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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
Leah Johanson has joined the Free Press as a publicist. She was previously an associate publicist at Random House.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).
Galassi, Others Join Words Without Borders Board
Jonathan Galassi, Teresa Melhado and Theodore Rogers have been elected board members for Words Without Borders. The nonprofit organization publishes and supports (through grants and other activities) international literature.
Job Moves: June 29, 2012
Seale Ballenger is leaving HarperCollins after her position was eliminated.
Ballast Named Interim Head of PR at GCP
In the wake of the departure of Jennifer Romanello last week, Grand Central Publishing has named Matthew Ballast acting director of publicity for the Hachette division.
Authors on the Air June 29, 2012: Rod Thompson, David Leavitt
Rodney Thompson, author of The Black Hills (Berkeley, 978-0425243107), will be on South Dakota Public Radio at 10:05 PT. Listen here.
David Leavitt, author of The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (W.W. Norton, 978-0393329094), will be on NPR's Science Friday.
Authors on the Air June 28, 2012: Jonathan Fleece, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Jonathan Fleece, co-author of The New Health Age: The Future of Health Care in America (Sourcebooks, 978-1402273933), will be on CNN Newsroom with Wolf Blitzer and WGN Midday.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of PW Pick Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan (Knopf, 978-0307957146), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
Job Moves: June 28, 2012
Katie Freeman has been named associate director of publicity at Riverhead Books, beginning July 2. She was previously with Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Lisa Westmoreland has been promoted to senior editor at Ten Speed Press.
