Monthly Archives: December 2021

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Tune Into the Sold-Out All Ways Black Awards Tonight!

Tonight’s All Ways Black Awards – Penguin Random House’s virtual awards show celebrating the best in Black books – has officially sold out. But do not despair! You can still catch the event live on YouTube. Just register on Eventbrite and tune in at 8:00 pm (ET) to see who will win community-nominated awards, including Author of the Year, Bookstagrammer of the Year, Most Original Social Content, and much, much more. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Art & Photography, 2021

Looking for gifts for the art lover in your life? While museums and galleries are in various states of being open, virtual tours have continued to engage us with beauty and the artist’s vision. Our books on art and photography do the same, and for a range of interests and tastes. The following books published in 2021 make gorgeous gifts! Continue reading →

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5 PRH Titles Among NYTBR’s “25 Notable Children’s Books of 2021”

Let’s celebrate the Penguin Young Readers and Random House Children’s books chosen by the editors of the New York Times Book Review for its list of the 25 Notable Children’s Books of 2021, published in the December 6 print edition. Continue reading →

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Your Invitation to Join Tonight’s MacDowell 2021 Virtual National Benefit

RHCB’s author Mahogany L. Browne to receive Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award

Join MacDowell’s 2021 Virtual National Benefit tonight, Tuesday, December 7, 7:00 pm –10:00 pm (ET). This year’s celebration honors Urban Word with the 2nd annual Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award, presented to Random House Children’s Books author Mahogany L. Browne, Artistic Director of Urban Word NYC, and Poet-in-Residence at Lincoln Center. There will also be conversations with MacDowell Fellows, and a performance by a youth poet from Urban Word. Continue reading →

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Random House Special Events to Cap Stellar 2021 With Virtual Holiday House

The Random House Special Events program is capping off a stellar year of virtual event programming that reached over 40,000 readers with four blockbuster events and nearly 30,000 books sold. With events for THE 1619 PROJECT: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine (One World), Diana Gabaldon’s ninth Outlander novel, GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE (Delacorte Press), Glennon Doyle’s GET UNTAMED: The Journal (How to Quit Pleasing and Start Living) (Clarkson Potter), and ATLAS OF THE HEART by Brené Brown (Random House), the Random House Special Events team, in conjunction with the division’s integrated publicity and marketing teams, partnered with 198 bookstores across the country to help them offer their customers event experiences for some of the biggest book publications of 2021. Continue reading →

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Putnam’s Sally Kim Named Poets & Writers 2022 “The Editor’s Award” Winner

Poets & Writers, one of America’s most respected national organizations for fostering the professional development of its namesakes, and for promoting communication throughout and among the literary and reading communities, has chosen Sally Kim, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Putnam, as the recipient of its 2022 “The Editor’s Award.” The annual prize “recognizes a book editor who has made an outstanding contribution to the publication of poetry or literary prose over a sustained period of time.” Continue reading →

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PRH Launches End-of-Year Campaign: Find Your Light

The Consumer Marketing team is proud to announce the launch of our year-end brand campaign: The Year in Books 2021—Find Your Light. When looking back on the totality of 2021, we were blown away by how profoundly our books and authors have shaped and influenced culture this year—both in terms of driving conversation and in terms of how people have chosen to spend their time. So, we wanted to honor that. The campaign celebrates how books and authors have brought light to the world this year in all different ways, drawing on Amanda Gorman’s iconic words that started our year: “Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?” Continue reading →

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The TASTE Podcast is Back!

After a two-year hiatus, the TASTE Podcast, recorded at our very own 1745 Broadway studios, is back with a fresh new batch of lively conversations about cooking, with chefs and authors like Jacques Pépin, Eric Kim, and Priya Krishna. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: The Beatles!

Have you been watching The Beatles: Get Back? Directed by Peter Jackson, the documentary covers the making of the Beatles’ 1970 album Let It Be and has been widely praised by critics. To meet the surge of interest in this most famous of bands, we present the following Beatles books for your weekend reading and beyond: Continue reading →

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WNDB and PRH Announce Winners of the First Black Creatives Fund Revisions Workshop

We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) and Penguin Random House are excited to announce the two winners of the inaugural Revisions Workshop, who will each receive grants of $4,500. The Revisions Workshop is one of three initiatives within WNDB’s Black Creatives Fund, which launched in early 2021 to support Black writers and illustrators. Penguin Random House was the inaugural sponsor of the fund in the 2021 calendar year and will sponsor the program again in 2022. Continue reading →

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