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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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. The company will also be changing its name back to “Business Insider” as they look to improve the brand positioning of the business and tech news publication.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Matt Gannon is joining HarperCollins Publishers as senior director of warehouse operations. Kelsey Manning has joined as director of marketing for The Morrow Group. Shawn Dahl has joined Abrams as art director. Donya Dickerson has joined Aevitas Creative Management as an agent. Norton as senior editor.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

She had been serving as interim publisher for almost a year, following the departure of Andy Hunter ; prior to joining Catapult, she was VP and Executive Director of Marketing Strategy at the Hachette Book Group. At Audible , James Finn joins as Head of Global Brand and Content Marketing. Most recently he was President of StoryCrate.

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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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OCTOBER 17, 2023

At Enrichmentors, Shivam Taneja brand management intern has left effective immediately. At University of Virginia Press , Patricia Searl has been named director of digital publishing. In Agency news : Amy Bishop-Wycisk has joined Trellis Literary Management as agent. Katie Klimowicz has been promoted to associate art director.

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MARCH 10, 2023

PEOPLE Nina von Moltke , President and Director of Strategic Development at Penguin Random House , is leaving the company in May. At Random House Children’s , Isabelle Snyder joins as Junior Designer, Brand and Licensed. At Oxford University Press , Zachary Haynes has left his position as Director of Global Business Development.

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