Hachette Book Group

We’re pleased to welcome Ann Dye to Hachette Book Group as Vice President, Business Operations! 🎉 Reporting to Ed Spade, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Ann will serve as a strategic partner in driving company-wide priorities across publishing, supply chain, distribution, technology, and shared services. She will lead strategic initiatives spanning multiple divisions, support the integration of new sales and distribution clients, and help strengthen how teams and operations connect across HBG. Ann brings 20 years of book publishing experience spanning retail, trade, consumer and digital marketing, business operations, strategy, and team leadership. Most recently, she led Sales Operations at HarperCollins Publishers, overseeing a team of nearly 20 and leading the modernization of key sales-support processes. “Ann has spent two decades empowering teams and developing strong operations outcomes. She’s the rare executive who’s both deeply strategic and genuinely trusted by the people she works with,” Ed said. “I’m excited to see what she will bring to HBG as someone who can unite the process and strategy to drive for strong results.” Ann shared, “Operations is my passion, and I very much look forward to building upon the excellent foundational workflows that Ed has established. I am eager to bring an innovative and strategic approach to driving greater efficiency and sustainable business growth at HBG.” Please join us in welcoming Ann to Hachette! 👏 Read more about her appointment in Publishers Weekly: https://lnkd.in/gbBijz9R

This is what Changing the Story looks like. 📚🌍 Our second annual Changing the Story Festival: Inclusion for Success brought HBG employees, authors, advocates, and publishing professionals together for a day of conversation, connection, learning, and action—all centered on the people, perspectives, and ideas helping move publishing forward. From who gets to tell the story and creating pathways into publishing to LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion, the freedom to read, and neurodivergence as a catalyst for creativity, the day reflected what Inclusion for Success means to us. Because Changing the Story is more than the name of our festival—it’s one of HBG’s core business pillars. Inclusion is central to how we publish better, reach more readers, create opportunity, and build a stronger industry. Thank you to our incredible speakers, partners, colleagues, Employee Resource Groups, Changing the Story Advisory Board, and everyone who helped bring the day to life. And thank you to Eat Offbeat and DJ Soph Thee Sage for helping us gather, celebrate, and close out the festival together. 💛 The festival may last one day, but the work of Changing the Story continues all year long. Press play for a look back. 🎥✨ #ChangingTheStory #InclusionForSuccess #HachetteBookGroup #Publishing #DiversityInPublishing

Hachette Names Dan Levy SVP & Chief Data Officer We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Levy as Senior Vice President & Chief Data Officer, with responsibility across Hachette Book Group, Hachette UK, and its subsidiaries. In this newly expanded role, Dan will lead our Group Data Strategy, bringing together the Data, Business Intelligence, and Reporting teams currently operating across the U.S. and U.K. He will also join the executive IT Leadership Team. The appointment marks an important step in strengthening how we use data across Hachette—creating greater consistency across our businesses, enhancing insights, and helping teams make more informed, data-driven decisions. Over nearly five years with HBG, Dan has become known for his strategic insight, dedication, and focus on continually improving the way we work. Over the past 18 months, his leadership alongside David McTeague, Head of IT: Business Intelligence at Hachette UK, has helped position our broader Data Strategy for its next phase. As Chief Data Officer, Dan will help ensure that our data capabilities continue to evolve alongside our business, strengthening collaboration across Hachette and unlocking new opportunities to better understand and serve our authors, partners, and readers. Please join us in congratulating Dan on this well-deserved new role! 🎉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gskMuHhB #HachetteBookGroup #HachetteUK #Leadership #Data #BusinessIntelligence #Publishing

