A broad selection of books publish today, including Victoria Gosling’s Before the Ruins, featured in our Buzz Books Fall/Winter 2020 sampler; a masterclass on Russian short stories from George Saunders; Adam Jentleson’s all too timely Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy; and more. 26 new works of…
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Jayme Boucher joins Hachette Book Group on January 20 as director of their speakers bureau. Established in 2009 in partnership with Greater Talent Network, Hachette Speakers Bureau relaunches this year as an in-house venture, under Boucher’s leadership. She was a founding member and senior leader of the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Jessica Renheim has…
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Madeline Jones will join Algonquin Books as editor in the New York office on January 25. She was most recently at Henry Holt. Carrie Bloxson will join Hachette Book Group on February 1 as vp, diversity and inclusion, and will also join the company’s executive management board. She was interim ceo and chief marketing officer…
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Kate Dresser has joined Putnam as senior editor. She was previously at Gallery Books. At Holt, James Melia has been promoted to executive editor; Ruby Rose Lee is associate editor; Catryn Silbersack moves up to publicist; Sarah Fitts is associate publicist; and Nicolette Seeback is now associate art director. Riva Hocherman becomes associate publisher of…
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Wendy McClure has joined Sourcebooks as senior editor for Jabberwocky, Young Readers, and Fire. She most recently was editorial manager at Albert Whitman & Company. Liza Cassity has been promoted to director, marketing strategy and operations for Penguin Publishing Group. Eric Jerome Dickey, 59, author of 29 novels, died on January 3 in Los Angeles…
Instituting A Winter Editors Buzz Panel: Seven Great Editors and Authors, and More
After a great inaugural virtual Buzz Panel last May (and a Romance Buzz Panel over the summer), we are excited to add a Winter Editors Buzz Panel to our schedule, ahead of the now-virtual Winter Institute. We are proud to be joined by the American Booksellers Association as co-presenter of the event, with ABA board…
