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ALA Names Mary Ghikas Executive Director Through January 2020
Mary Ghikas, interim director since August 2017, will continue to head the association through January 2020.
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Cameroonian Author Patrice Nganang Freed From Prison
The Cameroonian-American novelist, poet, and academic, who was arrested last month following the publication of an article critical of government repression in Cameroon, has been freed.
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Rachel Fershleiser Moves to Knopf
Rachel Fershleiser has joined the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group as senior director of marketing for Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken Books, effective immediately.
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Morrison Leaving HarperCollins
Michael Morrison, president and publisher of HarperCollins’s U.S. General Books Group, will be leaving the company at the end of the month.
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NBF Adds Three to Board of Directors
The National Book Foundation has elected Lucia Ferreira, Michael Lynton, and Michelle Weiner to its board of directors.
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Barbour Publishing Names New President, COO
Mary Burns, a Barbour Publishing veteran of 23 years, has been named president and chief operating officer of the Ohio-based Christian press.
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Capstone Names New Publisher, V-P of Digital
Capstone has named Patricia Stockland its new publisher and Darin Rasmussen its v-p of digital product development and management, effective immediately.
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Quirk Books Sees Leadership Shakeup
Jason Rekulak has resigned as publisher of Quirk Books in order to "further pursue his writing career and other creative projects." Brett Cohen, the president of Quirk, has taken over as publisher, effective immediately.
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F+W Fires Most Top Management, Names Interim CEO
The F+W board has named Greg Osberg interim CEO after firing CEO Tom Beusse and lieutenants Joe Siebert and Joe Romello.
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FSG Calls on Cameroon to Release Author Patrice Nganang
Farrar, Straus & Giroux is the latest party to call for the immediate release of Patrice Nganang, a Cameroonian-American writer and academic, who has been imprisoned in a maximum security prison in Cameroon following the publication of an article critical of government repression in the country.
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Brallier Leaving Abrams
A little more than one year after he joined Abrams in the newly-created post of publisher of Abrams Plus, Jess Brallier will leave the company at the end of 2017.
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Meg Lemke Joins 'PW'; Craig Teicher, John Maher Promoted; Seth Dellon Returns
Meg Lemke has been named graphic novels review editor; Craig Teicher has been promoted to director of special editorial projects; Seth Dellon has returned to the magazine as director of strategic development; and John Maher has added digital responsibilities to his reporting duties.
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An Exec Art Director at Penguin Workshop Resigns
Three weeks after actress and comedian Charlyne Yi leveled sexual harassment charges against Giuseppe Castellano, an executive art director at Penguin Workshop, he has stepped down.
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Follett Corp. Names New CEO
Patrick Connolly has been tapped to succeed Ray Griffith as president and CEO of Follett Corp. He will join the company on January 2.
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PW Notables of the Year: Margaret Atwood
The septuagenarian Canadian author has, this year, become a cultural icon, as well as Canada’s best-known author—and 'The Handmaid's Tale' has become a backlist sensation.
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PW Notables of the Year: Becky Anderson
Lots of people have complained about the policies of the Trump administration, but Anderson, co-owner of Anderson’s Bookshops, is hoping to do something about them.
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PW Notables of the Year: Jeff Shotts
The Graywolf Press executive editor’s authors have had a remarkable run of being nominated for—and winning—some of literature's biggest awards, all the way up to the Nobel. It seems as if everything Shotts acquires turns to gold.
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PW Notables of the Year: Ray Griffith
Griffith became CEO of the Follett Corp. in May 2015. Less than a year later, he oversaw the acquisition of Baker & Taylor. Now, under Griffith, Follett continues to zero in on new markets.
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Carolyn Reidy: PW's Person of the Year 2017
For her steady leadership in guiding one of the country’s Big Five trade publishers, Reidy, the president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, is PW’s 2017 Person of the Year.
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'O, the Oprah Magazine' Finds Its Favorite Books in the New Socially-Conscious Zeitgeist
Longtime publishing industry editor turned 'O' books editor Leigh Haber explains the method behind the Favorite Books of 2017 list at Oprah's magazine.
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