Rockport Publishing Group (which specializes in books for professional designers and artisans) has announced that Deborah Cannarella has joined Quayside Publishing Group as an executive editor for Creative Publishing international. Formerly the editorial director of Taunton Press's book program and a founding editor of Threads magazine, Cannarella has also written and edited nonfiction books for children and adults, including several craft books, and is the author of the newly released Beading for the Soul (Interweave Press).