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Friday Reads: Memorial Day
May 27, 2022
On Monday, May 30, we pay tribute to the Americans who have died in service to our country. To honor the occasion, we have curated the following titles, for adults and young readers, in commemoration of the service and sacrifice of our nation’s military:
Register for 2nd Annual Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration
May 26, 2022
Katherine Min at MacDowell in 1995, photo by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey
PRH Authors Channer, Phillips, Taylor, Wade, Zhang: 2022 NYPL Cullman Center Fellows
May 26, 2022
The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis Cullman Center Fellows 24th class include five authors published by Penguin Random House imprints. The Fellowship, which runs from September 2022 through May 2023, is an international program open to academics, visual artists, scholars, and creative writers whose work will directly benefit from access to the collections in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The selected Fellows will also participate in a continuous exchange of ideas within the Cullman Center and in public forums in the New York Public Library, in addition to working on their independent projects.
KBFYR Author/Illustrator Doug Salati Shares HOT DOG With Virtual Story Time Saturday Morning
May 26, 2022
Attention colleagues with young children: author/illustrator Doug Salati presents his debut picture book, HOT DOG (Knopf Books for Young Readers), with a virtual Storytime Live event hosted by Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY) on Saturday, May 28 at 11:30 am (ET). To register, click here.
Margaret Atwood & PRH Fight Censorship With an “Unburnable” Edition of THE HANDMAID’S TALE
May 25, 2022
To raise awareness about the proliferating book banning and educational gag orders in American schools nationwide, and to raise money to support PEN America’s crucial work to counter this national crisis of censorship, Margaret Atwood and Penguin Random House have partnered to create The Unburnable Book, a fireproof edition of Atwood’s prescient—and often banned—novel The Handmaid’s Tale, featuring the iconic Handmaid imagery by designer Noma Bar. In a launch video announcing the project, Margaret Atwood herself can be seen “testing” a prototype with a flamethrower.
Presenting Pride in Your Words, Our First-Ever Zine
May 25, 2022
The Consumer Marketing Team, in partnership with the Penguin Random House LGBTQ+ Network and our esteemed authors, has officially dropped Pride in Your Words, our first-ever zine. Beginning today, consumers can download the digital issue, and can sign up to receive one of 1,000 copies of our 60-page print edition in the mail.
There's a Book for That: Jewish American Heritage Month
May 25, 2022
In May we celebrate centuries of Jewish contributions to American culture and society during Jewish American Heritage Month. And last month the Jewish Book Council honored the winners of this year’s National Jewish Book Awards, now in its 71st year. Congratulations to all Penguin Random House winners and finalists, featured below:
Random House Author Wesley Morgan Wins 2022 Colby Award
May 20, 2022
Random House author/journalist Wesley Morgan has won this year’s William E. Colby Award for his book, THE HARDEST PLACE: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley. Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, annually presents this award, now in its 23rd year, to a first solo work of fiction or nonfiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs. The Colby Award was named for the late ambassador and former CIA director William E. Colby. Award winners receive a $5,000 author honorarium provided by the Pritzker Military Foundation.
Friday Reads: World Bee Day!
May 20, 2022
“One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees...”
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What’s the buzz about? Bees! Today, May 20,, is World Bee Day. Not only are bees necessary to our ecosystem – they are fascinating insects to learn and read about. For more than honey, we need our bee population to thrive and recommend the following books for your to bee read list!
Watch Now: The Brand-New CRAWDADS Movie Preview
May 19, 2022
With the countdown to the debut of the WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING film version two months away, Sony Pictures has just released its second coming-attractions preview online and to run on theater screens ahead of Top Gun: Maverick, and other new releases.
Saturday: Knopf Author Michelle Zauner SNL Season Finale Musical Guest as Japanese Breakfast
May 19, 2022
Michelle Zauner, photo credit Michael Lionstar
My Path to Penguin Random House: Permissions’ Jeffery Corrick
May 17, 2022
Everyone has unique career stories to tell. In our My Path to Penguin Random House series, PRH colleagues share how they entered the world of book publishing, what led them to our company, insights into their jobs, and their future professional aspirations. This week, we’re featuring Jeffery Corrick, Director of Permissions, Penguin Random House.Celebrated Former Putnam Art Director Ann Spinelli Dies
May 17, 2022
With sadness we report that Ann Spinelli, former Vice President, Executive Art Director for the Putnam Publishing Group, passed away on May 9, 2022.
Hogarth Acquires Two Books by Intl Booker-Winning Author Han Kang
May 17, 2022
Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, will be publishing two new books from the International Booker Prize winner, Han Kang. Parisa Ebrahimi at Hogarth acquired North American rights to the books from agent Laurence Laluyaux at Rogers, Coleridge and White, and Hamish Hamilton Publishing Director, Simon Prosser bought British and Commonwealth volume rights; translation rights to WE DO NOT PART have been sold by RCW in 17 territories so far.
There's a Book for That: Short Stories
May 17, 2022
Did you know that May is Short Story Month? And that much of Penguin Random House’s most acclaimed, prize-winning fiction is of the short story variety? A great short story can leave a strong impression on its reader, given the author’s economy of language in developing plot and character. Our recommended collections span the globe and a gamut of themes, yet won’t take hours to inhabit. Enjoy!
Riverhead Author Patricia Lockwood Wins 2022 Dylan Thomas Prize
May 17, 2022
Patricia Lockwood, Photo © Grep Hoax
Random House Launches New Imprint, Random House Worlds
May 17, 2022
Random House has announced the launch of Random House Worlds, a new publishing imprint dedicated entirely to licensed book publishing. This newly created imprint will be the home for major pop culture brands to be published within the Random House division, including Star Wars, Minecraft, Stranger Things, Garfield, Magic: The Gathering, Lore Olympus, Critical Role, and others. Keith Clayton, VP, Deputy Publisher of Del Rey, will now also lead the Random House Worlds imprint as Publishing Director.
My Path to Penguin Random House: PYR Sales’ Trevor Bundy
May 16, 2022
Trevor Bundy
RH, Crown Authors Azmat Khan, David Philipps ‘22 Pulitzer International Reporting Winners
May 13, 2022
Azmat Khan, courtesy of azmatzahra.com. David Philipps, Photo © Michael Ciaglo
All Ways Black Wins Shorty Award for Best Video
May 13, 2022
We’re thrilled to share that All Ways Black took top honors at this year’s Shorty Awards, with our launch video Introducing All Ways Black winning Best Medium-Length Video. Competition in the category was fierce, and All Ways Black managed to beat out fellow nominees Meta, Samsung, Yext, Planned Parenthood, Under Armor, and VH1.