Harper Collins will reorganize its US trade division into seven groups—Avon, Dey Street, Harper, Harper Collins Children’s, Harper One, Mariner, and Morrow. “This new alignment will allow each group to operate with greater autonomy, deeper category expertise, and a strategic focus on author development, positioning the imprints for continued growth,” ceo and president of the trade division Liate Stehlik said in a release. The change pulls Dey Street and Avon out of Morrow and into their own groups. Dey Street will be led by Carrie Thornton. As previously reported, May Chen and Tessa Woodward lead the new Avon group and […]
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Literary Arts Fund Names First Recipients of $7.7 Million In Grants
The Literary Arts Fund announced the first 40 literary arts organizations and publishers to receive $7.7 million in unrestricted general operating grants. The recipients “organize local book festivals, present readings and conversations with authors, host writing workshops, offer writers’ retreats and residencies, and are responsible for a vast amount of poetry and works in translation published each year.” Over half of the recipients have annual budgets of under $1 million. The full list is posted here. The fund’s next grant opportunity—supporting new, one-time innovative projects—opens on June 8, when they will post guidelines for applying. Announced last October, the fund […]
Perminder Mann On Creating a Culture at S&S UK & International
On the Open Book podcast, Simon & Schuster UK and International ceo Perminder Mann discusses her background in a working-class British Punjabi family, her winding career path, and her dedication to “flexibility, inclusion, and representation, not as buzzwords, but as lived experience.” When Mann became ceo at Bonnier Books UK, she implemented policies for flexible work, equal parental leave, pregnancy loss, and “clear commitments to inclusion and representation. And I did that not because it looks good on paper, but from my own personal experience.” “I believe people do their best work when they feel they belong,” she said. “I […]
S&S Merges Lines Into A New Atria Gallery Publishing Group
Simon & Schuster will “align” the Atria and Gallery publishing groups, along with the Summit, Simon Element, and Adams Media imprints, to create a new Atria Gallery Publishing Group. Libby McGuire will become publisher and executive vice president of the group and continue to lead Atria. (She is also evp, director of Adult U.S. Content Coordination.) Gallery evp, publisher Jen Bergstrom, Summit evp, publisher Judy Clain, Simon Element vp, publisher Richard Rhorer, and Adams vp, publisher Karen Cooper will report to McGuire. Former ceo and current Simon Six publisher Jonathan Karp was the one to announce the news to employees […]
Fire Hits A Scholastic Book Fairs Warehouse
A fire broke out at the Miramar, CA warehouse for Scholastic Book Fairs on Monday, NBC San Diego reports. Firefighters were called around 2 AM and took about six hours to control the flames. Around 9:15 AM, a pallet of books reignited and firefighters were dispatched again. They “removed several pallets stacked high with books” and opened skylights to dissipate the smoke. An investigation into the cause of the incident is ongoing. The warehouse was closed for Memorial Day on Monday and no one was injured. The facility is one of five Scholastic Book Fairs warehouses in California. Scholastic noted […]
Mac Barnett Responds To Backlash
Children’s author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett has responded to the online controversy caused by an excerpt from his recently published book for adults Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children. He writes in the book, “I have a nagging fear that children’s literature suffers from a slightly higher crud percentage than literature as a whole…maybe more like 94.7 percent of kids’ books are crud.” Since the book was published on Tuesday, authors and readers in the kidlit community have compared him to pro-book banning organizations and called for him to resign from his ambassadorship. Author […]