Lorraine Tauches will be joining Candlewick Press as associate director of trade marketing, a newly created position. Tauches was most recently director of marketing at Bookazine, and before that was a children's marketing manager at Barnes & Noble and a children's book buyer at Baker & Taylor.

In addition, Elise Supovitz, currently director of trade sales, has been named director of school and library sales, also a new position. Supovitz has worked in Candlewick's sales department for 10 years. Her new position is aimed at raising the company's profile in the school and library market.

Both will report to Tammy Johnston, associate publisher and v-p of sales and marketing.