Authors on the Air June 28, 2011: John A. Farrell, Monica Ali, Josh Ritter

John A. Farrell will be on Tavis Smiley to talk about his new biography: Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned (Doubleday, 978-0385522588). Monica Ali appeared on NPR's Morning Edition for her new novel Untold Story (Scribner, 978-145163548), which imagines what would have happened if Princess Diana survived.

Job Moves: June 28, 2011

Nico Medina has joined the Grosset & Dunlap/PSS! team as senior managing editor.

Bonnie Bader has assumed the role of editor-in-chief, Warne and Early Readers.

Gillian Levinson has been promoted to assistant editor at Razorbill, Penguin Young Readers Group.

Chan Joins PW

Jessamine Chan joins PW as reviews editor starting June 27. A candidate for an MFA from Columbia University, Chan has been the fiction editor at Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, and will be covering all categories for PW’s web exclusive reviews.

Comings and Goings: June 28, 2011

Lindsey Nobles, former director of corporate communications at Thomas Nelson, can now be reached at lindseyrnobles@gmail.com. Amy Kerr will be handling Noble's duties until a permanent replacement is found.

Job Moves: June 27, 2011

Katie Finch has been named head of publicity at Amazon Publishing. Finch was most recently at Weinstein Books, where she was director of marketing and publicity.

Comings and Goings: June 27, 2011

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Michael Knox, former national accounts manager at Baker & Taylor in San Diego, can now be reached at mknox92107@cox.net.

Authors on the Air June 27, 2011: Chris Stewart, Alex Prud'homme, Julianne Malveaux

The G. Gordon Liddy Show will interview Chris Stewart, author of The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points that Saved the World (Shadow Mountain, $28.99, 9781606419519). On The Leonard Lopate Show, Alex Prud'homme will discuss his new book, The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century (Scribner, 978-1416535454).

Job Moves: June 24, 2011

F + W Media has made the following hires/promotions: Jamie Wilkinson has joined the company as group publisher/community leader (Automotive, Outdoors). Wilkinson was formerly senior director of operations and business development at ESPN Outdoors. India Amos has joined the company as digital production ePub QA associate.

Authors on the Air June 24, 2011: Jacobson, Walraven, Stewart, Ottolenghi, Matthew Algeo, and the Savannah Book Festival

Annie Jacobson will discuss her new book, Area 51: An Uncencored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base (Little, Brown and Company, 978-0316132947), on Tavis Smiley. Yotam Ottolenghi, author of Plenty: Vibrant Vegetables from London’s Ottolenghi (Chronicle Books, 978-1452101248) will appear on NPR’s Weekend Edition this Sunday, June 26.

Authors on the Air June 23, 2011: Maziar Bahari, Chris Stewart

Tavis Smiley will have Maziar Bahari to promote his new book, Then They Came for Me (Random House, 978-1400069460).

On Friday, June 24, Glenn Beck will dedicate his full hour-long program to Chris Stewart's new book The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points that Saved the World (Shadow Mountain, 978-1606419519).

Fischbach Named Publisher at Coffee House Press

After a two-year transition process funded by a grant by the Bush Foundation, Coffee House Press announced that associate publisher Chris Fischbach, 38, will officially assume the responsibilities of publisher in July. Since the final agreement has yet to be reviewed, Fischbach expects the official date to be in early July, definitely by July 15.

Job Moves: June 22, 2011

Holger Volland has been named head of the conferences/creative industries division of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Volland was formerly at the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, where he served as head of marketing and communications.

HarperCollins has promoted Laina Adler to senior director of marketing. Adler recently worked on Love Wins and Through My Eyes, and also helped launch two HarperOne newsletters: "News and Pews" and "Elixer."

Job Moves: June 21, 2011

Paul Crichton has been promoted to v-p, director of publicity for the Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. Crichton was formerly the director of publicity, a position he started in 2006.

Authors on the Air June 21, 2011: Sugar Ray Leonard, Buchholz, Eva Gabrielsson, Tali Sharot

Boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard will appear on Tavis Smiley for his new memoir, The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring (Viking Adult, 978-0670022724).

Nightly Business Report will have Todd Buchholz, to talk about his new book, Rush: Why You need and Love the Rat Race (Hudson Street Press, 978-1594630774).

Job Moves: June 17, 2011

Grand Central Publishing has promoted Nick Small to publicist. Small joined the department in 2007 as a publicity assistant, and has worked on publicity for The Bourne Objective and The Bourne Deception, The Trials of Zion by Alan Dershowitz and Unthinking by Harry Beckwith, among many others.

Comings and Goings: June 16, 2011

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Lauren Shekari, former sub rights manager for Bloomsbury, can now be reached at lauren.shekari@gmail.com. Both the positions of Shekari and Rebecca Mancini, head of children's rights, were eliminated when Bloomsbury USA transferred the rights responsbility back to the U.K. office.

Job Moves: June 16, 2011

Justina Batchelor has joined Touchstone as publicist. Justina was most recently at Crown, where she effectively secured national, regional and print media for such titles as The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Liz and Diana Welch and I Totally Meant To Do That by Jane Borden.

Comings and Goings: June 15, 2011

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William R. Taylor, former Ingram Content Group manager for Ingram programs (Continuations, iSelect®, and Standing Orders), can now be reached at wrtaylori@comcast.net.

Job Moves: June 15, 2011

Other Press has promoted Megan Feulner from Associate Publicist to Publicist, and Sophia Sherry has been promoted from Assistant Publicist to Publicity and Marketing Coordinator. Both will continue to report to Sarah Reidy.