Joel Rickett, deputy editor of The Bookseller, left the magazine on 10 July.

Rickett will join Penguin as editorial director of the Viking literary imprint.

He takes up this new role at the end of August. There is no replacement as yet.

Nielson Business Media’s The Bookseller provides news and information on the UK and international book industry.

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