Raising Readers x Barnes & Noble, Inc.: A Virtual Storytime with Christopher Denise 📚🦉 We’re thrilled to team up with Barnes & Noble for a special Raising Readers virtual storytime featuring Caldecott Honor Medal winner Christopher Denise, author and illustrator of Knight Owl! On Friday, September 18, families and young readers are invited to join Christopher for a free virtual reading of his delightful story about a tiny owl with one very big dream: becoming a knight. ✨ Two sessions will be available: 📖 11:00 AM ET 📖 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT Through Raising Readers, we’re working to help more children discover the joy of reading and make reading for enjoyment part of their everyday lives. We’re grateful to Barnes & Noble and Christopher Denise for helping us bring that mission directly to young readers and their families. Reading is Golden. 💛 Register through Ticket Leap to receive the Zoom webinar link and submit a question for Christopher: https://lnkd.in/gdfzD7_Y #RaisingReaders #ReadingIsGolden #HachetteBookGroup #BarnesAndNoble #ChildrensBooks #ChildrensLiteracy

Inclusion for Success. Expanding Opportunity. Changing the Story. 🌍 On September 10th, we hosted our second annual Changing the Story Festival: Inclusion for Success, bringing HBG employees, authors, advocates, and publishing professionals together to explore how inclusion helps us publish better, reach more readers, create opportunity, and strengthen our industry. 🎤 Keynote Conversation with Colin Kaepernick: • Colin Kaepernick, civil rights activist & author of the forthcoming The Perilous Fight (Legacy Lit, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing) • Led by Carrie J. Bloxson, Chief People Officer, HBG & Amina Iro, Editor, Legacy Lit 📚 Agents of Change: Who Gets to Tell the Story: • Amy Bishop-Wycisk & Tamara K., Literary Agents of Change • Morgan Wu & Alexander Littlefield, Little, Brown and Company • Moderated by Niyati Patel, Grand Central Publishing & Changing the Story Advisory Board 🌱 Inkluded: Where Publishing Talent Begins: • Michael Mejias, Inkluded Inc. & Writers House • Maya Lewis, Inkluded alum & Legacy Lit • Alexandra Hightower, Inkluded alum & Little, Brown Books for Young Readers • Moderated by Amina Iro, Legacy Lit ⚖️ Afternoon Keynote: • Sruti Swaminathan, ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project, shared insights from her work advancing and protecting LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion. 📖 Authors Against Book Bans: Keeping Stories on the Shelf: • @Maureen Johnson & Frederick Joseph, MBA, Authors Against Book Bans • Beck Haberstroh, PEN America • Andrew G., HBG • Moderated by Carrie Bloxson, HBG 🧠 Neurodivergence as a Catalyst for Creation: • Authors Jennifer Elizabeth Brunson, Liz Lewis, Megan Griffith, Haley Moss, Esq. & Jennifer Cook • Moderated by Amy Lankester-Owen, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Hachette UK 💬 HBG and Hachette UK CEO David Shelley joined Carrie Bloxson and HBG Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Sara Munjack in opening and closing the festival, supported by Hachette’s ten Employee Resource Groups and our Changing the Story Advisory Board. Beyond the stage, colleagues packaged books for people in prison with Right To Read, connected with our Spanish Publishing Working Group, and joined a virtual spoken-word poetry session. ✨ Changing the Story is one of HBG’s core business pillars and an ongoing commitment to strengthening inclusion and expanding opportunity across our company, publishing programs, and industry. Thank you to everyone who made the day possible, including Eat Offbeat and DJ Soph Thee Sage. 🌍📚 Read the full festival recap: https://lnkd.in/g4jnG2Yg 

Opening Our Doors to the Next Generation of Latinx Storytellers How does a story go from an idea on the page to a book in a reader’s hands? Hachette Book Group recently welcomed writers and illustrators from the 2026 Latinx Storytellers Conference to our New York headquarters for an exclusive Lunch & Learn offering an inside look at the people, decisions, and collaboration behind that journey. Presented by the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, the annual Latinx Storytellers Conference brings together Latinx writers, illustrators, agents, editors, and publishing professionals with a focus on community and belonging, craft and professional development, and industry access and networking. That last piece—access—was at the heart of our time together. HBG colleagues took attendees behind the scenes of the publishing process, sharing how manuscripts are discovered and acquired; how editorial, design, and production teams work together to shape a book; how authors collaborate with their imprint teams; how marketing and publicity build audiences; and how sales and distribution ultimately help connect a book with readers. But some of the most valuable moments came from the conversation itself: storytellers asking questions, publishing professionals sharing what they’ve learned, and emerging creators gaining greater insight into an industry they are working to become part of. For HBG, this is also part of a continuing relationship. After supporting the Latinx Storytellers Conference in previous years, we were proud to welcome its community into our offices and continue investing in an organization working to create meaningful pathways for Latinx voices in publishing. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment, and opportunity. Fulfilling that mission also means helping ensure that the people creating those worlds have opportunities to understand our industry, build relationships within it, and see a place for themselves in its future. Thank you to the Latinx Storytellers Conference, Latinx KidLit Book Festival, the writers and illustrators who joined us, and our HBG colleagues who opened the doors and shared their expertise. The next great story can come from anywhere. Our industry is stronger when more storytellers have the opportunity to bring theirs to readers. 📚 #LatinxStorytellersConference #LatinxKidLitBookFestival #HachetteBookGroup #ChangingTheStory #Publishing #LatinxCreators #Writers #Illustrators #DiversityInPublishing

