Megan Schumann will join the Crown Publishing Group on March 28 as senior publicist/marketer for Convergent Books, Crown Business, and Crown Forum. Previously she was a publicist at Dey Street Books & William Morrow. At Chronicle Books, Kayla Ferriera has been promoted to designer. Awards The Whiting Awards were announced in a ceremony Wednesday evening, including Mitchell Jackson, Alice Sola Kim, and Catherine Lacey (fiction); Brian Blanchfield and J.D. Daniels (nonfiction); LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Layli Long Soldier, Safiya Sinclair, and Ocean Vuong (poetry); and Madeleine George (drama). Each of the winners receives $50,000. Catherine Kapphahn won the Center for Fiction’s Christopher […]
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At Portfolio/Sentinel/Current, Will Weisser has been promoted to deputy publisher, in addition to his existing duties as vp, marketing director. In addition, Niki Papadopoulos has been promoted to executive editor. Springer Nature has promoted Steven Inchcoombe to the new role of chief publishing officer, and he will join the company’s board. He was managing director, Nature Research Group. At Hachette Audio, Kim Sayle has been promoted to associate publisher, operations, while Mitch Kelly moves up to assistant manager, marketing and operations. At Fodor’s Travel, Siobhan O’Hare has been appointed to the newly created position of vp, associate publisher, reporting to Amanda D’Acierno. O’Hare will […]
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At Random House Children’s, Diane Landolf has been promoted to senior editor, Random House for Young Readers & Golden Books. Annie Berger has joined Sourcebooks Jabberwocky and Fire as editor. Previously she was associate editor at Harper Children’s. In addition, Caitlin Lawler has joined as sales coordinator. Previously she was site content editor at Prime Publishing. At Chronicle Books, Eliz Fink has been promoted to compliance manager, and Elke Olson moves up to senior project and business process manager. Linda Kaplan will represent foreign rights for Portland, OR-based publisher Forest Avenue Press. James Marcus has been promoted to editor at […]
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Former BEA show director Steve Rosato has joined OverDrive as an international business development executive, working on their global expansion. Rosato says in the announcement, “OverDrive’s significant growth, specifically internationally, aligns perfectly with my industry experience and relationships. It was the chance to work across a number of global markets, continue in the publishing industry, and contribute to the growth that OverDrive is already experiencing, that made this an ideal situation for me.” Still more promotions at Hachette Book Group: Torrey Oberfest is now vp of corporate strategy; Elise Solomon is senior counsel and director of litigation; Rekha Ramani moves up to deputy general counsel; Meghan Tillett is senior manager of contracts […]
People: Beatty Takes NBCC Fiction Award, and More
On Thursday night, the National Book Critics Circle presented their 2015 book awards to: Fiction The Sellout, by Paul Beatty (FSG) General Nonfiction Dreamland, by Sam Quinones (Bloomsbury) Autobiography Negroland, by Margo Jefferson (Pantheon) Biography Romantic Outlaws, by Charlotte Gordon (Random House) Criticism The Argonauts, by Maggie Nelson (Graywolf) Poetry Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, by Ross Gay (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press) David Solomons won Waterstones’ Children’s Book Prize for My Brother Is A Superhero. The Bookseller’s Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year went to Alan Stafford’s Too Naked for the Nazis. In People news, Christopher North will take over […]
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At Penguin Random House’s consumer marketing development group, Mina Park has been promoted to director, consumer insights. In addition, senior director, digital development Katherine McCahill joins the group, where she will be responsible for overseeing the Penguin Random House apps portfolio. Sally Riley will step down as director of translation rights at Aitken Alexander at the end of April, though she will continue on a part time basis until a successor is in place “in order to ensure a smooth handover,” according to the agency announcement. Michelle Cashman has joined Grand Central’s Forever imprint as publicist. Previously she was associate […]