Authors on the Air July 25, 2011: Brian Cox

Brian Cox, author of Wonders of the Universe (Harper Design, 978-0062110541) will be on The Colbert Report.

Job Moves: July 22, 2011

Brian Crawford, president of the publications division of the American Chemical Society and a foremost research scientist,has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of American Publishers, the industry's leading trade association.

Authors on the Air July 22, 2011: S.L. Stebel, Rick Tramonto

S.L. (Sid) Stebel will be interviewed live by Ed Goldberg on Portland, Oregon's All-Classical KQAC-FM radio for his book Double Your Creative Power: Make Your Subconscious a Partner in the Writing Process (Allen A. Knoll, 978-1888310207).

Job Moves: July 21, 2011

Gary Hubbard has been appointed as Group Business Development director of SBS Worldwide. Hubbard will be in charge of delivering SBS’s new strategic business plan across the operating sites in North America, China, the UK and the emerging economies.

Authors on the Air July 21, 2011: John Prendergast, Scott Miller, David Eagleman

Tavis Smiley will talk to John Prendergast about his book Unlikely Brothers: Our Story of Adventure, Loss, and Redemption (Crown, 978-0307464842).

The Daily Show will have Scott Miller for his book The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century (Random House, 978-1400067527).

Authors on the Air July 20, 2011: Michael Sandel, Esmerelda Santiago

Michael Sandel author of Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 978-0374532505) will be on The Colbert Report.

On The Leonard Lopate Show, Esmerelda Santiago will talk about her new novel Conquistadora (Knopf, 978-0307268327)

Job Moves: July 19, 2011

Valiant Entertainment, the character-based entertainment company with more than 1,500 characters in its library, including X-O Manowar and Harbinger, named producer and transmedia pioneer Jeff Gomez transmedia producer and creative consultant. Gomez has consulted extensively on such blockbuster properties as Avatar, Transformers, Halo and Pirates of the Caribbean.

Authors on the Air July 19, 2011: Daniel Silva, Cole Thomson, Adam Ross

Portrait of a Spy (Harper, 9780062072184) author Daniel Silva will be on the Today show.

Cole Thomson, author of Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery (St. Martin's Press, 978-0312359218), will appear on Joy Behar.

Authors on the Air July 18, 2011: Glenn Carle, Cynthia Sass

Glenn Carle talked about his book The Interrogator: An Education (Nation Books, 978-1568586731) on NPR's Morning Report.

Job Moves: July 18, 2011

Andrea Walker has been appointed to senior editor of The Penguin Press, effective August 1. Walker comes to The Penguin Press from Reagan Arthur Books/Little, Brown, where she has worked since 2009.

At Chronicle Books, Alison Elsby has joined as director distribution client services. Elsby was formerly director of merchandising with Borders Group. Peter Perez has been promoted to associate marketing director, food & drink, art & design, stationery.

Frankfurt Book Fair's Fellowship Programme

Participants include 16 young publishing, editorial and rights professionals from 11 different countries. Meet them all here.

Authors on the Air July 15, 2011: Sarah Jamila Stevenson, Rick Tramonto, Richard Mabey

Sarah Jamila Stevenson, the debut author of the YA novel The Late Rebellion (Flux Books, 978-0738722788) will air on NPR’s “Tell Me More."

Celebrity Chef Rick Tramonto will share from his new memoir, Scars of a Chef (Tyndale, 978-1-4143-3162-1) on the nationally-syndicated Crystal Cathedral “Hour of Power” television on Saturday July 16, 6pm EST on TBN and Sunday July 17, 8am EST and 9am PST on the LifeTime channel.

The Paris Review in Paris: Lorin Stein in the Magazine’s Birth City

The most-recently appointed editor of the Paris Review, Lorin Stein, came to speak in the magazine’s namesake city, in the cobbled square in front of Shakespeare & Company.

Authors on the Air July 14, 2011: Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti, Jennifer Egan

Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti will be on The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC) to discuss The Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Live, Work, and Play in the City (Faber & Faber, 978-0865479456).

Jennifer Egan will be on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about her book-of-the-month selection Look at Me (Anchor, 978-0385721356).

Job Moves: July 14, 2011

At Candlewick Press, Sarah Ketchersid has been promoted to executive editor, having previously served as a senior editor.

Job Moves: July 13, 2011

University of Michigan press associate director/digital manager Karen Hill has been named interim director.

Lazare Joining Touchstone as Senior Editor

Heather Lazare will join Touchstone as senior editor, coming most recently from the Crown Publishing Group, where she was editor and publishing manager of Crown Trade Paperbacks.

Authors on the Air July 13, 2011: Matthew Richardson, Diane Farr, Richard Mabey

Matthew Richardson, author of Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance (Princeton University Press, 978-0691150789), will be on The Daily Show.

Diane Farr will be on the Today show for her new book, Kissing Outside the Lines: A True Story of Love and Race and Happily Ever After (Seal Press, 978-1-58005-390-7).

Young Publishers Undeterred by Industry Uncertainty

In a roundtable discussion with PW Monday, five NYU Center for Publishing students not only showed a decidedly undaunted stance in the face of the publishing’s changing landscape, but instead welcomed the new opportunities.

Comings and Goings: July 12, 2011

Kristin Lindstrom has closed her literary agency of 15 years, Lindstrom Literary Management, to open a new business, Flying Pig Media. Lindstrom will be providing a range of publishing services to authors from craft/content editing to creative management of the electronic and print-on-demand books. Her new contact email is Kristin@flyingpigmedia.com.