Hachette Book Group’s Post

Thank you to the National Hispanic Media Coalition for presenting HBG with this NHMC Impact award by artist Emilia Garcia, honoring HBG’s work to improve representation for the Latine community in publishing! 

Join Legacy Lit and Greenlight Bookstore for Greenlight Bookstore's second annual Juneteenth Party to be held the Friday before Juneteenth with the goal of highlighting and honoring Black creativity and supporting Black-owned businesses.   This event will focus around readings by several Legacy Lit authors. Food and drinks will be provided (sourced from Black-owned Brooklyn based vendors), and a percentage of sales of featured books will be donated to the Free Black Womens Library in Bed-Stuy.   A full event description is below. More information, including an RSVP link and options to pre-order the featured books, can be found here: https://lnkd.in/d_RKE4mx   Links for more information about the featured authors books can also be found here: https://lnkd.in/dRPg_UP4   Please consider including this event in your calendar or events roundup, and feel free to reach out with any questions! -- Friday, June 14, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Greenlight Bookstore and Legacy Lit present A Juneteenth Event Celebrating Black Literature Featuring authors including Jonathan Conyers, Antonia Hylton, Eddie Ndopu, Courtney Roker Laga, and Eboni K. Williams Drinks, refreshments, music, & more Event address:  Greenlight Bookstore 686 Fulton street Brooklyn, NY 11217 greenlightbookstore.com

Congratulations to East Kings County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc on a very successful book and author event, and scholarship fundraiser! Hachette Book Group is proud to support your efforts.

Join LB author Karen Yin (The Conscious Style Guide) and HBG’s Carrie J. Bloxson Bloxson on Thursday, May 16 at 3:00pm Eastern for a virtual conversation about DEI and conscious language exclusively for publishing professionals. This event will be held over Crowdcast, RSVP required in advance. Find more details and RSVP on Crowdcast: https://lnkd.in/eU5jeEdf

Congratulations to the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s 2024 Impact Award winners honored last night – Hachette Book Group, Cid Wilson, The New York Women's Foundation, TikTok’s Youth Council (Corey P.) – it was a great night, culminating in an inspiring keynote by Luis Miranda! Thank you, National Hispanic Media Coalition!

Carrie J. Bloxson has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Culture and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Bloxson will bring her experience and leadership as HBG’s VP Chief Diversity Officer to an expanded role encompassing Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK. In this newly created role, Carrie will drive Hachette’s Changing the Story initiative across the UK and the US, to further strengthen the company’s mission to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment, and opportunity.   David Shelley, CEO of Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, said: “Carrie’s leadership in DEI is unparalleled, and her strategic vision and empathy have made an enormous impact at Hachette Book Group. Over the past three years she has spearheaded remarkable progress, fostering an environment of trust and engagement across our company. Her expanded role reflects our commitment to leveraging expertise and best practices between the US and UK and advancing our Changing the Story pillar, the aim of which is for our publishing and our organization to mirror the diversity of the readers we serve. At a time when DEI efforts are receding in many industries, Carrie’s elevation underscores our unwavering dedication to this work.”    Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ezRum-_q

We as publishers are uniting in our unwavering commitment to stand with educators, librarians, students, authors, and readers against the unconstitutional censorship measures being imposed by the state of Iowa. The alarming rise of book bans across the country demands our collective action. Now, more than ever, we must stand firmly with our authors and readers to defend the fundamental right to read and the freedom of expression.