Inside moves Archives - The BookShed

The articles in this category are all about book trade insider promotions and appointments. If you are looking to submit to a particular editor, agent or publisher, it may help to keep on top of who is new in a role and what they may be looking to publish.

Mushens and Caskie form new agency

Agents Juliet Mushens and Robert Caskie have formed their own agency: Caskie Mushens Ltd. Mushens will continue to represent a range of commercial fiction an...

Pagan promoted to Editorial Director at Pan Macmillan

Bella Pagan has been made editorial director at Pan Macmillan Fiction. She joined the publisher in 2011 from Orbit, where she spent five years as commissioni...

Hoffman new chair of Penguin Random House

Philip Hoffman has been named Chairman of Penguin Random House it was announced today by the company’s Board of Directors. He succeeds John Makinson, who will h...

Laura Barber appointed publishing director of Portobello Books

Laura Barber has been appointed to the role of publishing director of Portobello Books after joining the company in 2005 from Penguin. Sigrid Rausing, publis...

Jonathan Cape’s Alex Bowler to join independent Granta

In July, Jonathan Cape’s deputy publishing director Alex Bowler will leave the publisher. He is to join independent Granta Books as publishing director. Bowl...

Penguin considers Dorling Kindersley sale

Penguin Random House is said to be considering selling off illustrated books imprint Dorling Kindersley. Sky News reports that the publishing giant is in tal...

Lisa Edwards becomes publishing director at Bonnier

Lisa Edwards has been appointed publishing director at Templar, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing. Edwards has performed the role on an interim basis since joini...

Alasdair Craig made commissioning editor for Hurst

Hurst Publishers has appointed Alasdair Craig as commissioning editor and revealed his first commission of 2016 - Coconuts: A Cultural History by food anthropol...

Palazzo Editions to grow with new team

Palazzo Editions, founded by Colin and Pamela Webb and based in Bath, has been acquired by a management buy-in team led by ex-Constable & Robinson finance d...

Bonnier Publishing Fiction renamed to Bonnier Zaffre

Bonnier Zaffre headquarters in London's West End Bonnier Publishing Fiction, a division of Bonnier Publishing, has announced that it has changed its name to...