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Authors on the Air October 7, 2013: Malala Yousafzai
Diane Sawyer's interview with Malala Yousafzai, author of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Little, Brown, 9780316322409) will air on World News and Nightline on Monday, October 7.
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Job Moves: October 7, 2013
Laetitia Rutherford has joined Watson, Little Ltd as a literary agent. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Job Moves: October 4, 2013
Anne Marie Tallberg has been promoted to v-p, associate publisher of St. Martin’s Paperbacks and Griffin, as well as publishing director of e-book originals. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Authors on the Air October 4, 2013: Malala Yousafzai and John Holl
Diane Sawyer's interview with Malala Yousafzai, author of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Little, Brown, 9780316322409) will air on Good Morning America and The View on Monday, October 7.
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Unwin Forms New Agency
British literary agent Jo Unwin has set up a new, eponymous, agency in the U.K., working with established outfit, Rogers Coleridge and White
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Children's Job Moves: September 2013
New job announcements in children's publishing for September 2013.
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Myers Named Director of University Press of Kansas
Charles Myers succeeds Fred Woodward, who has served as director since 1981.
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Authors on the Air October 3, 2013: Pati Jinich
Pati Jinich, author of Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking (Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547636474) will appear on The Chew on Friday, October 4.
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Job Moves: October 3, 2013
Kate Lloyd has been promoted to associate director of publicity at Scribner. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Job Moves: October 2, 2013
Carmela Iaria has been appointed to the newly-created position of executive director of educational and library marketing at Penguin Young Readers Group. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Authors on the Air October 2, 2013: Sophie Hayes
Sophie Hayes, author of Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution (Sourcebooks, 9781402281037), will be appearing The Diane Rehm Show on Thursday, October 3.
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Job Moves: October 1, 2013
Peter Hildick-Smith, president of Codex Group, has joined the advisory board of Riffle.
Rachel Rokicki has been promoted to associate director of publicity, Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway Books.
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Authors on the Air September 30, 2013: Sophie Hayes and Nelson DeMille
Sophie Hayes author of Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution (Sourcebooks, 9781402281037) will be appearing on The View on Monday, September 30.
Nelson DeMille, author of The Quest (Center Street, 9781455576425), will appear on SiriusXM’s Book Club with Michael Smerconish on Tuesday, October 1.
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Nook Media Adds Two Executives
Nook Media has appointed two outside executives to its management team, putting them in charge of two distinct areas. Mahesh Veerina will become COO on October 7 and Doug Carlson has been named executive v-p of digital content and marketing, effective immediately.
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Rosenbaum Named Director of University of Missouri Press
Rosenbaum, director of product development and project management for the American Heart Association, will assume his new role November 1.
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Authors on the Air September 27, 2013: Stephen Jimenez
Stephen Jimenez, author of The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard (Steerforth Press, 9781586422141) will appear on Weekend Edition on Sunday, September 29.
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Job Moves: September 26, 2013
At Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Andrew Smith has been promoted to senior v-p, deputy publisher, executive director of new business development. Click through for more promotions and appointments.
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Job Moves: September 25, 2013
At the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, v-p Jennifer Weltz is succeeding Jean Naggar as president.
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Authors on the Air September 24, 2013: Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins, author of An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist (Ecco, 9780062225795) will appear on the Daily Show on Tuesday, September 24.
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Job Moves: September 24, 2013
At Harlequin Teen, Annie Stone has been promoted to editor.