Promotions for Molly Slight, Adam Howard, and Aoife Datta at Scribe UK
We are delighted to announce three promotions at Scribe UK, to take effect when Publisher and Managing Director Sarah Braybrooke steps down in April.
Editorial Director Molly Slight, who has been with the company eight years, will become Publisher. Concurrently, Publicity and Marketing Manager Adam Howard will be promoted to Publicity and Marketing Director, and Publicity and Marketing Executive Aoife Datta will be promoted to Publicity and Marketing Manager.
Slight says: ‘Sarah has done an incredible job establishing and growing the UK office over the past nine years. We will miss her dearly and wish her all the best for the future.
‘It’s fantastic to be taking up the role of Publisher at such an exciting time for the company: we have an exceptional team, including Scribe stalwarts Adam Howard and Aoife Datta, who are both hugely deserving of their promotions, and last year our print sales increased by 35% and our turnover hit £1.5 million for the first time.
‘This year, we are publishing new books by Gavin McCrea, Jessica Gaitán Johannesson, Nino Haratischvili, John Darnielle, and Clarissa Goenawan, and welcoming critically acclaimed writers including Helen Rappaport and Anjali Joseph to our list. We are also particularly excited to launch debut novelist Ryan O’Connor’s The Voids in March, which has already been flagged by Foyles, the BBC, The Face, and I-D as a book to look out for in 2022, as well as publishing award-winning journalist Moya Sarner’s first book When I Grow Up in June and Maori writer Becky Manawatu’s debut novel Auē, which has been a huge bestseller in New Zealand, in August.’
Scribe’s founder and owner Henry Rosenbloom says: ‘I’m very sorry to see Sarah leave us, but I’m thrilled that we have such talented and committed staff capable of stepping up and assuming greater responsibilities.’
Slight will continue to acquire literary fiction and narrative nonfiction in her new role, and recruitment for a new Editor, specialising in commercial and serious nonfiction, will begin immediately.