Monthly Archives: October 2017

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Friday Reads: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature was just awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro and we congratulate him! Another perennial favorite for the award is the African writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Thiong’o, who is from Kenya, is a distinguished professor of comparative literature and English at University of California, Irvine. Featured below are some of the best works from the novelist, playwright, essayist and memoirist to immerse yourselves in this weekend and beyond… Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The National Coalition against Domestic Violence created and observed the first Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October 1987 and Congress designated it as such in 1989.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month events promote awareness, encourage reporting, provide safety for victims, encourage people to look out for one another, and ensure treatment is provided and administrative action taken when needed. It’s a painful reality that deserves attention and gets better with education and compassion. It is our hope the following books will help: Continue reading →

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Trevor Noah Wins 2017 Thurber Prize for American Humor

Penguin Random House author and Comedy Central Network Daily Show host Trevor Noah has won the 2017 Thurber Prize for American Humor, sponsored by Thurber House, for his bestselling memoir, BORN A CRIME: Stories from a South African Childhood (Spiegel & Grau/Random House). Mr. Noah received a $5,000 prize and a commemorative crystal plaque Monday, October 2, at a ceremony in New York City. Continue reading →

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How Katie Davis Majors Held On to Hope and Wrote Her Book

In her inspirational new memoir DARING TO HOPE , published by Multnomah on Tuesday, October 3, Katie Davis Majors faces such questions as, “How do you hold on to hope when you don’t get the ending you asked for?” When Katie moved to Uganda more than a decade ago, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease. Continue reading →

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2-Day Transit-Shipping Program For Indies Commences Today

Now it its sixth year, the highly popular Penguin Random House 2-Day Transit program returns this week, beginning Monday October 2. Orders for Penguin Random House physical titles received from independent booksellers by 3pm ET, Monday-Friday, will ship no later than the following business day, weather and transport conditions permitting, for arrival at booksellers’ doors within two days. The company’s Westminster, Maryland and Crawfordsville, Indiana Operations Centers, both have weekend shifts in place to enable orders received on Fridays and Saturdays to be shipped Monday. Continue reading →

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