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Vintage Author Tao Lin to Discuss His New Novel Virtually With Tommy Orange

Tao Lin, author of LEAVE SOCIETY (Vintage Original), will be in conversation with Knopf/Vintage author Tommy Orange at a virtual event hosted by The Booksmith (San Francisco, CA) on Tuesday, August 10 at 10:00 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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50 Books | 50 Covers: Our Award-Winning Designs

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has announced the winners of this year’s 50 Books | 50 Covers competition, widely recognized as the highest design honor in the book publishing world. AIGA has been highlighting the best book jackets since 1923, and this year there were 696 entries from 36 different countries. Prize-winning jackets created by designers for books published by Penguin Random House imprints and PRHPS client publishers are highlighted below: Continue reading →

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There’s a Book For That: Summer Vacation

Are you ready for a summer vacation? Whether or not you have one scheduled, escape awaits you in our selection of summer vacation fiction below. These are novels with relationships at their core set in summery surroundings around the world. Your ticket to mystery, romance, Italy, Scotland, Palm Springs, Malibu, Cape Cod, The Catskills, and more…awaits! Continue reading →

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Newbery Winner Tae Keller’s Moving Acceptance Speech

Tae Keller, author of the 2021 Newbery Medal winning book, WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER (Random House Books for Young Readers), delivered her acceptance speech at the virtual 2021 American Library Association (ALA) Newbery Caldecott Legacy Awards Ceremony on Sunday, June 27. Continue reading →

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PRH Supports Save the Children’s 100 Days of Reading, Teams With zulily for “Buy 1, Give 1” Campaign

Penguin Random House is supporting our longstanding partner Save the Children for its “100 Days of Reading” campaign. The campaign was created to foster continuous learning over the summer months and to ensure that children in rural America, many of whom have limited or no access to books, have the opportunity to keep reading. Continue reading →

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Watch the Official Trailer for All Ways Black (You’re Not Ready)

All Ways Black debuted its official trailer on social media this weekend to mark the launch of the platform. The video, which serves to highlight and celebrate the myriad expressions of Blackness in life and in books, was conceived by @allwaysblack curator Cree Myles and videographer Cody LaPlant, who drew inspiration from film and music (catch those Lemonade vibes?) to transcend the literary ecosystem. Continue reading →

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Penguin Press to Publish Will Smith’s Memoir in November

Penguin Press will publish WILL, a memoir by two-time Academy Award nominee, Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award winner Will Smith, on November 9, 2021. Smith celebrated this announcement on Saturday, June 19, with a community Block Party in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida. New Orleans-based visual artist Brandan “BMike” Odums designed and unveiled the cover of WILL, which features a series of layered portraits of Will Smith throughout his life, each one painted on top of the other. The idea is to communicate visually the evolution of a person, from childhood through adulthood, and at major stages of their life in between. Odums’s works engage in a transnational dialogue about the intersection of art and resistance. Continue reading →

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Michael Robbins to Discuss His New Book of Poetry via Zoom

Michael Robbins, author of WALKMAN (Penguin Books), will discuss his new collection of poetry with Paige Ackerson-Kiely at a virtual event hosted by Literati Bookstore (Ann Arbor, MI) as a part of their At Home Series via Zoom on Tuesday, June 22 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Your 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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