity department, Amelia Possanza moves up to assistant director of publicity; and Patricia Cave and Kimberly Escobar have both been promoted to senior publicist. Erin Gordon has been promoted to senior designer, and Kelly Gatesman has been promoted to associate designer. Sarah Melnyk has been promoted to assistant director of publicity, St. Martin’s/Minotaur. Jessica Preeg and Jessica Zimmerman both become assistant director of publicity, St. Martin’s Press. At Chronicle Books, Samantha Steele has been promoted to national accounts manager; Morgan Amer becomes sales manager; and Kathleen Miller moves […]