Newly appointed UK foreign secretary and Brexit campaign leader Boris Johnson‘s forthcoming book on Shakespeare, scheduled for release on November 15 from Hodder & Stoughton and Riverhead, will not be published this year, and may not be published at all according to the Daily Mail. They report Johnson “is believed to be having to pay back a £500,000 advance” to Hodder & Stoughton having “conceded he doesn’t have the time” to write the book. A spokesperson for Riverhead put it differently, writing: “In light of his new responsibilities in the UK, Boris Johnson will be unable to complete his book […]
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Dorling Kindersley cfo Stephen Twilliger will move to Rodale on August 8 as their evp and cfo, reporting to ceo Maria Rodale. In the announcement Rodale notes a planned expansion in children’s books: “His deep experience in book publishing and children’s publishing, a key launch area for us in 2017; strong leadership and communication skills, proven track record and passion for the work we do at Rodale make him an ideal candidate.” Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Brian Napack is joining an expanding board of directors at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, bringing the board up to eight members. Chairman Larry Fish says in the announcement, […]
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Jeff Kehoe has been promoted to executive editor at Harvard Business Review Press. Rachel Hecht is leaving Mary Anne Thompson Associates after seven years as children’s and YA scout, to launch Rachel Hecht Children’s Scouting on July 1. Rachel Crawford has returned to New York from Australia to join Wolf Literary Services as an agent and film rights manager. She has worked previously at Fletcher & Company and most recently at University of Queensland Press. Obituaries Former book publicist Rose Carrano died on Sunday. A founding editor of New York magazine and author of books including Little Gloria … Happy at Last, Barbara Goldsmith, […]
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Michelle Howry will join Hachette Books as executive editor on July 11. Previously she was executive editor at Touchstone. Laurie Chittenden has moved over to St. Martin’s Press as executive editor from Thomas Dunne Books, where she held the same position. Rhea Lyons will join Rodale as subsidiary rights director on July 11. She spent the past five years as a scout for Franklin & Siegal. Jordan Kost has been promoted to creative director at Albert Whitman. Joe Jackson has joined Princeton University Press as senior editor, economics. Previously he was economics editor at the University of Chicago Press. Simon […]
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Liz Kossnar has been promoted to associate editor at Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. Jordan Hamessley has joined Insight Editions as senior editor, children’s. She was previously editorial director for Adaptive Books. Sanford J. Greenburger Associates are now scouting for Shandong Jiabo. Poet, essayist, and novelist Michelle Cliff, 69, died June 12 in Santa Cruz from liver failure. Awards Sarah Crossan‘s novel-in-verse One has won the Carnegie Medal, the first children’s book in that format to win the award, while Chris Riddle has won the Greenaway Medal for the third time for illustrating The Sleeper and the Spindle […]
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David Lamb has joined Hachette Books as assistant editor. Previously he was an editorial assistant at Scribner. Damon Reiss has been promoted to head of custom sales & strategy for HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Penguin Classics publisher Elda Rotor is profiled by CNN Philippines. Though much of the conversation revolves around publishing Flipino authors, Rotor does explain the utility of the list when public domain digital editions of classic books abound: “In the 10 years I’ve worked at Penguin Classics, it’s proven to be true that there is nothing that compares to a quality edition of a great work of literature. […]