MIBA Executive Director Carrie Obry Steps Down

The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association announced that executive director Carry Obry has stepped down from her position, effective immediately. Operations manager Grace Hagen will serve as interim ED while the board searches for a permanent replacement. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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MIBA Executive Director Carrie Obry Steps Down

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Lisa Lucas stepping down as executive director of the National Book Foundation

Lisa Lucas is stepping down as executive director of the National Book Foundation to become Senior Vice President & Publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books. According to a press release from the NBF Lucas, who took over the ED role in 2016, …was instrumental in securing a $900,000 grant... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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GLIBA Executive Director Deb Leonard To Step Down

Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association executive director Deb Leonard is leaving the regional booksellers association at the end of December, after six years at the helm. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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MPIBA's Executive Director Stepping Down

Laura Ayrey Burnett, executive director of the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association since 2010, has stepped down, effective immediately. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Loft's Executive Director To Step Down

The board of the Loft will initiate a national search to replace Jocelyn Hale, the Minneapolis literary center's executive director, who is stepping down from the position this summer after seven years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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ALA Reopens Search for New Executive Director

The news of the reopened search comes on the one-year anniversary of Leslie Burger taking the helm as interim executive director, on November 15, 2023, and more than a year after executive director Tracie D. Hall abruptly resigned from her position on October 6, 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Michelle Aielli Named Interim Executive Director at AWP

Aielli was most recently VP and publishing director of the now-dissolved Hachette Books imprint and has been on the AWP board since 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Words Without Borders Appoints Elisabeth Jaquette Executive Director

The prominent Arabic-language translator and current head of the American Literary Translators Association will succeed Karen M. Phillips as head of the literary arts organization and English-language magazine of translated literature on September 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Chief Executive of Hachette Book Group to Step Down

Michael Pietsch will be replaced on Jan. 1 by the chief executive of Hachette UK, who will helm both divisions, bringing them into closer alignment. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-11-14 20:01:58 UTC ]
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Lydah Pyles DeBin Named Executive Director of Center for Fiction

DeBin previously served as deputy director of Portland's Literary Arts, as well as a national account manager at Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Young Readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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NYCLU's Lee Rowland to Succeed Chris Finan as NCAC Executive Director

The National Coalition Against Censorship has named Lee Rowland, currently policy director at the New York Civil Liberties Union, to replace the retiring Christopher Finan as its executive director. “The NCAC board of directors feels very fortunate to have found such an experienced and talented... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ricardo Alberto Maldonado Named Executive Director of Academy of American Poets

Maldonado, the first Latinx appointee to helm the Academy, was previously codirector of 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center. He will begin his new role on July 17. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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NCAC Executive Director Christopher Finan to Retire

A longtime defender of the freedom to read, Finan confirmed that he will retire this summer after a celebrated career in the service of free expression and First Amendment rights. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Coffee House Press Names Interim Executive Director

Coffee House Press has hired Linda Ewing, a Twin Cities–based consultant with expertise in nonprofit management, as interim executive director while it searches for a new publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Samiya Bashir to Lead Lambda Literary as Executive Director

Poet, associate professor at Reed College, and two-time Lambda Literary Award honoree Samiya Bashir has been selected as Lambda Literary's next leader. She spoke with 'PW' about her hopes for the organization. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Kent Watson Named Executive Director of SPD

Watson takes the reins following interim executive director Cindy Myers, who stepped in to lead Small Press Distribution after the resignation of Brent Cunningham. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Margot Atwell Named Executive Director and Publisher of Feminist Press

The former director of outreach and international for Kickstarter plans to build on the Press’s mission of centering marginalized voices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Sarah Baker Elected Executive Director of SCBWI

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' board of directors has elected Sarah Baker the organization’s new executive director, succeeding the organization's cofounder, Lin Oliver. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lawton steps up to managing director at the Soho Agency

Rowan Lawton will take on the role of m.d. at the Soho Agency following Philippa Milnes-Smith’s decision to focus on her agenting role. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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