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June 10, 2024By Erin Somers

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June 10, 2024By Erin Somers

Aevitas Creative Management   

Jon Michael Darga has been promoted to senior agent.

Books-A-Million   

Courtney Adair joins as general counsel, reporting to president and CFO Todd Noden.

Candlewick Press   

Ainslie Campbell-Schwartz has been promoted to associate editor.

Johns Hopkins University Press   

Kait Howard has been promoted to publicity director.

Kelly Hannagan has been promoted to senior digital marketing manager.

Harper Canada   

Lauren McKeon has joined as executive editor, nonfiction. She is a magazine writer, author and editor.

Jennifer Weiner Fellowship   

Jennifer Weiner announced that she is partnering with Philadelphia-based literary organization Blue Stoop to launch the Jennifer Weiner Fellowship.The fellowship will award $5,000 and mentoring opportunities to six emerging women prose writers in the US. Recipients will include “at least two writers of color, at least two parents, and at least two writers living in the greater Philadelphia area.”

“I’ve been so fortunate in my own career, and now I’m thrilled to be in a position to support the next generation of up-and-coming writers — especially those who might not be coming from as privileged a place as I was,” says Weiner in a release. “Blue Stoop is an outstanding organization that has done so much to support writers locally. I’m delighted to work with them to find rising stars and give them the resources they need to tell their stories.”

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