Job Moves: July 16, 2012

Nancy Laties Feresten has been named senior v-p for children's publishing and media at National Geographic. She has been with the company since 1999 as v-p and editor-in-chief of children's books. She will now oversee the National Geographic Kids content development team, which includes kids' magazines, books, digital products, web site, and television.

Obituary: Lowell Farley

Former book publicist Lowell Farley died July 3. He was 81. Farley, with his late wife Edna, ran one of the foremost book publicity firms in the country out of his Fort Lauderdale home base. According to one publisher, the pair "pioneered the now-accepted work-from-home business mode."

Authors on the Air July 13, 2012: Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, Nikki Stern

Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for An Invisible Flower (Chronicle Books, 978-14521-0911-4).

Nikki Stern, author of Hope in Small Doses (Humanist Press), will be on "Culture Shocks", hosted by Rev. Barry Lynn at 4 p.m. ET.

Job Moves: July 13, 2012

At Yale University Press, Kate Brown is now chief operating officer. She was previously managing director of the technology, media, and telecom group at Bank of America.

Heather McCormack is now collection development manager at 3M. She was previously book review editor at Library Journal.

Authors on the Air July 12, 2012: Robin Shulman

Robin Shulman, author of Eat The City (Crown, 978-0307719058), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.

New Leadership Team at RH Australia and New Zealand

Margie Seale, managing director of Random House Australia and New Zealand, as well as president of Asia Development Random House Inc., is stepping down. With her departure, the publisher has created a new ANZ leadership team that will be overseen by Andrew Davis and Karen Ferns.

Authors on the Air July 11, 2012: Robert Blakeslee, Kurt Andersen

Robert Blakeslee will be on "The Mancow Show" for Your Time To Bake (Square One, 978-0757003554).

Kurt Andersen, author of True Believers (Random House, 978-1400067206), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Job Moves: July 11, 2012

Andrew Hodder-Williams is now publishing director at Lion Hudson. Since 1997, he has worked as a consultant to the publishing and telecoms sectors.

Katrinka Geslani will join the Simon & Schuster Children's Division as associate demand planner covering Aladdin & Simon Pulse imprints.

Job Moves: July 10, 2012

Melissa Bounty has been named the associate publisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure children's series. Bounty, who was previously the senior managing editor of the series for five years, will become the first associate publisher for the series during its decade-long publication by Chooseco, LLC.

Authors on the Air July 10, 2012: Eve Michaels, John Dramani Mahama

Eve Michaels, author of Dress Code: Ending Fashion Anarchy (Jacquie Jordan, 978-0981931180), will be on Today on July 11.

John Dramani Mahama will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for My First Coup d'Etat: And Other True Stories from the Lost Decades of Africa (Bloomsbury, 978-1608198597).

Job Moves: July 9, 2012

Nita Taublib has been named executive editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons. She was most recently publisher and editor in chief at Bantam.

Authors on the Air July 9, 2012: Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Mary R. Morgan

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of PW Pick Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan (Knopf, 978-0307957146), will be on Tavis Talks.

Mary R. Morgan, author of Beginning with the End: A Memoir of Twin Loss and Healing (Vantage Point, 978-1936467396), will be on The Leondard Lopate Show.

Winstanley Takes the Lead at Penguin Canada

Penguin Canada's new president is a home grown publishing star — young, Canadian and a woman.

Cengage Looking for New CEO as Dunn Moves Up

Upper management of Cengage Learning is about to get a complete makeover. Ron Dunn, CEO since 2007, will step down from that role later this year and move into the position of executive chairman. In addition, Cengage announced that David Shaffer will retire as company chairman as well as from the board of directors September 30.

Winstanley Succeeds Bryan as Penguin Canada President

Nicole Winstanley, publisher of Penguin Canada, has added the new title of president of the house, replacing Mike Bryan who is retiring to return home to the U.K.

Authors on the Air July 5, 2012: Jeanette Winterson, Rachel L. Swarns, Robert H. Frank, Lisa Randall

Jeanette Winterson, author of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Grove Press, 978-0802120106), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

McAleer Gets Global Role at Walker Books

In a move it says will improve its ability to exploit licensing and digital opportunities for all three of its subsidiaries to an international market, Walker Books Group has moved Helen McAleer, managing director of Walker Group UK, to the new role of chief global development officer of the Walker Books Group and managing director, Walker Productions.

Linn to Head Distribution Center for UCP

Don Linn has been named director of the Chicago Distribution Center.

Authors on the Air July 3, 2012: Nathan Englander

Nathan Englander, author of What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories (Knopf, 978-0307958709), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Authors on the Air July 2, 2013: Sally Satel, Scott O. Littlefield

Sally Satel and Scott O. Littlefield will be on The Brian Lehrer Show for Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience (Basic Books, 978-0465018772).