Short news items from the world of book publishing:
12/02/2022
Tiya Miles Wins 2022 Cundill History Prize
The $75,000 prize, administered by McGill University, went to Miles's history 'All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake.'12/01/2022
Amanda Close to Lead Children's Sales at PRH
Amanda Close has been promoted to senior v-p of children’s sales and strategic development at Penguin Random House. Sarah Williams is promoted to v-p of special markets and strategic market development.11/30/2022
Poets & Writers Names Inaugural Publicity Incubator Cohort
Ten fiction writers have been named to participate in Get the Word Out, the first-ever publicity incubator by Poets & Writers.11/30/2022
Audible Names Susan Jurevics, James Finn to Expanded Roles
Reporting to CEO Bob Carrigan, Jurevics will serve as chief brand and international officer. On Jurevics's team, James Finn will step into the new role of head of global brand and content marketing.11/30/2022
Binc Board to Match Donations Beginning December 1
Members of the board of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation will match dollar for dollar all donations to the year-end Read Love Support campaign.11/29/2022
Scholastic Names Mary Beech as Chief Marketing & Transformation Officer
Effective January 1, 2022, Beech will report directly to CEO and president Peter Warwick.11/28/2022
Poets & Writers Board Announces New Members, Elects New Officers
Morrow Group president and publisher Liate Stehlik is among three new members elected to the Poets & Writers board of directors, of which Willys Kals has been named president.11/28/2022
Nick Sweeney Joins Lego Books as Managing Editor
Sweeney will report to Lego Books publisher Cindy Loh.11/28/2022
Sourcebooks Expands Data Team, Names Jess Johns Director of Analytics
Jess Johns, previously at Ingram, and Drew French, previously at Readerlink, will join the Sourcebooks data team in newly created roles.11/21/2022
Leigh Haber Leaves Hearst
Haber, who was v-p of books for Oprah Winfrey's platforms and ran Oprah's Book Club, will leave Hearst after 10 years.11/16/2022
Amazon Picks Best Books of 2022
Gabrielle Zevin's 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" topped this year's list, chosen by Amazon's books editors.11/16/2022
J.D. Wilson Joins U of Alabama Press as Director
Wilson, formerly director of sales and marketing at Northwestern University Press, has been named director of University of Alabama Press.11/15/2022
Princeton University Press Partners with Glassboxx on D2C Audiobooks, E-books
PUP will launch direct-to-consumer audiobook and e-book sales, supported through a partnership with Glassboxx.11/14/2022
Rohan Kamicheril Joins FSG as Senior Editor
Kamicheril will work on the FSG frontlist, with a particular focus on translations and food books.11/14/2022
Greece Named Market of Honor for BolognaBookPlus 2023
The Greek publishing sector will be the inaugural Market of Honor at the 2023 BolognaBookPlus program.11/14/2022
HarperCollins to Distribute Usborne
HarperCollins will distribute books by the children's book publisher Usborne to trade and specialty retailers, schools, and libraries in the U.S. starting next year.11/14/2022
Binc Launches Year-End Campaign, PRH to Match Donations
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation is kicking off its year-end campaign, Read Love Support (#readlovesupport), on November 15, with Penguin Random House matching all donations up to a total of $15,000.11/09/2022
RBMedia, Chronicle Expand Audiobook Partnership
Audiobook publisher RBmedia and Chronicle Books have signed a three-year agreement increasing the number of Chronicle Books audiobooks RB releases per year. The agreement includes collaborations on a variety of titles.11/09/2022
Binc Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced the winners of its professional development scholarship recipients. A total of $16,250 was awarded to 15 booksellers and comic retailers nationwide.
