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CASTE, DEACON KING KONG ‘21 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Contenders

Six Penguin Random House authors’ nonfiction and fiction are among the twelve finalists for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which celebrates the power of literature to promote peace, social justice, and global understanding. Continue reading →

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5 Crown, Currency, Doubleday, Portfolio Authors Among FT/McKinsey 2021 “Best” Business Book Longlisters

Five Penguin Random House titles have been recognized among the fifteen semi-finalists for the transatlantic competition, the 2021 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Continue reading →

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The New York Times Highlights RHCB #1 Bestseller BLACK BOY JOY— “Playful With a Side of Gravity”

BLACK BOY JOY: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood, edited by Kwame Mbalia and published by Delacorte Press, debuts at #1 on The New York Times middle grade bestseller list for the week of August 22. This achievement is highlighted by The New York Times in the most recent “Inside the Best-Seller List” column, headlined Joy, Flexibility and Bravery Land on the Best-Seller List. Continue reading →

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Join Authors Grady Hendrix and Chuck Wendig for Virtual “Libraries Night Out”

You’re invited to Libraries Night Out, a virtual event featuring Berkley author Grady Hendrix and Del Rey author Chuck Wendig as they discuss their new novels, THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP and THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS, on Wednesday, August 18 at 7:00 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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James Whiteside to Launch His New Book With Fellow ABT Dancer Isabella Boylston

James Whiteside, author of CENTER CENTER: A Funny, Sexy, Sad, Almost-Memoir of a Boy in Ballet (Viking), will launch his new book in conversation with fellow American Ballet Theatre dancer Isabella Boylston at a virtual & in-person event, co-presented by The Strand Bookstore (at Columbus Circle, NYC) and the ABT, on Tuesday, August 17 at 7:00 pm (ET).

To register for a ticket, click here. Continue reading →

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Amy Schumer Co-Curates ARRIVAL STORIES, Coming From The Dial Press in Spring 2022

The Dial Press announced that ARRIVAL STORIES: Women Share Their Experiences of Becoming Mothers, a revealing collection of more than 20 original essays, curated by Amy Schumer and Christy Turlington Burns, will be published on April 5, 2022. In this anthology, Schumer and Turlington Burns bring together a diverse group of women—actors, athletes, academics, CEOs, writers, small business owners, birth workers, physicians, and activists—to share their experiences of becoming mothers. Whitney Frick and Annie Chagnot acquired North American rights from Claudia Ballard at WME. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Thirteen for the 13th!

Did you know that there is a word for a fear of Friday the 13^th? It is Paraskevidekatriaphobia – from the Greek words paraskeví (meaning ‘Friday’), and dekatreís (meaning ‘thirteen’). Being that reading is one of the safer pastimes, our spin on this superstitious day is to showcase thirteen enticing books with 13/thirteen in the title. Continue reading →

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Penguin Random House Partners With Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman to Launch New Creative Writing Award for Poetry

Penguin Random House has partnered with Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, to launch The Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry, a new creative writing award for poetry for public high school students. The award will recognize a student for an original literary composition in English for poetry with a first-place prize of $10,000. The Amanda Gorman Award for Poetry opens for submissions on October 1, 2021. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Summer Noir

“I don’t mind if you don’t like my manners. I don’t like them myself. They’re pretty bad. I grieve over them on winter evenings.”

– The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

And what about your summer evenings, dear readers? If you are looking for a change in atmosphere from sunny beach reads, we have a spate of acclaimed new noir to darken the mood. So settle in as we span the globe to solve the case… Continue reading →

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Hear From Our 2021 Summer Interns Before They Take Flight

As summer winds down, the world opens up, and we all try to regain some sense of “normal,” our ten-week internship here at Penguin Random House is quickly coming to an end. As the first interns to navigate this program virtually, we have all risen to the occasion, made necessary strides to soak up all that we could, and stayed connected with our teams through our computer screens at home. From drafting current event posts for Igloo to helping update the Social Impact site, I got to take a peek at the diligence and dedication that is exhibited across every department. Continue reading →

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