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Getty Publications Names New Publisher
Kara Kirk, former associate publisher at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, has been appointed publisher of the Getty Publications effective April 13.
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Authors on the Air January 25, 2012: Laurie Puhn, Maurice Sendak
Laurie Puhn, author of Fight Less, Love More: 5 Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship Without Blowing Up or Giving In (Rodale, 9781605295985) will be on The Bill Cunningham Show.
Maurice Sendak will be on The Colbert Report for the second part of his interview.
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Job Moves: January 25, 2012
Dawn Woods has joined B&H Publishing Group as editor, acquisitions and development. She will help to lead efforts in the Christian Living and Children's publishing areas.
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Authors on the Air January 24, 2012: Alex Gilvarry, Dr. Seuss
Alex Gilvarry, author of the novel From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant (Viking Adult, 978-0670023196), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.
NPR's Morning Edition did a feature story on Dr. Seuss and the 75th anniversary of his first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (Random House, 978-0394844947).
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Job Moves: January 24, 2012
Annette Danek has been promoted to senior v-p, fulfillment at Random House. She was previously a v-p.
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Job Moves: January 23, 2012
Laurie Chittenden will join Hyperion as editor at large on January 23, where she will focus on acquiring a mix of commercial nonfiction and fiction book projects. Chittenden began her career with Hyperion as an editorial assistant in 1993.
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Authors on the Air January 23, 2012: Eleanor Hende, Naomi Benaron, Katherine Britton, Jennifer McMahon, Lisa Lillien
Lisa Lillien, author of Hungry Girl Supermarket (St. Martin’s Griffin; 0-312-67673-5) will be discussing her new book on Access Hollywood.
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Perseus Expands Argo Navis Team
Perseus has added three new staffers to its Argo Navis Author Services unit, which was formed last year to handle digital distribution and marketing for authors who want to self-publish but who are represented by established agents.
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Authors on the Air January 20, 2012: Mark Williams
Mark Williams will be on NPR's Science Friday to talk about his book Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World (Rodale Books, 978-160961198).
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Job Moves: January 20, 2012
Gabrielle Barikian has been named publicity intern at Harlequin Enterprises Limited. Barikian was previously the public relations intern at Entertainment Fusion Group.
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Authors on the Air January 19, 2012: Gaby Rodriguez
Gaby Rodriguez, author of The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir (Simon & Schuster, 978-1442446229), will be on Dr. Phil. Tomorrow she will be on Inside Edition and Issues wth Jane Velez Mitchell.
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Job Moves: January 19, 2012
Ann Godoff has promoted Virginia Smith Younce to senior editor at the Penguin Press.
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Ileene Smith Joining FSG as Exec Editor
Ileene Smith will join Farrar, Straus and Giroux as v-p and executive editor on February 15. She will be acquiring and editing authors on both the FSG and Hill & Wang lists.
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Authors on the Air January 18, 2012: Shalom Auslander, Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman, Joe Nocera
Shalom Auslander will be on the Leonard Lopate Show for his debut novel Hope: A Tragedy (Riverhead, 978-1594488382).
Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman will be on the Brian Lehrer Show discussing Why We Broke Up (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 978-0316127257).
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Job Moves: January 18, 2012
Lori Galvin has been promoted to executive editor at America's Test Kitchen. She has been with them since 2002 as senior editor.
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Mason Moves Up at Norton
Alane Salierno Mason was promoted from v-p and senior editor at W.W. Norton to executive editor.
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Authors on the Air January 17, 2012: Patricia Cohen, Adele Enersen
Patricia Cohen will be on The Brian Lehrer Show for In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age (Scribner, 978-1416572893).
Adele Enersen, author of When My Baby Dreams (Balzer + Bray, 978-0062071750), was on the Today show this morning to talk about her book.
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Job Moves: January 17, 2012
Open Road has announced that Betsy Mitchell will serve as strategic advisor for science fiction and fantasy.
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Authors on the Air January 13, 2012: Eben Miller, Hallie Ephron, Elinor Lipman, Mira Bartok
On the January 16 Literary New England Radio Show on BlogTalk Radio at 8 p.m., there will be a celebration of Martin Luther King Day with Maine professor Eben Miller, author of Born Along the Color Line.
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Job Moves: January 13, 2012
Barb Burg has joined the Thomas Reuters Communications and Editorial groups as v-p, director of global communications, Reuters News. She was most recently senior v-p and director of publicity and public relations for the Bantam Dell Publishing Group.
Howard Books has announced Barry Landis is joining the company as v-p, associate publisher. Landis was previously president of Word Label Group.



