Louise Sherwin‐Stark, currently joint managing director of Hachette Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed ceo, reporting to deputy Hachette UK ceo Richard Kitson. Sherwin-Stark shared her position with Justin Ratcliffe who will stay on as managing director of Hachette ANZ. Kate Cassaday has been promoted to executive editor at Harper Canada, effective June 25. Emily C. Chiu joined Barnes & Noble Education’s board of Directors. She is as a principal at Square, the payment technology company. Awards In the UK, Preti Taneja‘s debut novel We That Are Young won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott prize.
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Former editor-in-chief of Real Simple Kristin van Ogtrop will join Inkwell Management as a literary agent. She will represent memoir, biography, commercial women’s fiction, lifestyle and “big idea books driven by counterintuitive thinking.” Inkwell partners, Kimberly Witherspoon, Richard Pine and Michael Carlisle write: “Though Kristin was a terrifically successful magazine editor, we are certain that she was actually born to be an agent. Her experience with the written word and brand-building, along with her optimism and creativity, are the heart of her unique strengths and what will be the key to her flourishing in her new career.” Lindsey Schwoeri has […]
People, Etc.: Cheiffetz Starts Atria Imprint, MIT Clears Diaz to Teach
Julia Cheiffetz joins the Atria Publishing Group today as vice president and publisher of a yet-to-be-named imprint, effective today. She reports to new group publisher Libby McGuire, The imprint “will draw on [her] unique strengths as an editor and her passion for publishing books that address issues of social import.” She has been executive editor at Dey Street Books. Christine Mykityshyn is joining Celadon Books as director of publicity. Most recently she was publicity manager at Random House Publishing Group. Sara Beth Haring has joined St. Martin’s as marketing manager. Previously, she worked at Faith Words and Center Street. Tom Hallock, associate […]
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Matt Schweitzer has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as svp, marketing, responsible for the marketing of all adult, young reader and lifestyle titles. He was most recently senior director, integrated marketing at Harper Children’s. Following operational changes and layoffs at independent audiobook publisher Novel Audio on June 8, director of publishing Michelle Kaatz and acquisitions editor Katie Robinson left the company. Awards Thirty years after her first win, Geraldine McCaughrean has received a second Carnegie Medal in the UK for Where the World Ends, and Canadian illustrator Sydney Smith won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Town Is by the Sea. Picks Barack Obama […]
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At Berkley, Jen Monroe has been promoted to associate editor. Lily Choi and Grace House have both been promoted to assistant editor. Cassie Gonzales has joined Farrar, Straus Children’s and Roaring Brook Press as associate designer. Previously, she was assistant designer at Little, Brown Children’s. Proposals Creator of the “Sh—y Media Men” list Moira Donegan has a book proposal “following in the tradition of her sharp, insightful work on gender and feminism today,” represented by Monika Woods at Curtis Brown. Distribution The University of Pennsylvania Press has signed with Ingram Academic Services for warehousing, distribution and other services. Bookselling Politics and Prose will open their “intimate” […]
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Brandi Larsen will leave DK, where she was most recently vp, publishing, on June 22 to relocate to Cleveland, Ohio, where she will focus her time on coaching and her personal passion for writing. She may be reached at brandilarsen@gmail.com. At Random House Children’s, Dani Valladares has joined as editor for the Rodale Kids imprint. She was previously associate editor at Little, Brown Children’s. Kate Keating has been promoted to senior director, digital marketing. Liz Wetzel will join Basic Books on June 18 as director of publicity. Previously she was publicity manager at Crown. Wetzel succeeds Betsy De Jesu, who is leaving Basic Books on June […]