Publishing Trends

JUNE 14, 2023

VP, creative director at Harper Children’s Barbara Fitzsimmons is retiring on June 30. Jennifer Weis has launched The Weis Agency , based in New York City. Weis was a senior agent at Ross Yoon Agency , which was recently acquired by WME , and previously executive editor at St. She was at Olswanger Literary Agency.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Hayley Steed will move over to Janklow & Nesbit UK as a literary agent after seven years at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency. At Doubleday , Director of interior design Maria Carella will retire. SVP and creative director John Fontana will retire after 23 years as part of the company’s VSO offer.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 24, 2023

Cecilia Lyra has been promoted to literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency. Dawn Adams has been promoted to senior art director at Sourcebooks. Brittany Vibbert has been promoted to associate creative director, calendars & gift. Annie Berger has been promoted to executive editor.

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APRIL 23, 2024

At Tin House Books , Masie Cochran has been named publisher and editorial director, after serving as interim publisher since last October. In Agency News… At The Book Group , Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has joined in the new hybrid role of director of strategy & business development, literary agent, starting in June.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. At Independent Publishers Group , Tim McCall , formerly trade sales director at Baker & Taylor Publishing Services , is joining as VP of sales.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 6, 2023

In agency news… Jana Hanson , formerly Agent at Metamorphosis Literary Agency , joins D4EO Literary Agency as Agent. Allison Devereux joins Trellis Literary Management as Agent; she was previously Agent and Foreign Rights Director at the Cheney Agency. Sweeney will join as Partner and Associate Publisher on May 1.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He was most recently Director of Consumer Insights at Ingram Content Group. At Penguin Young Readers , Ken Wright , President and Publisher of the Viking , Philomel , and Flamingo Publishing Group , will retire at the end of January 2023. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction.

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