Callie Garnett has been promoted to senior editor at Bloomsbury. At First Second, Molly Johanson has been promoted to designer, and Sunny Lee has been promoted to senior designer. Fellowships Zibby Owens, host of the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast, has launched a fellowship for debut women memoir writers to complete their first, book-length manuscript. The Moms Don’t Have Time To Fellowship is a 12-month program, pairing 2-4 authors a year with editor mentors “to encourage a diversity of perspectives, and to give new writers outside the literary establishment the tools, skills, and knowledge they’ll need to […]
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Susan Dobinick has joined Boyds Mills Press as senior editor. She was previously with Bloomsbury Children’s. Diane Mangan has joined Andrews McMeel as children’s marketing director, based in Chicago and reporting to vice president, publishing sales Lynne McAdoo. Most recently she led the team at Follett that curated school book fairs. Emily Nemens is stepping down as editor of The Paris Review, three years after taking the position. She wrote in a letter to readers, “I am leaving The Paris Review to write my next book. Hopefully, eventually, I’ll edit again—connecting writers to readers is among the world’s best professions.” Nemens succeeded […]
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Matt Hooban has been promoted to communications director at Hachette Book Group. At Hachette Books, Hachette Go, and Legacy Lit, Terri Sirma has been promoted to senior designer and Quinn Fariel has been promoted to senior marketing manager. Alison Dalafave becomes assistant editor, Hachette Go, and Carrie Napolitano associate editor, Hachette Books. At Abrams Children’s, Emily Daluga has been promoted to associate editor; Jessica Gotz to assistant editor; Sara Sproull to assistant editor; and Jade Rector to junior designer. Larry Mallach has joined Penguin Random House as executive director, inventory management, adult. He was previously at Hachette Book Group. Debby de Groot is joining House […]
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Sally Howe and Sarah Goldberg have been promoted to editor at Scribner. Rebekah Jett has been promoted to assistant editor, while continuing her role as associate publishing manager. Mensah Demary has been promoted to editor-in-chief for Soft Skull. Ada Zhang will join Running Press as an associate editor on March 8. Zhang was previously at Sterling Children’s. David Nenke has been appointed president of digital student solutions at Barnes & Noble Education. Previously, he was general manager of Amazon Explore. Molly Waxman has been promoted to executive director of marketing, fiction at Sourcebooks. Stephen Bedford has been promoted to senior marketing director […]
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David Graham has joined Quarto Group UK as ceo. He was previously managing director of Pavillion Books. Zana Hanks becomes Pavillion’s acting managing director, with Quarto selling and distributing Pavillion (via Hachette Books) starting March 29. Graham told The Bookseller, “I am very excited to be joining the Quarto Group UK at this pivotal time in the company’s development. The strength and breadth of Quarto’s illustrated publishing — in both adults and children’s — is mightily impressive. I look forward to helping Pavilion integrate into Quarto’s excellent international sales operation and leading the UK business as a whole to even […]
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Bill Hamilton will join Celadon Books as executive editor, starting April 5, where he will acquire “nonfiction with a focus on politics and history.” He was most recently Washington editor at The New York Times. Nathalie Le Du has been promoted to publisher of Odd Dot, reporting to Jen Besser, president of Macmillan Children’s Publishing. Newly reporting to Le Du is creative director Christina Quintero. Previous publisher Daniel Nayeri is stepping down to write full time. At Orbit, Nivia Evans has been promoted to senior editor; Angela Man has been promoted to publicist; and Lisa Marie Pompilio to associate art director. Author Colson Whitehead will […]