Job Moves: December 18, 2012

Anne Hoppe will joining Clarion Books as senior executive editor. She was previously executive editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where she spent 18 years.

Tessa Woodward has been promoted to editor at HarperCollins. She has been with the company since 2005.

Authors on the Air December 17, 2012: Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott will be on Tavis Talks for Help, Thanks, Wow (Riverhead, 978-1594631290).

Job Moves: December 17, 2012

At Hyperion, Betsy Hulsebosch is publicity manager; Georgia Morrissey is art director.

Philip Rafshoon is AJC Decatur Book Festival program director. He was former owner of Atlanta's Outwrite Bookstore.

Despite Crash, New Bach Book Set for March

While Richard Bach’s trip to deliver the completed manuscript of his newest book ended with him crashing his plane, Nice Tiger Press remains hopeful of releasing Travels with Puff: A Gentle Game of Life and Death next March.

Authors on the Air December 14, 2012: Christopher Bonanos

Christopher Bonanos, author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid (Princeton Architectural Press, 978-1-61689-085-8), will be on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.

Job Moves: December 14, 2012

Orbit has made the following promotions: Devi Pillai has been promoted to executive editor; Susan Barnes has been promoted to associate editor; Abby Blackman has been promoted to associate editor at the Yen Press imprint; Wendy Chan has been promoted to designer.

Little, Brown Promotes Fain, Dewey, Callahan

Little, Brown has made a host of promotions. In marketing/publicity, Heather Fain has been promoted to v-p, associate publisher and marketing director.

Authors on the Air December 13, 2012: Mary Pope Osborne

On NBC's Rock Center Mary Pope Osborne will be featured in a segment for her Magic Tree House series. Watch clips here.

Job Moves: December 13, 2012

Elizabeth Van Doren has been promoted to editorial director, book publishing at Highlights for Children and Boyds Mills Press. She has been with the company since 2011.

At Little, Borwn, Julie Scheina has been promoted to senior editor. Bethany Strout has been promoted to assistant editor. Deirdre Jones has been promoted to assistant editor. Liz Casal has been promoted to designer. Mara Lander has been promoted to senior brand marketing manager. Stephanie O'Cain has been promoted to marketing manager. Zoe Luderitz has been promoted to manager, school & library marketing and social media.

Ed Ripley will join Walker Books as U.K. sales & marketing director.

Nan Graham Named Publisher at Scribner

Nan Graham has been named senior v-p and publisher of Scribner, reporting to Susan Moldow, who was formerly publisher but became president of the Scribner Publishing Group when it was formed and announced in October 2012.

Authors on the Air December 12, 2012: Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for his early novel Silent House (Knopf, 978-0307700285), which is newly translated into English.

Job Moves: December 12, 2012

Jennifer Garza has joined the Simon & Schuster publicity department as a publicity manager.  She most recently worked at Media Connect.

Amber Qureshi is joining Seven Stories as associate publisher and executive editor. She was most recently an executive editor at Viking.

Diane Young will join Dundurn Press as editorial director, effective January 16. She was most recently with Lorimer as editorial director.

Authors on the Air December 11, 2012: Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell will be on The Colbert Report for The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs (Random House, 978-0679644750).

Job Moves: December 11, 2012

Linda Coleman is now special sales representative for National Geographic Books Group. She was formerly special sales manager at Square One Publishers.

Emma Patterson and Emily Forland, formerly of the Wendy Weil Agency, will be joining Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents as agents.

Authors on the Air December 10, 2012: Audrey Edmunds, Jessica Fellowes, Will Schwalbe, Sebastian Junger

Audrey Edmunds, co-author of It Happened to Audrey: A Terrifying Journey From Loving Mom to Accused Baby Killer (Titletown, 978-0985799809), will be on Katie with Katie Couric.

The Literary New England Radio Show will celebrate its one-year anniversary with appearances from Jessica Fellowes for The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era (St. Martin's, 978-1250027627), Will Schwalbe for The End of Your Life Book Club (Knopf, 978-0307594037), and Sebastian Junger for "A World Made of Blood" (Byliner, B00AG5GDKA). Listen here.

Job Moves: December 10, 2012

At the Portfolio, Sentinel, and Current imprints of Penguin: Kristen Gastler has been hired as senior publicist; she was previously with Doubleday. Margot Stamas has been hired as publicist; she was previously at Putnam and Riverhead. Christy D'Agostini has been promoted to senior publicist. Jacquelynn Burke has been promoted to publicist.

Publicity firm Media Connect (formerly Planned Television Arts) has two new staff members: Steve Matteo arrives as a publicity manager. He worked for nearly 11 years as the publicity manager for Barron's. In addition, the company is joined by associate publicist Nicole Martineau in the Washington, DC office.

Encouraging Reading in the Arab World: PW Talks with Sheikha Bodour

Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi has many credentials: president of the U.A.E. Board on Books for Young People, director of Knowledge Without Borders, winner of the British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur Publishing Award 2012. But her ultimate goal is to promote literature across the Arab world with a focus on children.

Authors on the Air December 7, 2012: Robert Provine

Robert Provine, author of Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond (Belknap Press, 978-0674048515), will be on NPR's "Science Friday."

Psaltis Joins Gallery Books as Marketing Director

Elizabeth Psaltis will join The Gallery Books Group in the newly created position of marketing director, reporting to Louise Burke.

Job Moves: December 6, 2012

Benjamin Lee will join Atria as associate publisher on January 2. He has been with Simon & Schuster since 2007.