Cairns Joins Publishing Technology

Digital publishing veteran Michael Cairns has been named chief operating officer for Publishing Technology.

Authors on the Air April 30, 2013: Lindy Boone Michaelis, Lidia Bastianich

Lindy Boone Michaelis, author of the upcoming memoir Heaven Hears (Tyndale House, 9781414383248), is scheduled to appear on NBC’s Today Show on Wednesday, May 1.

Lidia Bastianich will be on The Joan Hamburg Show for Lidia’s Family Kitchen: Nonna’s Birthday Surprise (Running Press Kids, 9780762446551).

Job Moves: April 30, 2013

Amber Morley has joined Chronicle Books as marketing coordinator, children's.

Dana Trombley has been promoted to senior manager, digital marketing at HarperCollins.

Authors on the Air April 29, 2013: Hallie Ephron, Domenica Ruta, Suzanne Palmieri

The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m. Monday, April 29, on BlogTalk Radio will feature: Hallie Ephron on There Was an Old Woman (William Morrow, 978-0062117601), Domenica Ruta on With or Without You (Spiegel & Grau, 978-0812993240), Suzanne Palmieri on The Witch of Little Italy (St. Martin's Griffin, 978-1250015518). More information here.

Job Moves: April 29, 2013

Will Hinton has joined HBG as editor for the Orbit and Redhook imprints. He has previously worked at HarperCollins for their Voyager SF and Fantasy imprint. Devi Pillai has been promoted to editorial director of Orbit. Susan Barnes has been promoted to associate editor.

Authors on the Air April 26, 2013: Charles Graeber

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber (Twelve; 9780446505291) will be featured on CBS-TV/60 Minutes this Sunday, April 28. Graeber will also be on CBS-TV/This Morning on Monday, April 29.

Authors on the Air April 25, 2013: Lidia Bastianich, LaDonna Gatlin

Lidia Bastianich will be on The Rachael Ray Show for Lidia’s Family Kitchen: Nonna’s Birthday Surprise (Running Press Kids, 9780762446551).

LaDonna Gatlin, author of The Song in You (HCI, 978-0757316227), will be on Marie on the Hallmark Channel.

Sontz Named CEO of Powell's Books

Miriam Sontz, a 28-year employee of Powell's Books and who most recently has been chief operating officer, has been appointed CEO of the Portland, Ore. independent bookstore.

Bole Named IBPA Executive Director

Angela Bole, currently deputy executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, has been named executive director of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).

Job Moves: April 25, 2013

Molly Lindley has been promoted to associate editor at Simon & Schuster. She's been with the company since 2009.

Stephanie Fletcher has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's culinary team as associate editor.

Sourcebooks has made the following promotions: Leah Hultenschmidt to editorial manager; Anna Klenke to assistant editor; Lindsey Newton to assistant editor; Valerie Pierce to marketing manager; Katie Anderson to marketing associate; Beth Pehlke to publicist; Stephanie Lewis to sales support specialist; Sarah Cardillo to director of production; Skye Agnew to senior production editor; Holly Bahn to digital production specialist; John Donnelly to senior print buyer; Colleen Vest to education support specialist.

Freeman Leaves Granta

After five years with Granta magazine, John Freeman, the editor, has decided to leave the company following the publication of the summer issue, Travel.

Maja Thomas To Leave Hachette

Maja Thomas, senior v-p Hachette Digital & Audio and a 22 year veteran of the company, is leaving the Hachette Book Group to pursue other interests.

Authors on the Air April 24, 2013: Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Flame Throwers (Scribner, 978-1439142004). After the segment airs, listen here.

Job Moves: April 24, 2013

Jessica Case has been promoted to associate publisher at Pegasus Books, as of May 1.

Peter Cerra is senior director of sales and marketing at Editorial Portavoz, the Spanish publishing division of Kregel, Inc.

Authors on the Air April 23, 2013: Salman Rushdie, Laura Bates

Salman Rushdie will be on The Daily Show to talk about the film adaptation of his book Midnight's Children (Random House, 978-0812976533).

Laura Bates, author of Shakespeare Saved My Life (Sourcebooks, 978-1-4022-7314-8) will be appearing on NPR’s Tell Me More.

Job Moves: April 23, 2013

Kristin Dwyer has been promoted to associate director of publicity for Gallery Books.

Isaac Fitzgerald, formerly managing editor with The Rumpus, is now publicity director at McSweeney's.

Authors on the Air April 22, 2013: Michael Pollan, Andy Cohen

Michael Pollan, author of PW Pick Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Penguin, 978-1-59420-421-0), will be on The Colbert Report.

Andy Cohen will be on The Wendy Williams Show for Most Talkative (St. Martin's Griffin, 125003146X).

Job Moves: April 22, 2013

Texas Book Festival has named Lois Kim chief executive and Steph Opitz literary director. Kim was formerly associate director of university extension at the University of Texas at Austin; Opitz was formerly the programs and strategic communications director for CLMP.

Shannon Criss has been promoted to associate editor of Harlequin Kimani. She joined Harlequin in 2010 as an editorial assistant.

Joan Strasbaugh joins Abbeville Press as senior editor. He was previously publisher of Jones Books in Madison, Wisconsin. Diana Griffin has been promoted to marketing and publicity manager. She was previously marketing and publicity assistant.

Julia Kenny is joining the Dunow Carlson & Lerner Agency as an agent. Previously she worked at the Wendy Weil Agency.

Job Moves: April 19, 2013

At Dutton, Carrie Swetonic has been promoted to director of marketing, and Bernadette Blanco joins as assistant marketing manager. Swetonic has been with Dutton since 2007, and Blanco was most recently at NYU Press.

Job Moves: April 18, 2013

At Bloomsbury, Rachel Mannheimer has been promoted to editor and Melanie Sankel has been promoted to director, adoption sales at Bloomsbury Academic.

Jennifer Corcoran will join Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as director of publicity, starting on May 6. She was most recently the publicity director at Disney Publishing Worldwide.