At Simon & Schuster, Bob Bender has been promoted to vp, executive editor. In addition, Jofie Ferrari-Adler and Ben Loehnen also move up to executive editor. Brendan Curry has been appointed to the newly created role of vp, trade sales and marketing at Norton. Curry, who has been with Norton since 2001, most recently as senior editor, will oversee the “smooth integration and synthesis” of trade sales, marketing, and publicity. Ian Delaney will join Chronicle Books as indie trade sales coordinator on April 6. Previously, Ian was the sales and marketing manager at McSweeney’s. At Booklist, Keir Graff has been […]
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People: Obits for Ellen Seligman, Jim Harrison, and More
McClelland & Stewart publisher Ellen Seligman died on Friday, the publisher reported. PRH Canada president Kristin Cochrane wrote to staff: “Ellen was widely recognized as one of the world’s best editors, with impeccable literary taste and instincts. Her passion for nurturing and developing Canadian writers was renowned, as was her commitment to publishing in Canada both new and established writers from around the world.” She also notes, “No one who knew Ellen will be surprised to learn that she spent many of her last days meticulously overseeing the final details for her fall books. With extraordinary passion and care, Ellen completed the edit of Steven […]
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Children’s book author Beverly Cleary appeared on the Today Show, in advance of her 100th birthday, on April 12. The WSJ has short profiles of “six of the world’s most esteemed translators” (by “world” they mean the world of translating other languages into English): Don Bartlett, Jamey Gambrell, Ann Goldstein, Edith Grossman, Lydia Davis, and Michael Hofmann. The Romance Writers of America named the finalists for their annual RITA Awards, with the winers to be announced July 16 at their annual conference. J.K. Rowling is receiving a lot of attention for sharing via Twitter two form letter rejections of her first […]
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Megan Schumann will join the Crown Publishing Group on March 28 as senior publicist/marketer for Convergent Books, Crown Business, and Crown Forum. Previously she was a publicist at Dey Street Books & William Morrow. At Chronicle Books, Kayla Ferriera has been promoted to designer. Awards The Whiting Awards were announced in a ceremony Wednesday evening, including Mitchell Jackson, Alice Sola Kim, and Catherine Lacey (fiction); Brian Blanchfield and J.D. Daniels (nonfiction); LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Layli Long Soldier, Safiya Sinclair, and Ocean Vuong (poetry); and Madeleine George (drama). Each of the winners receives $50,000. Catherine Kapphahn won the Center for Fiction’s Christopher […]
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At Portfolio/Sentinel/Current, Will Weisser has been promoted to deputy publisher, in addition to his existing duties as vp, marketing director. In addition, Niki Papadopoulos has been promoted to executive editor. Springer Nature has promoted Steven Inchcoombe to the new role of chief publishing officer, and he will join the company’s board. He was managing director, Nature Research Group. At Hachette Audio, Kim Sayle has been promoted to associate publisher, operations, while Mitch Kelly moves up to assistant manager, marketing and operations. At Fodor’s Travel, Siobhan O’Hare has been appointed to the newly created position of vp, associate publisher, reporting to Amanda D’Acierno. O’Hare will […]
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At Random House Children’s, Diane Landolf has been promoted to senior editor, Random House for Young Readers & Golden Books. Annie Berger has joined Sourcebooks Jabberwocky and Fire as editor. Previously she was associate editor at Harper Children’s. In addition, Caitlin Lawler has joined as sales coordinator. Previously she was site content editor at Prime Publishing. At Chronicle Books, Eliz Fink has been promoted to compliance manager, and Elke Olson moves up to senior project and business process manager. Linda Kaplan will represent foreign rights for Portland, OR-based publisher Forest Avenue Press. James Marcus has been promoted to editor at […]