Monthly Archives: August 2020

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Poisoned Pen Presents Carl Hiaasen In Conversation with John Sandford via Facebook (9/1)

Carl Hiaasen will discuss his new book, SQUEEZE ME (Knopf), with fellow bestselling novelist John Sandford at a virtual event hosted by the Poisoned Pen bookstore via Facebook on Tuesday, September 1 at 9:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Bestselling Author Jim Collins Reunites with Portfolio Publisher Adrian Zackheim to Release BE 2.0 This December

Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great, will release an ambitious upgrade of his classic first book, Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company. Portfolio President and Publisher Adrian Zackheim acquired World English Audio and eBook rights from Peter Ginsberg of Curtis Brown for simultaneous publication with Random House Business in the U.K. on December 1, 2020. The new edition will have a new title, BE 2.0. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Independent Bookstores

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of physical evidence we have that people are still thinking.” – Jerry Seinfeld

How do we love our independent bookstores? Let us count the ways! Tomorrow, August 29, is Independent Bookstore Day and we want to shower our neighborhood bookstores with attention this year, especially, when they’ve been hit so hard due to the pandemic. Independent booksellers are special people who practice the art of handselling, sharing their personal recommendations, in order to connect authors with readers. Each bookstore has its own welcoming personality and truly, there are few places we’d rather be! Find out more about planned events and activities by visiting indebookstore.com and enjoy these bookstore-centric titles as you support your favorite bookstore: Continue reading →

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

Connecting readers with our books and authors is more important than ever in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing social distancing, racism and police use of deadly force that has mobilized our country. Across Penguin Random House, we are hosting a variety of virtual events, and you can help promote them. 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.
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Oprah Winfrey, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance Cast in BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME HBO Special

The HBO adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME (One World) #1 New York Times bestselling book has announced its first cast members, including Oprah Winfrey (Wrinkle In Time), Angela Bassett (Black Panther), Courtney B. Vance (The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story), Alicia Garza (Black Futures Lab), Joe Morton (Scandal), Phylicia Rashad, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Pauletta Washington (Genius: Aretha), and Susan Kelechi Watson (This Is Us), who also is an executive producer. Continue reading →

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Adib Khorram In Conversation with Nic Stone via Zoom (8/28)

Adib Khorram, author of DARIUS THE GREAT DESERVES BETTER (Dial Book for Young Readers), will be in conversation with Nic Stone at a virtual event hosted by Boswell Books via Zoom on Friday, August 28 at 8:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Sue Monk Kidd Joins the Happy Women Dinners Book Club to Discuss THE BOOK OF LONGINGS via Zoom (8/30)

Sue Monk Kidd will be featured on the Happy Women Dinners Book Club to discuss her novel, THE BOOK OF LONGINGS (Viking), via Zoom on Sunday, August 30 at 4:30 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Berkley Romance Authors kc dyer and Julia London Talk About Their Careers and New Novels via Facebook Live (8/28)

Berkley Romance authors kc dyer, author of EIGHTY DAYS TO ELSEWHERE, and Julia London, author of YOU LUCKY DOG, will engage in a live discussion about their careers and new novels via Facebook Live on Friday, August 28 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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A Mystery to Me Virtual Author Visit with Keith McCafferty via Crowdcast (8/28)

Keith McCafferty, author of THE BANGTAIL GHOST (Viking), will be in conversation with Doug Moe for a Mystery to Me virtual author visit via Crowdcast on Friday, August 28 at 8:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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