Monthly Archives: September 2020

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Riverhead’s “Tokyo Ueno Station” 2020 NBA Translated Literature Semi-Finalist

Alas, no Penguin Random House nominees in the 2020 National Book Award Poetry competition. Our best wishes to this year’s contenders. 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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Lisa Donovan Shares Stories From Her New Memoir via Facebook Live (9/19)

Noted chef and James Beard Award-winning writer Lisa Donovan will share insights into her new memoir, OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HUNGER (Penguin Press), at the LDEI of New Orleans Virtual Culinary Book Club via Facebook Live on Saturday, September 19 at 12:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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A Sunday Afternoon Virtual Book Talk with Ken Follett via Crowdcast (9/20)

Books & Books and the Miami Book Fair present a virtual afternoon with Ken Follett, who will discuss his new book THE EVENING AND THE MORNING (Viking), via Crowdcast on Sunday, September 20 at 1:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Richard Osman to Discuss His New Mystery Novel via Facebook Live (9/20)

Richard Osman will discuss his new novel, THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking) at a virtual event hosted by Murder By the Book via Facebook Live on Sunday, September 20 at 3:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Wade Davis to Talk About His New Book MAGDALENA via BookPassage.com (9/20)

Wade Davis, whose most recent book, MAGDALENA (Knopf), brings to life the story of the great Río Magdalena, illuminating Colombia’s complex past, present, and future, will engage in a virtual conversation with Don George, an editor-at-large for National Geographic Traveler magazine, via BookPassage.com on Sunday, September 20 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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A PROMISED LAND, First Volume of Barack Obama’s Presidential Memoirs, to be Published Globally on November 17, 2020, by Penguin Random House

The presidential memoirs of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, will be published in two volumes. The first volume, titled A PROMISED LAND, is scheduled for global release on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, and will be issued simultaneously in 25 languages. The news was announced today by Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, which acquired world rights to the highly anticipated work. Dohle also announced the book cover image, available here. Continue reading →

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Riverhead’s “Tokyo Ueno Station” 2020 NBA Translated Literature Semi-Finalist

Here is the Penguin Random House title longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature:

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Our 5 NBA Young People’s Literature Longlisters

One of the sure signs the fall publishing season is underway: the National Book Foundation has begun unveiling the long-listed titles selected by its respective panel of judges in each of the five National Book Award categories, in order of presentation appearance: Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. Continue reading →

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

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