New Divisions for Macmillan Children's UK

Publishers Lunch

Macmillan Children's UK announced the creation of two audience-focused publishing divisions, Macmillan Under 6s, to be overseen by publisher Stephanie Barton, and Macmillan Over 6s, led by Venetia Gosling. Both Barton and Gosling will report to Belinda Rasmussen, with Gosling also working with Pan Macmillan publisher Jeremy Trevethan on crossover projects.

Each new division also announced additional promotions: At Under 6s, Suzanne Carnell becomes publishing director, Picture Books & Pre-School, and Jackie McCann moves up to editorial director, Campbell and nursery. At Over 6s, Gaby Morgan has been promoted to editorial director, adding backlist strategy to her existing remit of Non-fiction and Poetry, and Rachel Petty moves up to senior commissioning editor with a particular focus on the Teen and YA segments.

Rasmussen said in a statement: "This new alignment holds transformational value and makes me very confident about the future for Macmillan Children’s Books. It allows us to be increasingly relentless in our focus on target audience, to build our author and illustrator brands and to be creative around delivering content, supported as ever by ingenious promotion."