Introducing Thousand Voices x RHPG, a New Publishing Venture from the Random House Publishing Group & Jenna Bush Hager’s Thousand Voices Media
Jenna Bush Hager. Credit: Karsten Moran for New York Times.
The new partnership is to publish debut and emerging authors across the Random House Publishing Group’s portfolio of imprints.
The Random House Publishing Group and Thousand Voices, the media company of Jenna Bush Hager, are launching an innovative publishing venture: THOUSAND VOICES x RHPG, it was announced today by Sanyu Dillon, President, Random House Publishing Group, and Jenna Bush Hager, the founder of Thousand Voices Media.
THOUSAND VOICES x RHPG will work with storytellers writing in a wide range of genres, including romance, suspense, romantasy, literary fiction, historical fiction, and memoir. Collaborating with editors from across RHPG’s portfolio of imprints, Bush Hager will identify and guide debut writers and emerging voices, working closely with all publishing teams at each stage – from cover design to marketing, publicity, and sales – to publish each book with maximum impact. Thousand Voices and Jenna Bush Hager are represented by UTA who brokered the deal with RHPG on her behalf and will offer strategic support for the venture.
The program will release books published in partnership with one of the imprints of the Random House Publishing Group, depending on the genre and audience. Bush Hager will collaborate on a distinct marketing and publicity campaign for each title, which will include her own participation, with ongoing support for the program, through joint appearances, partnerships, and publicity. Thousand Voices will be separate from the highly successful Read with Jenna book club, which Bush Hager created at NBC’s Today in 2019, and which has launched 47 New York Times bestsellers.
“I’m thrilled to be partnering with the Random House Publishing Group to bring Thousand Voices Books to life,” says Bush Hager. “This new venture is a natural extension of my passion for books and reading, and an existing collaboration with writers and publishers, but still entirely new and exciting. Thousand Voices is steadfast in our mission to discover emerging writers, invest in their careers over the long-term, and to connect readers with great books, and RHPG is the perfect partner. Together, we have assembled a truly brilliant line up of authors who write across a variety of genres. And this first roster of authors is only the beginning. We will have many more exciting announcements to share in the coming months.”
Dillon adds, “Jenna is a patron saint of books and reading, and it has been so energizing to work with her on this thrilling endeavor. Jenna’s boundless energy and enthusiasm for the publishing process is matched by her deep and abiding passion for storytelling. We are thrilled to be partnering with Jenna on this groundbreaking publishing venture as we bring new writers and emerging voices to passionate readers everywhere.”
Bush Hager has acquired six books for THOUSAND VOICES x RHPG so far, with the first book set to be published under the Ballantine imprint in October 2025: CONFORM, by debut author Ariel Sullivan, the first novel in a sweeping dystopian romance trilogy of love and rebellion, set in a post-apocalyptic future.
Other projects to be published under the Thousand Voices x RHPG venture include:
- LAWS OF LOVE AND LOGIC, a searing, decades-spanning debut by Debra Curtis in which a woman is torn between the love of her youth, from whom she was traumatically separated, and the ornithologist husband who re-awakened her desire and helped her live again. Ballantine, Spring 2026.
- LIAR’S DICE, a heartrending debut by Juliet Faithfull focusing on a teenage girl in Brazil who is unexpectedly torn away from her disabled twin sister—and who must learn what it means to fight for those we love when the odds are stacked against us. Random House, Spring 2026.
- JUNE BABY, by Shannon Garvey, is a tender exploration of love and grief which follows a young woman over the course of one summer on Block Island as she grapples with losing the family friend who took her in after her mother died and realizing she’s in love with her best friend—who’s getting married to another woman. Random House, Summer 2026.
- ABBY OFFSIDES is Anna McCallie’s funny, deliciously slow-burn debut about a woman who leaves her life behind for a media job with a professional football team after a messy break-up and collides head-first into a sexy, Scottish football star who might just be the one to help her move on . . . if only he wasn’t married. Ballantine, Summer 2026.
- INTO THE BLUE- by Emma Brodie: From the acclaimed author of Songs in Ursa Major comes an extraordinary love story about two star-crossed lovers torn apart by a tragic secret, only to reunite as their dueling careers in comedy and acting intersect over the next decade. Ballantine, Fall 2026.
For more information about Thousand Voices x RHPG please visit https://thousandvoicesbooks.com/