For 18 years, Nation Books, a project of The Nation Institute and Hachette Book Group, has been telling stories that inform and empower just as they inspire and move readers to action. We have been proud to publish award-winning, bestselling books by thought leaders, journalists, activists, whistleblowers, and truthtellers.

Now, The Nation Institute is announcing a new name, Type Media Center. Nation Books will become Bold Type Books.

You may be asking, "Why the name change? Why now?"

When the Nation Institute was founded fifty years ago, it was a tiny operation that worked in conjunction with The Nation magazine to provide internships. The name "The Nation Institute" reflected a shared history for a long time, but the scope of our work has broadened significantly over the years, and we want our name and brand to reflect that. We are now home to a half-dozen programs and a community of over one hundred journalists, authors, and writing fellows, supporting a high-impact investigative newsroom and a renowned book publisher—all with the common goal of effecting change.

The name Bold Type Books communicates our commitment to publishing books that offer necessary interventions into the conversation, challenge the narratives of the powerful, and offer visions of a more just, equitable future. Our name may change, but our mission remains the same.

We’re excited and look forward to the next decade of challenging power, one book at a time.

Best,

Katy O'Donnell, Senior Editor

Katy O'Donnell

Senior Editor

Katy O'Donnell is a Senior Editor at Bold Type Books, where she has worked with authors including National Book Award-winner Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times bestselling author Mychal Denzel Smith, Sarah Jaffe, Darnell L. Moore, Peter Moskowitz, Nathan Schneider, Saadia Zahidi, Eileen Markey, and Vegas Tenold. She has worked in publishing since 2009, first at the Overlook Press and then at Basic Books. A graduate of the University of Chicago, she lives in Queens.

Remy Cawley

Assistant Editor

Remy Cawley is an Assistant Editor at Bold Type Books. She previously worked at W. W. Norton and Company, where she acquired and assisted on a range of books by Lyz Lenz, Dan Kaufman, Donna Lucey, Dan Egan, Martin Doyle, and John Branch, among many others. She has worked in publishing since 2013, is a graduate of Wellesley College, and lives in NYC.

Kleaver Cruz

Editorial Associate

Kleaver Cruz is an Editorial Associate at Bold Type Books. His work has been featured in La Galería and African Voices Magazine as well as on Vibe.com and the Huffington Post, among others. He is an alum of the VONA and Kenyon Review Writers workshops, where he studied essay and fiction writing, respectively. Kleaver is the creator of The Black Joy Project, a digital and real-world movement to center Black joy as a form of resistance. Cruz is a born and bred New Yorker who currently resides in The Bronx.