Monthly Archives: May 2022

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This Pride Month, Penguin Random House Celebrates the Stories That Move Us Forward

Following last week’s release of our first-ever zine, today marks the official launch of this year’s Pride initiative, Pride in Your Words! Building upon the storytelling tradition set forth in 2019 with Under One Roof, 2020 with Passport to Pride, and 2021 with In Your Words, our aim is to celebrate the stories and experiences of LGBTQ+ authors who provide inspiration, visibility, and encouragement, so that everyone can live joyfully in their identities and intersectionality. Continue reading →

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International Booker Winner “Tomb of Sand” Makes History for PRH India

Author Geetanjali Shree (l.), and translator Daisy Rockwell (r.)

Thrilling, literary-history-making news from Penguin Random House India: They are celebrating their author, Geetanjali Shree, winning the 2022 International Booker Prize for her novel “Tomb of Sand,” translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell. This is the first a Hindi translation has been honored with the International Booker, bestowed annually for the best in translated fiction. It also is the first time an Indian novelist, writing in any language, has won this Prize. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Memorial Day

On Monday, May 30, we pay tribute to the Americans who have died in service to our country. To honor the occasion, we have curated the following titles, for adults and young readers, in commemoration of the service and sacrifice of our nation’s military: Continue reading →

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Register for 2nd Annual Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration

Katherine Min at MacDowell in 1995, photo by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey

Join the MacDowell community and the family and friends of Knopf/ Anchor author Katherine Min, for the 2nd annual Katherine Min Fellowship celebration on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. (ET). The Katherine Min Fellowship is an endowed fellowship awarded annually to elevate the voices of Asian American writers at MacDowell. Penguin Random House is a longtime supporter of the MacDowell benefit.

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PRH Authors Channer, Phillips, Taylor, Wade, Zhang: 2022 NYPL Cullman Center Fellows

The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis Cullman Center Fellows 24th class include five authors published by Penguin Random House imprints. The Fellowship, which runs from September 2022 through May 2023, is an international program open to academics, visual artists, scholars, and creative writers whose work will directly benefit from access to the collections in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The selected Fellows will also participate in a continuous exchange of ideas within the Cullman Center and in public forums in the New York Public Library, in addition to working on their independent projects. Continue reading →

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KBFYR Author/Illustrator Doug Salati Shares HOT DOG With Virtual Story Time Saturday Morning

Attention colleagues with young children: author/illustrator Doug Salati presents his debut picture book, HOT DOG (Knopf Books for Young Readers), with a virtual Storytime Live event hosted by Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY) on Saturday, May 28 at 11:30 am (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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Margaret Atwood & PRH Fight Censorship With an “Unburnable” Edition of THE HANDMAID’S TALE

To raise awareness about the proliferating book banning and educational gag orders in American schools nationwide, and to raise money to support PEN America’s crucial work to counter this national crisis of censorship, Margaret Atwood and Penguin Random House have partnered to create The Unburnable Book, a fireproof edition of Atwood’s prescient—and often banned—novel The Handmaid’s Tale, featuring the iconic Handmaid imagery by designer Noma Bar. In a launch video announcing the project, Margaret Atwood herself can be seen “testing” a prototype with a flamethrower. Continue reading →

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Presenting Pride in Your Words, Our First-Ever Zine

The Consumer Marketing Team, in partnership with the Penguin Random House LGBTQ+ Network and our esteemed authors, has officially dropped Pride in Your Words, our first-ever zine. Beginning today, consumers can download the digital issue, and can sign up to receive one of 1,000 copies of our 60-page print edition in the mail. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Jewish American Heritage Month

In May we celebrate centuries of Jewish contributions to American culture and society during Jewish American Heritage Month. And last month the Jewish Book Council honored the winners of this year’s National Jewish Book Awards, now in its 71st year. Congratulations to all Penguin Random House winners and finalists, featured below: Continue reading →

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Random House Author Wesley Morgan Wins 2022 Colby Award

Random House author/journalist Wesley Morgan has won this year’s William E. Colby Award for his book, THE HARDEST PLACE: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley. Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, annually presents this award, now in its 23rd year, to a first solo work of fiction or nonfiction that has made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs. The Colby Award was named for the late ambassador and former CIA director William E. Colby. Award winners receive a $5,000 author honorarium provided by the Pritzker Military Foundation. Continue reading →

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