Job Moves: October 24, 2011

Holiday House has announced the appointment of Hayley Gonnason to the position of publicist. She was publicist for Tricycle Press/Random House Children’s Books for four years and before that was publicist/sales associate for Northland Publishing/Rising Moon/Luna Rising.

Lombardi Resigns as Barnes & Noble CFO

Joe Lombardi has resigned as chief financial officer of Barnes & Noble after nine years. He will remain with B&N as a “non-officer employee” until mid-2012 to assist in the transition to a new CFO. Until a permanent replacement is found Allen Lindstrom, v-p, corporate controller, will serve as interim CFO.

Job Moves: October 21, 2011

One Story has hired Will Allison as contributing editor. Former executive editor of Story magazine and former editor-at-large for Zoetrope: All-Story, Allison is the author of the novels What You Have Left (Free Press, 2007) and the New York Times bestseller Long Drive Home (Free Press, 2011).

Authors on the Air October 21, 2011: Nomi Prins

Nomi Prins, author of Black Tuesday (CreateSpace, 978-1463557669), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Authors on the Air October 20, 2011: Richard Brookhiser, Debbie Nathan, Oliver Sacks

Richard Brookhiser, author of James Madison (Basic Books, 978-0465019830), will be on The Daily Show.

Debbie Nathan, author of Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case (Free Press, 978-1439168271), was on NPR's Morning Report.

Job Moves: October 20, 2011

Thomson-Shore has expanded its team with the addition of Debbie Sayers as its director of sales. A 35-year printing industry veteran, Sayers was most recently the v-p of CM Books, a division of Cushing-Malloy in Ann Arbor.

Authors on the Air October 19, 2011: David Soucie, Jacques Pepin, Ali H. Soufan

On the KMSP-FOX 9 Morning Buzz show, author David Soucie talked about his new book, Why Planes Crash (Skyhorse, 978-1616084264).

Essential Pepin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547232799) author Jacques Pepin was on Good Morning America.

Job Moves: October 19, 2011

Penguin Canada has announced the appointment of Brent Richard to the position of director, online and digital sales, effective October 24th, 2011.

Authors on the Air October 18, 2011: Steven Pinker, Calvin Trillen, Jeffrey D. Sachs

Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Viking Adult, 978-0670022953), will be on The Colbert Report.

Calvin Trillen, author of Quite Enough of Calvin Trillen (Random House, 978-1400069828), will be on The Daily Show.

Job Moves: October 18, 2011

Worthy Publishing has announced the addition of Betty Woodmancy as senior v-p of sales. Woodmancy joins Worthy Publishing with more than 20 years of experience in the book industry, most recently serving as v-p, associate publisher for Howard Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

Authors on the Air October 17, 2011: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Lewis, Nathaniel Philbrick

Kevin Sorbo, author of True Strength: My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal--and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life (De Capo Press, 978-0306820366), will be on Entertainment Tonight, as well as Hannity.

Michael Lewis, author of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World (W.W. Norton, 978-0393081817), will be on Tavis Smiley.

Comings and Goings: October 14, 2011

Mark McElhinney, formerly of NBN, is now representing Black Rabbit Books in the school and library markets, covering the Chicago area and the state of Illinois. He can be contacted at mark.blackrabbit@yahoo.com. His phone number is 773 381 7426, fax 773 381 9767.

Authors on the Air October 14, 2011: Linda Evans, Thomas Thwaites, Virginia Breen

Linda Evans, author of Recipes for Life: My Memories (Vanguard, 978-1593156480), will be on Fox & Friends.

Thomas Thwaites, author of The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch (Princeton Architectural Press, 978-1-56898-997-6), will be on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday.

Job Moves: October 14, 2011

At Scholastic, David Levithan has been promoted to v-p, publisher and editorial director. He was previously v-p, editorial director.

Job Moves: October 13, 2011

Diane Levinson has joined Princeton Architectural Press and Chronicle Books as a publicist. She is based in New York and will handle art & design titles from both publishers, which are both part of the McEvoy Group. Diane was most recently at Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group.

Authors on the Air October 13, 2011: Lynn Neary, Ariel Dorfman

Lynn Neary discussed Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451626650) on NPR's Morning Edition.

Ariel Dorfman, author of Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile (Houghton Mifflin Houcourt, 978-0-547-54946-0), will be on NPR’s Talk of the Nation.

Authors on the Air October 12, 2011: Harry Belafonte, Margaret Hawkins

Harry Belafonte was on NPR's Morning Edition for his new book My Song (Knopf, 978-0307272263).

Margaret Hawkins, author of After Schizophrenia: The Story of My Sister's Reawakening After 30 Years (Conari Press, 978-1573245357) will be on Strategies for Living, KEEL Radio, Shreveport, Louis., and Morning Show, KBEM Radio, 88.5 FM, Independent Public Radio, Minneapolis, Minn.

Authors on the Air October 11, 2011: Jill Abramson, Jeffrey Eugenidies, Michael Seth Starr

Jill Abramson, author of The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog Named Scout (Times Books, 978-0805093421), will be on The Brian Lehrer Show.

Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Marriage Plot (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 978-0374203054), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Comings and Goings: October 11, 2011

If you've been laid off recently, left your job or landed a new position and would like to pass along your contact information to others in the business, send details to pwletters@publishersweekly.com. Please include your full name and former title/company.

John Groton has left his position of v-p, sales for National Book Network. On October 17th he will be joining Innodata Isogen as account executive, e-book publishing. He can be contacted at jgroton@innodata.com or jgroton@gmail.com.

HC's Redmayne Named CEO of Pottermore

Charlie Redmayne is leaving his post as executive v-p and chief digital officer of HarperCollins to assume the role of CEO of Pottermore, J.K. Rowling’s new online reading experience.