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Authors on the Air February 18, 2014: Su Meck
Su Meck, author of "I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia" (Simon & Schuster, 9781451685817), will appear on the "Diane Rehm Show" on Wednesday, February 19.
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Job Moves: February 18, 2014
At Chicago Review Press, Abbie Digel has been named publicist.
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Job Moves: February 14, 2014
Jessica Burley has been appointed a non-executive director at Quarto.
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Authors on the Air February 13, 2014: Andy Weir
Andy Weir, author of "The Martian" (Crown, 9780804139021), will appear on NPR's "Science Friday" on Friday, February 14.
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Job Moves: February 13, 2014
Julie Jayne has joined Worthy Publishing as v-p of sales.
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Job Moves: February 12, 2014
Former CNN national correspondent Alina Cho is joining the nonfiction team at Ballantine Bantam Dell.
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IBPA Names Incoming Board Members
The candidates include PW's co-editorial director, Jim Milliot.
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Job Moves: February 11, 2014
Ali Presley has been promoted to associate director, online marketing at Chronicle Books.
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Margolis Leaving HC; Will Start New Venture
Esther Margolis, who joined HarperCollins when her indie house Newmarket Press was acquired by the Big Five publisher, is launching a new venture.
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Job Moves: February 10, 2014
Annie Kelley has returned to Schwartz & Wade Books as senior editor.
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Meet the Editor: Dan Smetanka
When Dan Smetanka moved to New York City from California’s Orange County in 1991 for a summer intern job at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, he was only vaguely aware of the significance of working with Jonathan Galassi and Roger Strauss.
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Authors on the Air February 7, 2014: P.J. O’Rouke and Nick Hand
P.J. O’Rouke, author of The Baby Boom: How it Got That Way…And It Wasn’t My Fault…And I’ll Never Do It Again (Atlantic Monthly Press, 9780802121974), will appear on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday, February 7.
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Job Moves: February 7, 2014
In the publicity department at the Random House Publishing Group, David Moench and Cindy Murray have been promoted to deputy director.
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Hovey Up at BBD
Kim Hovey, senior v-p and associate publisher at Ballantine Bantam Dell has been promoted to deputy publisher.
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Myers Up, Thompson Moving On at New Leaf
President Irv Myers has been named CEO effective March 1.
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Job Moves: February 6, 2014
Scottie Bowditch will be joining Macmillan as the director of the Macmillan speakers bureau on February 24.
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Authors on the Air February 5, 2014: Su Meck
Su Meck, author of "I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia" (Simon & Schuster, 9781451685817) will appear on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Wednesday, February 5.
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Job Moves: February 5, 2014
Stephanie Sirabian has been promoted to marketing operations manager for Grand Central Publishing.
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Rachel Williams to Head New NF Imprint in U.K.
Aurum Publishing Group has added a new strand to its children's publishing with the appointment of Rachel Williams as publisher of a nonfiction, design-led imprint that will sit alongside Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
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PRH Makes Finance Group Appointments
Milena Alberti takes the newly created position of senior v-p, head of global corporate finance, PRH.