Monthly Archives: June 2022

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Celebrate Eric Carle’s Birthday With Brightly Storytime LIVE on Saturday, June 25

Join Brightly Storytime LIVE on Saturday, June 25, at 1:00 (ET) for an extra-special celebration honoring beloved author and artist Eric Carle. Register here today! This first-of-its-kind event for Brightly will showcase classics like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and a few new favorites, read-aloud by authors Angela DiTerlizzi, Alissa Holder, Zulekha Holder-Young, Grace Lin, and Rafael Lopez, as well as special guest David Feinstein, literary educator of The Eric Carle Museum. Continue reading →

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Random House to Present “Well Enough: Beyond Pride” Virtual Event

Join Random House and a panel of LGBTQ+ authors for Well Enough: Beyond Pride, on Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 pm (ET) for a live, virtual conversation via Zoom about what it means to be well enough as a queer person. You’ll hear from an array of authors—from memoirists to cookbook authors to fiction writers—about the day-to-day practices they take with them from the kitchen to the laptop to the road, as ways of nourishing their people and themselves with love and acceptance. Continue reading →

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Pantheon/Schocken Publisher Lisa Lucas Featured in “Diversity in the Book Business” NYT Mag Cover Story

Lisa Lucas, © Wayne Lawrence for The New York Times

Lisa Lucas, SVP & Publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books, is featured in The New York Times Magazine article, Inside the Push to Diversify the Book Business, by Marcela Valdes. Lucas, the first Black publisher in Pantheon’s 80-year history, was hired in July 2020 and officially joined the imprint in January 2021. As Lucas noted in The New York Times piece, “ ‘I’m not here to make Black Pantheon … I’m here for all the gods, the whole pantheon.’ This was also her approach at the National Book Foundation, which she directed for almost five years. ‘Books are for everyone,’ she declared many times while she was there … ‘People misunderstand how long change takes … They want change right now.’ Building a foundation that lasts requires years — years of thoughtful conversations with staff members, years of losing bids, years of mentoring writers, years of books that succeed and fail.” Continue reading →

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How PRH is Supporting Save the Children’s Summer Reading Campaign

Penguin Random House is supporting our longstanding partner Save the Children for its annual “100 Days of Reading” campaign. This year’s campaign is “Summer’s Better With Books,” which aims to foster continuous learning over the summer months and to ensure that children in rural America, many of who have limited or no access to books, have the opportunity to keep reading. Continue reading →

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PRH Partners With Aesop for Second Year to Launch Queer Libraries Across America

Penguin Random House is proud to announce that we’ve partnered with skincare brand Aesop for a second year to bring Queer Libraries to cities across North America. From June 20 to June 26, Aesop will clear the shelves at their stores in New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto, and fill them with colorful displays of books from a multitude of voices, with the goal of cultivating an awareness of the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality, and highlighting a more expansive view of the queer canon. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book For That: Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month and the Alzheimer’s Association (ALZ) has launched their #goPurple campaign. According to ALZ, more than 55 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. In support of all who deal with dementia, as well as those who want to learn about the brain, we present the following memoirs and cutting-edge science: Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Juneteenth

“Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory or an acceptance of the way things are. It’s a celebration of progress. It’s an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible—and there is still so much work to do.”

—Barack Obama

Sunday, June 19, we celebrate Juneteenth: On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas announcing that the Civil War was over, and slavery abolished. A holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved became an official federal holiday in 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act. In honor of the occasion, we present the following books for adults and young readers: Continue reading →

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Viking/Penguin Author Ruth Ozeki Wins 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Viking/Penguin author Ruth Ozeki has won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction for THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS: A Novel it was announced Wednesday, June 15, at a ceremony in London. The UK-based prize annually recognizes and highlights the best fiction written by women from all over the world. Continue reading →

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PRH Partners With Save the Children on 100 Days of Reading Stuff the Bus Tour

Penguin Random House has partnered with Save the Children their “100 Days of Reading – Summer is Better with Books” campaign to donate books and school supplies across the country between June 1-August 16. The campaign includes a range of activities and giveaways, as well as the unveiling of Save the Children’s 100 Days of Reading branded bus that will be traveling to underserved communities across the country throughout the summer. You can read more about the campaign in the official press release here. Continue reading →

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Random House, Putnam Young Readers, PRHPS Titles Win ‘22 Lammys

Winners of the 34th annual Lambda Literary Awards were announced at a virtual ceremony on Saturday, June 11, with two books published by Penguin Random House imprints and two titles from Penguin Random House Publisher Services clients receiving prizes. Continue reading →

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