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PYR’s Stacey Barney Named Winner of Bill Konigsberg Award for Acts and Activism for Equity and Inclusion

Stacey Barney, Executive Editor at G.P. Putnam’s Books for Young Readers, has been named the winner of this year’s Bill Konigsberg Award for Acts and Activism for Equity and Inclusion through Young Adult Literature, presented by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English. Continue reading →

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David Joy to Discuss WHEN THESE MOUNTAINS BURN via Facebook Live (8/19)

David Joy, author of WHEN THESE MOUNTAINS BURN (Putnam), will discuss his latest novel at a virtual event hosted by Poisoned Pen bookstore via Facebook Live on Wednesday, August 19 at 9:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Join Bianca Marais for a Virtual Literary Wine Down via Instagram Live (8/19)

Join Bianca Marais, author of IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH (Putnam) and Jamise Harper a virtual Literary Wine Down hosted by Spines & Vines via Instagram Live on Wednesday, August 19 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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WHAT NOW: An Antiracist Teach-In with Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo via Zoom (8/19)

Ibram X. Kendi, author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST (One World), presents WHAT NOW: An Antiracist Teach-In, a virtual conversation series featuring dialogues between Professor Kendi and other prominent thought leaders and activists. Robin DiAngelo, author of the New York Times bestselling book, WHITE FRAGILITY: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Beacon Press), joins Dr. Kendi on the virtual stage via Zoom on Wednesday, August 19 at 8:10 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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A Virtual Happy Hour with Fiona Davis via Zoom (8/19)

Fiona Davis, author of THE LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE (Dutton), will talk about her new novel in a virtual Happy Hour with Lewes Library, hosted by Browse about Books, via Zoom on Wednesday, August 19 at 5:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Megan Abbott’s Upcoming Novel THE TURNOUT Being Adapted for TV

Television rights to Megan Abbott’s upcoming novel, THE TURNOUT, which will be published by Putnam in the summer of 2021 as one of the imprint’s lead fiction titles, were acquired by the Hasbro-owned Sharp Objects producer, as reported in Deadline. 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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WHAT NOW: An Antiracist Teach-In with Ibram X. Kendi and Eddie S. Glaude Jr. via Zoom (8/18)

Ibram X. Kendi, author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST (One World), hosts WHAT NOW: An Antiracist Teach-In, a virtual conversation series featuring dialogues between Professor Kendi and other prominent thought leaders and activists. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of BEGIN AGAIN: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Crown) joins Dr. Kendi on the virtual stage via Zoom on Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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Karen Rose to Talk About Her New Novel SAY NO MORE via Crowdcast (8/18)

Authors Uncovered presents Karen Rose, author of SAY NO MORE (Berkley) at a virtual event via Crowdcast on Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Enjoy Adult Story Time with Megha Majumdar via Zoom (8/18)

Adult Story Time with Megha Majumdar, author of A BURNING (Knopf), will be presented at a virtual event hosted by the Sturgis Library via Zoom on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:00 pm (ET).

Majumdar’s A BURNING is an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters that seek to rise–to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies–and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, it has the force of an epic while being so masterfully compressed it can be read in a single sitting.

Megha Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an associate editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City.

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