Monthly Archives: September 2020

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RH Writer’s Routine with Kali Fajardo-Anstine via Instagram (9/23)

Random House Virtual Events presents Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of SABRINA & CORINA, (One World), who will discuss her breakout collection of stories, the meaning of home in literature and life, and the transforming power of Latinx and indigenous voices via Random House’s Instagram on Wednesday, September 23 at 5:30 PM (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 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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PRH Audio to Release Nick Offerman’s Audiobook Original ALL RISE on October 13

Nick Offerman – New York Times bestselling author, actor, humorist, and woodworker – is releasing an audiobook original of his stand-up comedy show, “All Rise,” which will be published by Penguin Random House Audio on October 13. ALL RISE: Audio Perambulation presents talking, mirth and song that may compel listeners to chuckle while also causing them to contemplate a better side of humanity than the one to which they’ve grown accustomed. Continue reading →

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PRH Partners with the L.A. Dodgers to Provide Books for Children During Dodger Days Drive-Thru Events

Throughout the year, the Dodgers Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program typically hosts Dodger Days as community-based resource fairs at local parks for thousands of kids and their families in Southern California. In response to COVID-19, the new “drive-thru” series is an adjustment from its in-person format. The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) conducted a needs assessment with the Dodgers RBI families, their youth development program for 5 to 18-year-olds. Of the youth currently enrolled in this program, 25% have household incomes below $20,000 annually. Through this assessment, they found that the majority of families indicated lack of access to books as a barrier to distance learning. Continue reading →

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Bishop Michael Curry and Jon Meacham to Talk about LOVE IS THE WAY via Zoom (9/22)

Join Bishop Michael Curry, in conversation with author Jon Meacham, as they discuss LOVE IS THE WAY: Holding On to Hope in Troubling Times (Avery) at a Parnassus Books virtual event via Zoom on Tuesday, September 22 at 5:30 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Jodi Picoult Launches Her New Novel In Conversation with Brit Bennett via Zoom (9/22)

An evening with Jodi Picoult, in conversation with Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half, celebrates the launch of Picoult’s new novel, THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS (Ballantine) at a virtual event hosted by Norwich Bookstore via Zoom on Tuesday, September 22 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Author Craig Johnson and Actor Bailey Chase Discuss the Latest Longmire Mystery via Zoom (9/22)

McIntyre’s Books presents Craig Johnson and actor Bailey Chase will trade words about the latest Longmire mystery NEXT TO LAST STAND (Viking) as literary and cinematic worlds collide at a Fearrington Village virtual event via Zoom on Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Anthony DePalma Shares Stories from THE CUBANS via Crowdcast (9/22)

Anthony DePalma, author of THE CUBANS: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times (Viking), will be in conversation with Tim Padgett at a virtual event hosted by Books & Books and the Miami Books Fair via Crowdcast on Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Bennett, Majumdar, Veselka, Yu Among 12 PRH 2020 NBA Semi-Finalists

Last, but never, ever least, of the 2020 National Book Award Long listers published by Penguin Random House, are these just-announced Fiction entries: Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Memoirs by Presidents

The publishing news of this week is the announcement of President Barack Obama’s two-volume memoir, the first of which, A PROMISED LAND, will publish on November 17, 2020. It brings to mind other presidential memoirs, including his two before becoming our 44^th American President. For a frame of reference, we encourage you to immerse yourself in the words of our former Presidents: Continue reading →

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