May 2021

 

The latest news from People of Color in Publishing

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Featured Publishing Professional: Selihah White
Featured Publishing Professional: Selihah White

I’ve been a voracious reader as long as I could remember, so book publishing felt like a natural choice. I’m in publishing because I love being able to engage deeply with important ideas and make them captivating for readers.

Selihah White is a publicist at Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press. She is a member of the Communications and Events subcommittee at People of Color in Publishing.

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Publishing Professionals Making Moves in the Industry

By Gianna Lakenauth

  •  Cristina Arreola has been promoted to Marketing Manager at Sourcebooks Landmark.

  • Tiffany Colón has been promoted to  associate editor at Scholastic.   

  • Tiffany Gonzalez has been promoted to Marketing and Publicity Coordinator at Astra House. 

  • Luana Horry has been promoted to Senior Editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books’ Harper Group. 

  • Mabel Hsu has been promoted to senior editor at Katherine Tegen Books. 

  • Vaishali Nayak has been promoted to Senior Marketing Manager at HarperCollins Children’s Books. 

  • Devi Pillai is now President & Publisher of Tom Doherty Associates / Tor. 

  • Sydney Tillman has been promoted to Senior Publicist at Scholastic. 

  • Linet Huamán Velásquez has been promoted to Senior Designer at Penguin Random House. 

  • Claire Yee has been promoted to Editor at Weldon Owen.

Congratulations to all!

 
 

Reparations Club

Photo credit: Nicki Sebastian

Photo credit: Nicki Sebastian

As sent to Amanda Orozco

Reparations Club is a concept bookshop and creative space Curated by Blackness® in Los Angeles, CA and online. Founded by LA-native and former fashion writer Jazzi McGilbert, Rep Club amplifies one of the most valuable resources in America: the Black creative. As one of LA's first Black-woman owned bookshops, Rep Club hosts events and brings deep curiosity, creativity and curation together with a distinctly Black POV in a mission-driven space.

Location: 3054 S Victoria Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90016 and online

Learn more: https://rep.club/

Photo credit: Nicki Sebastian

Photo credit: Nicki Sebastian

Photo credit: Nicki Sebastian

Photo credit: Nicki Sebastian

By Elizabeth Agyemang

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May 25-27

U.S. Book Show presented by Publishers Weekly 

Join Publishers Weekly May 25-27, 2021 for the inaugural U.S. Book Show (#USBookShow), conceived and formed by Publishers Weekly to serve the global bookselling and book publishing industry.

The U.S. Book Show is open to librarians and booksellers, the book publishing community and allied vendors and professionals.

Attendees will enjoy a wide array of book and author panels; programming geared to publishing professionals; and exhibitor booths available on a sliding scale meant to attract displays from a range of vendors, from small presses to midsize imprints, university presses, sideline producers, distributors, library data providers and the largest publishers.

If People of Color of Publishing has helped you as an industry professional, please let us know and share your experience with us. Submitting a testimonial will assist us in sharing with others how impactful our programming can be to our community and help us reach new industry professionals.

 
Elizabeth Agyemang