Monthly Archives: November 2020

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Friday Reads: National Book Award-Winning Fiction

Congratulations are in order! The 71^st National Book Awards was held virtually this week and Penguin Random House has winners in two categories. Charles Yu took home the Fiction award for INTERIOR CHINATOWN (Pantheon) while Morgan Giles and Yu Miri took home the Translated Literature award for TOKYO UENO STATION (Riverhead). To celebrate, we’ve gathered them in the good company of some Natoinal Book Award-winning predecessors: Continue reading →

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”An Oral History of BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME” – Read on PRH.com, Share on Social!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of something very exciting on PRH.com: An Oral History of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME! This is a great example of something we offer readers that no one else can – a true behind-the-scenes look at a history-making book. Continue reading →

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2020 NBA Ceremony Report, Complete PRH NBA Winners List

We were wearing sweatpants, rather than tuxedos. Watching from the couch or home work station, not seated with our colleagues and authors at elegant dinner tables. And eating home cooking or takeout, instead of Cipriani Wall Street’s fine cuisine. This year’s National Book Awards ceremony, which took place the evening of Wednesday, November 18, was like no other before it. Its goal, to announce its five-member judging panels’ choices for 2020’s “best” books in five literary categories, was met virtually, without the customary roomful of cheers and applause. 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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There’s a Book for That: Native American Indian Heritage Month

November is National American Indian Heritage Month designated as such by President George W. Bush in 1990. The Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and other cultural centers join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans.

In commemoration of the culture and people that were the original settlers of this land, we present the following recently published, and acclaimed, titles for adults and young readers alike: Continue reading →

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H. W. Brands to Talk about His Book, Lincoln and Brown via Zoom (11/20)

H. W. Brands, author of THE ZEALOT AND THE EMANCIPATOR (Doubleday), will discuss his book about John Brown and Abraham Lincoln at a virtual event hosted by Smithsonian Associates via Zoom on Friday, November 20 at 12:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Marc Cameron to Present TOM CLANCY SHADOW OF THE DRAGON via Zoom (11/20)

Marc Cameron will present TOM CLANCY SHADOW OF THE DRAGON (Putnam) at a virtual event hosted by Katy Budget Books via Zoom on Friday, November 20 at 1:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Deborah Madison in Conversation with Jane Hirschfield via ExtendedSession.com (11/21)

Deborah Madison, author of AN ONION IN MY POCKET: My Life with Vegetables (Knopf), will be in conversation with poet Jane Hirschfield at a virtual event hosted by Book Passage via ExtendedSession.com on Saturday, November 21 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Denise Kiernan to Discuss Her Book WE GATHER TOGETHER via Crowdcast (11/22)

The Women’s National History Museum presents Sundays@Home, featuring Denise Kiernan, author of WE GATHER TOGETHER (Dutton), in conversation with Kate Andersen Brower via Crowdcast on Sunday, November 22 at 1:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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