11/09/2022
Peter McCarthy Succeeds ORIM's Mary McAveney as CMO
Most recently director of consumer insights at Ingram Content Group, McCarthy will begin at Open Road on November 1011/08/2022
CLMP Raising Funds via Challenge Grant
The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses is looking to raise $10,000 via a new challenge grant. Donations will be matched up to a total of $10,000 by an anonymous donor.11/08/2022
Imprint Group to Merge with Book Travelers West
The two independent publisher rep groups covering the western United States are merging effective January 1. Derek Lawrence of Imprint Group and Kurtis Lowe of Book Travelers West will serve as co-heads under the moniker Imprint Group.11/03/2022
Academy of American Poets Elects New Members to Board of Directors
Four new members, including ALA executive director Tracie D. Hall and UTA literary agent Albert Lee—will join the AAP board of directors, effective immediately.11/03/2022
Monacelli and Schumacher Announce Publishing Partnership
The first book jointly published by Monacelli Press, owned by Phaidon, and Schumacher, a division of FSCO Media, is slated for March 2023.11/01/2022
NCAC Rejects Calls to Cancel Coney Barrett Book
The National Coalition Against Censorship joins PEN America as the latest free speech organization to condemn the recent petition.11/01/2022
Bridget Lafferty Joins AAP as Special Assistant to the President and CEO
Lafferty will support the leadership of the Association of American Publishers through special projects and administrative work.11/01/2022
Mayborn Literary Conference Partners with Brown Books on Manuscript Contest
This year's winner of the Mayborn Conference's annual writing contest will receive an $80,000 publishing contract with Brown Books.11/01/2022
Consortium Announces Two New Publishers for Distribution
Little Island and Saraband will be distributed by Consortium effective January 3.11/01/2022
Rob Arnold Joins Poets House as Executive Director
Arnold will take the helm of the New York City poetry space effective December 1.10/31/2022
PEN America Rejects Calls to Cancel Coney Barrett Book
In a statement, PEN America condemned a petition to cancel the forthcoming book by Amy Coney Barrett, urging that PRH's decision to publish the book "not be overturned at the behest of protesters."10/28/2022
Academy of American Poets Partners with Scholastic for National Poetry Month
'Arthur' creator and Scholastic author Marc Brown will design the official poster for the occasion of National Poetry Month in April 2023.10/27/2022
Joey McGarvey, Barry Harbaugh Join Spiegel & Grau
McGarvey and Harbaugh will join S&G's growing staff as senior editor and executive editor, respectively, effective November 1.10/27/2022
SMPG to Host Inaugural Virtual Conference for Marginalized Voices
The St. Martin's Publishing Group will host a free online conferences for writers, with a focus on diverse voices, on November 17.10/27/2022
Cormac McCarthy Photo Exhibition Opens at Center for Fiction
An exhibition of photos of Cormac McCarthy by literary photographer Beowulf Sheehan has opened at the Center for Fiction, timed to the release of McCarthy's new novel, 'The Passenger.'10/26/2022
Macmillan to Extend Hybrid and Remote-Friendly Pilot Another Year
Macmillan will allow employees to choose their number of in-office days or work fully remotely through the end of 2023.10/26/2022
International Literary Properties Acquires Langston Hughes Literary Estate
ILP, in collaboration with the Langston Hughes Estate, will manage Hughes's body of work.10/25/2022
One World Launches '1619 Project' Readalong
The publisher will create reading assignments, share discussion questions, and host virtual and in-person events for a multi-month readalong of 'The 1619 Project.'10/24/2022
Doubleday Plans 125th Anniversary Event for November 2
Doubleday will celebrate 125 years in publishing with an event in New York City featuring readings from Kevin Kwan, Colson Whitehead, Hanya Yanagihara, and more.10/24/2022
Consortium to Distribute for Five New Publishers
Consortium Book Sales and Distribution will newly handle sales and distribution for five publishers, including Pinter & Martin and Do Book Company.10/24/2022
Scholastic to Buy Back $75 Million of Its Shares
The Scholastic board of directors has approved the repurchase of up to $75 million of the publisher’s common stock through a modified Dutch Auction.10/21/2022
Yale University Press to Publish New Book by Ukrainian Writer Serhiy Zhadan
'Sky Above Kharkiv: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Front' will be published on May 17, 2023.10/21/2022
Annette Danek Promoted to Chief Supply Chain Officer at PRH
Continuing in her current role as executive v-p of supply chain for PRH U.S., Danek will take on expanded responsibilities, including direct oversight of PRH U.K. distribution.10/20/2022
Colleen Hoover's 'It Starts with Us' Sets S&S Sales Record
The sequel to Hoover's 2016 novel 'It Ends with Us' sold 800,000 copies in first-day sales.10/20/2022
B&N Picks 'The Cloisters' for November Book Club
'The Cloisters' by Katy Hays is Barnes & Noble's November National Book Club pick.10/18/2022
Insight Editions Launches Insight Workshop
Insight Editions has partnered with the creative team formerly with Eaglemoss to create Insight Workshop, an innovation lab, and imprint launching in fall 2023.10/18/2022
Felicia Frazier to Depart PRH
Frazier, senior v-p of children's and educational sales at Penguin Random House, will leave the publisher at the end of this year.10/14/2022
Phil Cohen Joins Paramount as Senior V-P of Literary Affairs
In the newly created role, Cohen will identify books and literary properties for adaptation into feature films at Paramount Pictures.10/13/2022
Michael J. McGandy Named Director of University of South Carolina Press
McGandy will succeed former director Richard Brown, effective October 17.10/13/2022
Janet Rasche to Succeed Sue Malone-Barber as PRH Pub Ops Director
After 47 years in publishing, Malone-Barber will retire from her role as senior v-p and director of publishing operations at Penguin Random House. She is succeeded by Janet Rasche.10/13/2022
Maverick to Publish 'Paper Planes' YA Graphic Novel
Mad Cave Studios' YA imprint Maverick announced plans to publish 'Paper Planes' by Jennie Wood and artist Dozer Draws, an original graphic novel about two teenagers reckoning with a childhood tragedy. The book will be published in May 2023.News Brief Archive
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