Today, we remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001, honor the courage of those who responded and served, and hold close all those whose lives were forever changed. 25 years later, we continue to reflect, remember, and learn; carrying forward the stories and lessons that help future generations understand this defining moment in our history. We remember. We honor. We will never forget. #September11 #NeverForget

Da Capo to Publish Jennifer Finch’s Memoir, SHOOTING UP AND MAKING OUT Da Capo, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, will publish SHOOTING UP AND MAKING OUT: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7 by Jennifer Finch with Jeff Alulis on January 19, 2027. Completed just before Finch’s death on July 18, 2026, the memoir tells the extraordinary story of the groundbreaking L7 bassist, photographer, recovering addict, activist, and beloved pillar of Los Angeles’ creative community—in her own words. From discovering LA’s hardcore punk scene at twelve and playing in an early band with Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland to experiencing L7’s rise amid the grunge phenomenon, Finch lived at the center of a transformative era in music. Her story extends far beyond the stage, chronicling addiction and sobriety, friendship and devastating loss, photography, advocacy, creativity, and ultimately, reinvention. “Da Capo is honored to have a part in Jennifer Finch’s legacy with the publication of Shooting Up and Making Out,” said Ben Schafer, Executive Editor, Da Capo. He describes the memoir as “as real as it gets, suffused with hard-earned insight into the human condition, and shot through with tender compassion.” Co-writer Jeff Alulis worked alongside Finch for two years to ensure the book reflected exactly how she wanted her story told. “I’m heartbroken that she won’t get to see it published, but I’m thrilled to share her life and legacy with the world.” Hard-hitting, funny, profane, and wise, SHOOTING UP AND MAKING OUT is Jennifer Finch’s story as she lived, remembered, and intended it to be told. Read more: https://lnkd.in/d2c3_cyn #JenniferFinch #L7 #ShootingUpAndMakingOut #DaCapo #GrandCentralPublishing #HachetteBookGroup #Memoir #Music

Literacy can open a world of possibility. 📚✨ On International Literacy Day, we’re reminded that helping children become readers begins with something simple: giving them the opportunity, encouragement, and time to read. Reading with a child for just 10 minutes a day can kick-start a life-changing habit—building literacy skills while nurturing the curiosity, confidence, and joy that can turn reading into a lifelong practice. That belief is at the heart of Raising Readers, our global movement to help more children discover the joy of reading and make reading for enjoyment part of their everyday lives. ➡️ Take the pledge to help raise a reader at joinraisingreaders.com. Reading is Golden. 💛📖

A meaningful milestone for our colleagues at Hachette Australia Books and an important step in their ongoing Reconciliation journey. The launch of Hachette Australia’s first Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan, endorsed by Reconciliation Australia, reflects a commitment to listening, learning, strengthening relationships with First Nations creators and organizations, and ensuring First Nations stories are heard, respected, and shared widely. We’re proud to see our colleagues continue to put Changing the Story into action and build on their work with First Nations communities and partners. Congratulations to the Hachette Australia team and everyone who helped bring this important work to life. ❤️ Read More: https://lnkd.in/dh6etBkE #HachetteAustralia #Reconciliation #ChangingTheStory #Publishing #FirstNations