Penguin Random House South East Asia will launch in Singapore in 2019, to “discover and publish local and international voices across English-language adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction formats for Singapore and Malaysia, as well as from Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei, and Myanmar.” Gaurav Shrinagesh, ceo of Penguin Random House India and South East Asia, will oversee the company, with Nora Nazerene Abu Bakar joining as executive editor in November and reporting to Shrinagesh. Most recently Bakar was acquisitions manager at Marshall Cavendish Education. The company will do business as Penguin Books Singapore for now, with a formal […]
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The MacArthur Foundation announced its class of 25 fellows, and they include fiction writer Kelly Link, 49, and fiction and nonfiction writer John Keene, 53. Also receiving grants are poet Natalie Diaz, 40, and playwright Dominique Morisseau, 40. Just-announced co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Nadia Murad‘s memoir THE LAST GIRL was published a year ago by Tim Duggan Books, and is scheduled for trade paperback release on November 6. Jaime Mendola-Hobbie has been promoted to executive director of advertising and promotion for Berkley, Dutton, Putnam, and Plume. Ashley Fisher-Tranese is moves up to director, advertising. Vi-An Nguyen become associate art director, advertising. Publisher of Weidenfeld […]
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Steve Ross has created the Steve Ross Agency, while continuing to discuss a potential ongoing relationship with Abrams Artists, where he was director of the book division since 2010. Rebecca Suss has been promoted to corporate communications associate for Simon & Schuster. At Vintage UK, Rachel Cugnoni is moving up to publisher for the division, and while Beth Coates has been promoted to publishing director for Vintage UK Paperbacks. Stephan Moore has joined Open Road Integrated Media as digital marketing & analytics manager. James Barry has joined as senior manager, email marketing. In Germany, Aufbau Verlag is reorganizing its editorial team for […]
People: Schrank to Take Over From Rubin At Holt
Holt president and publisher Steve Rubin wrote Wednesday, “It is my great pleasure to announce that I have found my successor. His name is [Razorbill publisher] Ben Schrank and, effective November 1, he will become senior vice president and publisher of Henry Holt, reporting to me.” They will “work hand in hand” for six months and on May 1, Schrank will become president and publisher, reporting to Don Weisberg. Rubin will become chairman, also reporting to Weisberg, “working with specific authors and perhaps even occasionally acquiring projects.” Rubin notes, “I have been doing this job for many moons, both at […]
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At Harper Collins, Catherine Barbosa Ross has been promoted to director, foreign rights, and Maureen Cole has been promoted to director of publicity for the Morrow Group. Hachette UK’s Lucy Hale has been promoted to the newly created role of deputy ceo for Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, John Murray Press, and Quercus. Group ceo Jamie Hodder-Williams said, “She has a first-class commercial brain and a forensic knowledge of our markets at home and abroad. Working closely with our authors, she has demonstrated time and again that her peerless vision, her energy, dedication and enthusiasm in delivering campaigns ensures that every book reaches […]
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Ebury deputy publisher Joel Rickett will take over as managing director on January 1, and Andrew Goodfellow will move up to publisher. Mary Gannon will become executive director of the Community of Literary Presses and Magazines on November 5. Gannon has been the associate director and director of content for the Academy of American Poets since 2013. Erin Galloway has been promoted to deputy publicity director for Berkley, and Tara O’Connor has moved up to associate publicist. Harassment Files Garrison Keillor‘s scheduled appearance at the Burlington Book Festival in Vermont has caused a controversy, with critics online calling his inclusion “tone deaf.” […]