Job Moves: June 21, 2013

At Anansi, Damian Rogers is poetry editor.

Elena Meredith has joined PR by the Book as publicist. She was previously publicist at Free Spirit Publishing.

Anastasia Scott joins Free Spirit Publishing as publicist. She has worked in the publicity department at Llewellyn, and most recently, as marketing coordinator for Red Line Editorial.

Sandi Irshner is chief marketing officer at Cengage Learning.

Job Moves: June 20, 2013

At Knopf publicity, Lena Khidritskaya will be relocating to Washington, DC, in July. Josie Kals and Nicholas Latimer will lead Knopf poetry, and Brittany Morrongiello will assist. Kals is also not publicity manager. Elizabeth Lindsay has been promoted to publicist. Sara Eagle is now marketing manager. Erinn McGrath is associate publicist. Erica Hinsley has been promoted to publicist. Michiko Clark is director, publicity, Pantheon and Schocken. Michelle Somers is associate director of publicity.

Sian Hunter is assistant editor-in-chief at University Press of Florida.

Authors on the Air June 20, 2013: Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw, author of The Time of Our Lives (Random House, 978-0812975123), will be on The Daily Show.

Authors on the Air June 19, 2013: Scott Benner, Richela Fabian Morgan

Scott Benner, author of Life is Short, Laundry is Eternal: Confessions of A Stay-At-Home Dad (Spry, 978-1938170157), is appearing on the Katie Couric Show.

Richela Fabian Morgan, author of Tape It & Make It (Barron's, 9781438001357) will be appearing on New York's WABC-TV Channel 7 at 5:30 PM EST.

Job Moves: June 19, 2013

Karen Li is editorial director at Owlkids Books, effective July 15. She was most recently senior editor at Kids Can Press.

Stephanie Kim has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as senior publicist. She was on the communications team at Hulu and prior to that worked in the publicity department at William Morrow.

Silverberg Leaving NEA

Literary agent-turned director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts, Ira Silverberg, is leaving the job to return to New York City.

Authors on the Air June 18, 2013: Lionel Shriver, Elisabeth Rohm

Lionel Shriver will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Big Brother (Harper, 978-0061458576).

Elisabeth Rohm will be on the Katie talking about her new book Baby Steps (Da Capo, 978-0738216638).

Job Moves: June 18, 2013

Caitlin McCaskey is agent direct for the RHPG Speakers Bureau. Jayme Boucher has been promoted to senior agent, RHPG Speakers Bureau.

At Chronicle Books, Lynda Zuber Sassi will re-join as associate director, mass markets. Erynn Im-Sato is associate manager, mass markets.

Former Tools of Change general manager Joe Wikert will join Olive Software June 20.

Michele Young joins Macmillan Children’s Books as international rights director.

Kiser Joining Rodale

Rodale has named Kristin Kiser v-p, deputy publisher, Trade Books and director of author programs.

Job Moves: June 17, 2013

Beth Lamb has been appointed to the newly created position of v-p, associate publisher, Vintage Anchor. She was previously at Rodale.

Lindsey Schwoeri joins Penguin Books as editor. She began her career in 2007 as an editorial assistant at Random House.

Authors on the Air June 17, 2013: Judith Schwartz, Joanne Chang

Judith Schwartz, author of Cows Save the Planet (Chelsea Green, 978-1603584326), will be on Talk of the Nation.

Joanne Chang, author of Flour, Too: Indispensable Recipes for the Café’s Most Loved Sweets & Savories (Chronicle Books, 9781452106144), will appear on the Today Show on Tuesday, June 18.

Authors on the Air June 14, 2013: Tom Drury

Tom Drury will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for Pacific (Grove, 978-0802119995).

Nagler Moves to Random House

Michelle Nagler, editorial director of Bloomsbury Children's Books, will join Random House Children's Books on July 15 as associate publishing director of Random House/Golden Books.

Job Moves: June 13, 2013

Barry Baird has been named v-p, HarperCollins Christian Publishing Bargain Books. He had been executive director, Thomas Nelson Bargain Books.

At Baker Publishing Group, Bobbi Jo Heyboer will step down as leader of academic marketing; Bryan Dyer will fill the role, effective July 18.

Authors on the Air June 13, 2013: Kjerstin Gruys

Kjerstin Gruys will be on The Colbert Report for Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year (Avery, 978-0399160172).

Authors on the Air June 12, 2013: Claire Messud

Claire Messud will be on The Leonard Lopate Show for The Woman Upstairs (Knopf, 978-0307596901).

Job Moves: June 12, 2013

Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Palgrave Macmillan as executive editor on June 24 with a focus on acquiring books in history.

Job Moves: June 11, 2013

Deltina Hay is new board chair for IBPA, replacing the outgoing Steve Metee.

Rebecca Miller, editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, has also been named editorial director of Media Source’s other library publication, Library Journal. She replaces Michael Kelley who has left the company.

Authors on the Air June 11, 2013: Daniel Bergner, Craig Lounsbrough

Daniel Bergner will be on The Colbert Report for What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire (Ecco, 978-0061906084).

Craig Lounsbrough, author of An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus (Ambassador International, 978-1620202135), can be heard at 9pm EST on LIFT-FM with Greg Hennis, host of Second Chances.The interview is also available at http://www.lift985.com.

Job Moves: June 10, 2013

Jacob Lewis is v-p, publishing director for Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway Books, effective July 8. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of figment.com.