Monthly Archives: May 2020

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Meredith Talusan In Conversation with Garrard Conley via Crowdcast (5/29)

Meredith Talusan, author of FAIREST (Viking), will be in conversation with Garrard Conley, author of BOY ERASED (Riverhead) at a virtual event co-hosted by Harvard Bookstore and the Harvard Gender & Sexuality Causus via Crowdcast on Friday, May 29 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Your Daily Guide to PRH’s Virtual Events: Share on Social!

Connecting readers with our books and authors during the coronavirus outbreak and this period of social distancing is more important than ever. Across Penguin Random House, we are hosting a variety of virtual events each day, and now you can help promote them. You can share the day’s complete calendar or your favorite individual listings via the share button, which will allow you to directly deliver all the relevant event information to your social network. Continue reading →

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Penguin Random House Canada Gives Back with the Gift of Reading

We all witness daily the heroic work being done by nurses on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis, where they are working around the clock to care for the sick and vulnerable and protect the health of our communities. Our hearts go out to them and their patients, and yet for the past several weeks we’ve known the most important things we can do to support frontline workers and our vulnerable neighbours have actually been don’ts—don’t continue going to the office as usual, don’t get together with friends, don’t go out any more than necessary. As a result, while working from home, staying indoors, and practicing distancing, we at Penguin Random House Canada, like many around the world, have felt a strong impulse to find something we could actually do, a positive way of showing our appreciation for frontline workers, and of giving back to those in need. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Jewish American Heritage Month

May is Jewish American Heritage Month – proclaimed such in 2006 by President George W. Bush to honor the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to American culture. To commemorate those contributions, we turn to a host of excellent biographies and memoirs by and about some of our most influential and noteworthy Jewish Americans: Continue reading →

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Books for Consumer Needs: Wellness and Anxiety

As everyone navigates these unprecedented times (both our community at Penguin Random House and the readers we serve), many are turning to books as a source of solace and guidance in the midst of chaos. In fact, according to insights from our own Penguin Random House Reader Insight Circle, 74% of readers deem books “essential” during these times (Consumer Marketing Insights). While consumer needs are continuously shifting to reflect the world’s rapidly changing circumstances, our books can aid them in adjusting to their new realities. Continue reading →

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Katherine Sharp Landdeck to Present THE WOMEN WITH SILVER WINGS via Crowdcast (5/28)

Katherine Sharp Landdeck, author of THE WOMEN WITH SILVER WINGS: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Air Force Service Pilots of World War II (Crown), will be in conversation with Alicia Morgan of the Frontiers of Flight Museum at a virtual event hosted by the Dallas Museum of Art, in partnership with the World Affairs Council, (to register click here) via Crowdcast on Thursday, May 28, at 5:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Virtual Craft Happy Hour with Jennifer Steil via Zoom (5/28)

Jennifer Steil, author of EXILE MUSIC (Viking), will be in conversation with Amy Freeman at a Virtual Craft Happy Hour hosted by the Writer’s Center via Zoom on Thursday, May 28, at 5:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Elliot Ackerman to Talk About RED DRESS IN BLACK AND WHITE via Zoom (5/28)

Elliot Ackerman, whose latest novel is RED DRESS IN BLACK AND WHITE (Knopf), will be in conversation with Magic City Books founder Jeff Martin, via Zoom on Thursday, May 28 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Jennifer J. Chow on Pacific American Heritage Month Author Panel via LAPL Facebook Page (5/28)

Jennifer J. Chow, author of MIMI LEE GETS A CLUE (Berkley Prime Crime Trade Paperback Original) will be part of the Studio City Library Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Author Panel via the Los Angeles Public Library Facebook page on Thursday May 28 at 10:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Dolly Parton Reads STAND TALL, MOLLY LOU MELLON on YouTube and Social Channels (5/28)

Dolly Parton’s weekly “Goodnight With Dolly” series continues as she reads Patty Lovell’s STAND TALL, MOLLY LOU MELLON, illustrated by David Catrow , (Putnam Books for Young Readers) via YouTube and Imagination Library’s official social channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on Thursday, May 28, at 7:00pm (ET).

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