Devin Kirk will join Macmillan on April 14 as vp, international sales and marketing, succeeding Judy Sisko, who is retiring next month after more than 46 years in publishing and 22 years at Macmillan. Kirk was previously senior director, international sales for Penguin Random House. At Penguin Random House, Kim Shannon has been appointed to newly created position of vp, director, adult retail sales, Random House. Adult retail sales at Penguin continue to be overseen by John Lawton and Norman Lidofsky. At Sterling Lord Literistic, Caitlin McDonald and Mary Krienke have been promoted to associate agents, while Nadyne Pike moves […]
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Marlena Bittner will join Flatiron Books on May 15th as the director of publicity, reporting to associate publisher Liz Keenan. She is currently director of publicity at Little, Brown. At DK Publishing, Meghan O’Brien has been promoted to associate director, special sales, while Stephanie Kull moves up to special sales manager. Abby Koski has joined Soho Press as publicist. Previously she was a publicity assistant at FSG. Jon Baker is leaving Mary Anne Thompson Associates after 7 years to start his own scouting company, Baker Literary Scouting, Inc. He may be reached at jon@jbscout.com.
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Former Literature Director at the National Endowment of the Arts Ira Silverberg will join Open Road Integrated Media on April 22 as strategic advisor, author brands, reporting to Tina Pohlman. In his new role, Silverberg will focus primarily on backlist acquisitions for “a wide range of authors.” Jane Friedman, co-founder and ceo of Open Road said in the announcement: “Ira’s broad range of experience has given him a deep understanding of all aspects of the publishing industry and he will make an incredible addition to Open Road.” Silverberg added: “Joining Open Road allows me to get back to the very […]
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Maggie Riggs has joined the Friedrich Agency as associate agent. Previously she was an associate editor at Viking. Lelia Mander will join Artisan Books as managing editor on March 24. She was previously a senior production editor at HarperCollins. In addition, Patrick Leonard has been named senior publicist. Kayleigh McCann will join Little, Brown Children’s as designer for licensed books on March 24. She was previously associate designer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. Peter Cocking has returned to Greystone Books as art director. He was art director of D&M Publishers, overseeing both Douglas & McIntyre and Greystone, […]
Indies Choice Nominees Named
The ABA announced the finalists for the Indies Choice Awards, with winners to be announced April 17. Among the adult candidates 5 of the 6 debut nominees and 3 of the fiction nominees were all featured pre-publication in Buzz Books last year. (Check out the excerpts in the current Spring/Summer edition to sample some of the potential breakout books of this year spring and summer.) The nominees are: Adult Fiction Gun Machine, by Warren Ellis (Mulholland Books) Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur Books) Snow Hunters, by Paul Yoon (Simon & Schuster) The Son, by Philipp Meyer (Ecco) […]
Awards Nominees: Stella, Arthur C Clarke, and LBF International
Australia’s Stella Prize announced their shortlist: Burial Rites, Hannah Kent Night Games, Anna Krien The Night Guest, Fiona McFarlane Boy, Lost, Kristina Olsson The Swan Book, Alexis Wright The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, Clare Wright Another shortlist comes from the UK’s Arthur C Clarke award for best science fiction novel: God’s War, Kameron Hurley Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie The Disestablishment of Paradise, Phillip Mann Nexus, Ramez Naam The Adjacent, Christopher Priest The Machine, James Smythe Longer still, the London Book Fair announced the shortlist for their new International Industry Excellence Awards, bestowing honors in no less than 16 categories. The full release is […]