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Feminist Press Executive Director and Publisher Margot Atwell to Step Down
Atwell, who joined Feminist Press at CUNY in early 2022, will depart in February. The press's board of directors has begun a nationwide search for her replacement.
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Bob Miller to Succeed Keith Fox as CEO at Phaidon
Miller, who founded Flatiron Books at Macmillan Publishers in 2013 and left the company earlier this year, will succeed Fox as CEO of Phaidon Press on January 1.
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Peter Matson Retires as Chairman of Sterling Lord Literistic
The former president of Sterling Lord Literistic, formed in 1987 after the merging of Sterling Lord with Literistic, the agency Matson founded eight years before, will retire after six decades in the book business.
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Constantia Constantinou Tapped to Lead Whiting Foundation
Constantinou, a longtime leader in library innovation, has been appointed as the new executive director of the Whiting Foundation.
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Carrie Bloxson Named Chief Human Resources Officer at Hachette Book Group
Bloxson, who was named SVP of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBG and Hachette UK in April, will now also lead talent development, recruitment, retention, training, office culture, and business processes at HBG while continuing to spearhead DEI efforts.
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Georgia Bodnar Launches Boutique Agency, Noyan Literary
The former Viking editor and UTA agent has launched a boutique literary agency based in New York representing “authors writing works that shape our understanding of the world and offer profound insights into its complexities.”
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Jhanteigh Kupihea to Leave Quirk Books
Jhanteigh Kupihea has resigned as president and publisher of the independent publisher, and will leave the company at the end of the year. Founder David Borgenicht has returned as president and interim publisher.
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Keith Fox to Step Down as CEO of Phaidon
Fox, who has led Phaidon Press since 2014, will leave the role at the end of December. During his tenure, he expanded the publishing portfolio at the illustrated books publisher and oversaw the acquisitions of Monacelli Press and Artspace.
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Suzanne Nossel Departs PEN America
Following a tumultuous year at the free speech nonprofit, the PEN CEO will take the helm at Freedom House in January. PEN chief program officers Summer Lopez and Clarissa Rosaz Shariyf have been named interim co-CEOs.
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Nan Graham to Step Down as Publisher of Scribner
Graham will step down as publisher of Scribner in 2025, per Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp, with S&S slated to begin an "open and thorough search for the next publisher." Graham will remain with the imprint in an as-yet-unnamed editorial role.
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Quarto Group CEO Alison Goff to Step Down
Goff, who joined the Quarto Group in 2022, will step down at the end of the year due to personal reasons. Quarto Group president CK Lau will step in as interim CEO, effective November 1.
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Nadxieli Nieto Joins Algonquin as Editorial Director
Nieto, who is currently executive editor at Flatiron Books, will help usher in the next chapter for Algonguin following the restructuring of the imprint this summer under new Little, Brown publisher Sally Kim.
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PW Star Watch 2024: Celebrating 10 Years of Star Watch
Superstars from years past reflect on the industry and share advice for book-biz newbies
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PW Star Watch 2024: Honorees
Meet the 35 honorees of the 10th anniversary edition of Star Watch, our annual program dedicated to recognizing and honoring rising talent in the publishing and bookselling businesses.
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Taylor Norman Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2024
The executive editor at Holiday House/Neal Porter Books was honored for what she describes as a life-long ambition: working as a children’s book editor.
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Star Watch 2024: Publishing’s Brightest
Welcome to the 10th anniversary of Star Watch, our annual program dedicated to recognizing and honoring rising talent in the publishing and bookselling businesses.
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PW Star Watch 2024 Finalist: Nicole Lintemuth
The owner of the bookstore Bettie’s Pages in Lowell, Mich., is “an outspokenly progressive voice running a small business successfully in a conservative small town” and a tireless advocate for the freedom to read.
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PW Star Watch 2024 Finalist: Gabby Leporati
The Hachette Book Group publicist has been praised for her “leadership in promoting diversity and inclusivity, both within our organization and through her impactful campaigns.”
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PW Star Watch 2024 Finalist: Brian Hurley
After rising through the ranks at Callisto Media, where he served as publisher, Hurley headed to Sasquatch Books, where, as publishing director, he’s hard at work at taking Sasquatch’s Pacific Northwest vibe national.
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PW Star Watch 2024 Finalist: Asia Harden
In her three years at FSG, assistant editor Asia Harden has become a highly respected and well-liked member of the Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group editorial team.