Tag Archives: Siobhan O’Hare

People Round-Up, Mid-July 2022

PEOPLE With the previously announced retirement of long-time Graywolf Press director and publisher Fiona McCrae, the Press has announced that Carmen Giménez will be joining in the role of executive director and publisher, beginning August 8th. She had been publisher of Noemi Press, which she and Evan Lavendar-Smith founded in 2002.  At Simon & Schuster,…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-June 2022

PEOPLE At Firebrand Group, founder and longtime head Fran Toolan will retire at the end of January 2023, to be succeeded by Angela Bole, presently CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association. Toolan will continue on as a member of the Firebrand board of directors. Tara Catogge has been named COO of Insight Editions and…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early October 2021

PEOPLE Writer and podcast host Zibby Owens is launching Zibby Books with Leigh Newman, herself a writer as well as Editor-at-Large at Black Balloon. Owens will serve as CEO and Reader-in-Chief; Newman will be President and Editor-in-Chief. Steph Opitz, Founding Director of The Loft Literary Center, joins as VP, Partnerships. Laura Rossi, lately Principal and…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early April 2016

PEOPLE Adriana Rizzo joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as VP, Marketing. She was previously Senior Director of Marketing for ESPN. Alexandra Primiani joined the company as Publicist. She was formerly Publicity Assistant at Riverhead. Natalie Chapman, Culinary VP and Publisher, is leaving the company and may be reached at nataliechapman1@aol.com. SVP of Digital Markets Sanj Kharbanda…Continue Reading