Stephanie Cabot has joined Susanna Lea Associates, working primarily from the New York office. She has been at The Gernert Company since 2005, and is a French-American dual national. Jenny Chen has been promoted to editor at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press, where she will acquire crime and book club fiction. Publisher for art and architecture at Yale University Press Patricia Fidler will take on the new role of executive director of the press’s Art & Architecture ePortal as of September 1. Meagan Levinson has been promoted to executive editor, sociology and head of paperback publishing at Princeton University […]
Personnel
People, Etc.: Nan Talese to Retire
Nan A. Talese, president, publisher & editorial director of her own imprint at Doubleday, announced she will retire at the end of the year after six decades in publishing. She joined Random House in 1959 as a copyeditor and went on to work at Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin, founding the Nan A. Talese imprint in 1990. The release notes, “Nan’s grace, brilliance, and steel will (she has been given the nickname ‘the Velvet Hammer’) have endeared her to her writers, her coworkers, and the bookselling industry at large. The impact Nan has had on the literary landscape is […]
People, Etc.
Dawn Durante will join University of Texas Press as editor in chief on August 10. She was previously senior acquisitions editor at University of Illinois Press. Catherine Zappa has been promoted to publisher and evp of film & television at Dreamscape Media. Rachel Spence has joined The Rights Factory as associate editor. She was previously acquisitions editor at Dundurn Press. Picks Barnes & Noble chose Rachel Beanland‘s Florence Adler Swims Forever as its July book club selection. Book Fairs As expected, Canada will not participate in this year’s actual Frankfurt Book Fair as the featured/paid “guest of honor.” They will […]
People, Etc.: Canedy to Lead S&S Imprint
Dana Canedy will become senior vice president and publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint, starting July 27. She has been the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes since 2017, and previously worked at the New York Times for 20 years. She was a lead writer and editor on the 2001 Pulitzer-winning series “How Race Is Lived in America,” and her roles at the paper including serving as special advisor to the ceo and executive editor on strategic planning, change management, and diversity and inclusion practices. Canedy tells the NYT, “The ultimate goal of the job is to champion the […]
Briefs
The July 8 virtual memorial for Carolyn Reidy will be streamed on You Tube (at 4 PM Eastern) at this open link. In advance, the community is invited to shared their memories at RememberingCarolynReidy.com. Author Rudolfo Anaya, 82, who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement, died Sunday from a long illness. Publisher of his novel BLESS ME, ULTIMA since 1994 Grand Central said in a statement, “We will miss his passionate commitment to his local community and community of writers, his humility, and his sense of humor.” Bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi was awarded Boston University’s Andrew W. Mellon […]
“What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing”
The NYT interviewed eight people from across publishing, who “told us what they are seeing now and what they’ve seen before, how being Black has affected their careers, and what they hope the future will bring.” Editorial director at Amistad, Tracy Sherrod: “There’s only like seven of us Black editors who have some authority, real authority and power — and it’s not full authority and power. Given my sales history, I think if I weren’t a Black woman, I would probably have a higher title….” “I don’t feel comfortable overpaying for a book as an editor of color. I feel […]