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April 25, 2023
By Erin Somers

U.S. Poet Laureate   

Ada Limón has been appointed U.S. Poet Laureate for a second two-year term. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, said, “During her first term, Ada Limón has done so much to broaden and promote poetry to reach new audiences. She also laid the groundwork for multiple laureate outreach efforts to come, many with federal agencies. A two-year second term gives the laureate and the Library the opportunity to realize these efforts and showcase how poems connect to, and make sense of, the world around us.”

Kids Can Press   

President and publisher Lisa Lyons Johnston will depart as a result of a restructuring at parent company Corus Entertainment. She will act as a consultant to the publisher until May 19.

Scholastic UK   

Polly Lyall Grant joins as fiction editorial director on June 12. She has been senior commissioning editor at Hachette Children’s.

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