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Forché, Hong, Kelley Win American Book Awards

The winners of the forty-second annual American Book Awards have been announced by the Before Columbus Foundation and include three authors and one illustrator published by Penguin Random House imprints: Carolyn Forché, Cathy Park Hong, William Melvin Kelley, and Aiki Kelley. Continue reading →

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Join Save the Children for Their “Journeys With Us” Virtual Event

Save the Children invites you to join a “Journeys With Us” virtual event on Wednesday, August 25 at 1:00 – 2pm (ET). To register to attend, click here. This is a new series of virtual events Penguin Random House partner Save the Children has launched that transport participants to their programs to hear directly from field staff and beneficiaries. Continue reading →

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Doubleday Author Meghan O’Gieblyn Searches for Meaning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Meghan O’Gieblyn, author of GOD, HUMAN, ANIMAL, MACHINE: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning (Doubleday), will be in conversation about her new book with author Ed Simon at a live streamed virtual event hosted by Midtown Scholar Bookstore (Harrisburg, PA) via Zoom on Wednesday, August 25 at 7:00 pm (ET).

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Author/Illustrator Emily Winfield Martin Extends Her Brand With “Wonderful Things” Tea

Emily Winfield Martin, author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller, THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE, and forthcoming THIS IS A GIFT FOR YOU (on-sale September 14, 2021 from Random House Books for Young Readers), is extending her Dream World lifestyle brand to custom tea in collaboration with Harney & Sons Fine Teas. Continue reading →

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Yoon Choi to Virtually Discuss SKINSHIP With Fellow Knopf Author Esi Edugyan

Yoon Choi, author of SKINSHIP: Stories (Knopf), will discuss her debut short story collection in conversation with fellow Knopf author Esi Edugyan at a virtual event hosted by Charis Books (Atlanta, GA) via Crowdcast on Tuesday, August 24 at 7:30 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Campus Novels

Students are heading back to campus after a long, mostly online, hiatus forced by the pandemic. Social media pages are filling up with updates and photos of the college-bound waving from car windows, standing in their dorm rooms – full of anticipation. This put us in mind of all the captivating novels set at school. For your weekend syllabus, check out the following novels, full of self-discovery, new relationships and campus intrigue: Continue reading →

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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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