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Join PRH Authors Helen Ellis and J. Kelly Hoey at WMG’s Free Virtual Happy Hour

The Women’s Media Group (WMG) presents a special free virtual event, “Bring Your Baggage and Your Favorite Beverage,” with Penguin Random House authors Helen Ellis and J. Kelly Hoey via Zoom on Wednesday, August 4, from 5:00 to 6:00 pm (ET). You’re invited to gather (virtually) for a happy hour filled with questions, conversation, and more than a few laughs. To register, click here. Continue reading →

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Kate Reed Petty to Launch Her Debut Novel Virtually With Rebecca Makkai

Kate Reed Petty, author of TRUE STORY (Penguin Books), will discuss her debut novel in conversation with Viking Penguin author Rebecca Makkai at a virtual launch event hosted by The Novel Neighbor (St. Louis, MO) and streamed live on the bookstore’s Facebook and YouTube pages on Wednesday, August 4 at 8:00 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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9 of Our Titles on U.S. News & World Report List of “10 Books to Read Before College”

U.S. News & World Report, which publishes the most widely quoted annual set of rankings for American colleges and universities, recently shared its list of “10 Books to Read Before College,” featuring nine titles published by Penguin Random House imprints and a Penguin Random House Publisher Services client publisher. The periodical described these books as “assigned texts [that] are regularly used in freshman-level classes and offer students a chance to come together to discuss a book they’ve all read.” Continue reading →

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Sunjeev Sahota to Discuss His New Novel Virtually With Kamila Shamsie

Sunjeev Sahota, author of CHINA ROOM (Viking), longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, will be in conversation about his new novel with Riverhead author Kamila Shamsie during a virtual discussion via the Elliott Bay Book Company YouTube channel on Tuesday, August 3 at 10:00 pm (ET). To register for this event, click here. Continue reading →

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PRH Audio to Publish Audiobook Original by Erik Larson, His First Work of Fiction, in September

Penguin Random House Audio has announced that it will publish NO ONE GOES ALONE, an audiobook original—and the first ever work of fiction—from Erik Larson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile and The Devil in the White City. Narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt and available in time for Halloween (Random House Audio; on sale September 28), this otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible marshals Larson’s trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story deeply grounded in history, available exclusively on audio, because, as Larson says, ghost stories are best told aloud. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Get Graphic!

The genres of graphic novels and manga – where art and story intertwine to superior effect – continues to captivate and expand their readership. From media tie-ins, popular superheroes and villains to seminal periods in history and chronicles of emotional terrain, we’ve got you covered and invite you to Get Graphic! Continue reading →

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All Ways Black to Host Virtual Read-a-Thon for James Baldwin’s Birthday

On Monday, August 2, All Ways Black will host Baldwin’s Birthday Bash, a 9-hour read-a-thon celebrating James Baldwin’s birthday. From 12;00 to 9:00PM (ET), participants can tune into Instagram Live, where influential bookstagrammers, writers, and cultural figures will host live and silent (D.E.A.R) readings of Baldwin’s novel, Go Tell it on the Mountain. Along with readings, the event will feature celebrations and challenges reminiscent of an old-fashioned birthday party, like bingo and “pin the pen to the writer.” Continue reading →

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Viking to Publish Amanda Gorman’s CALL US WHAT WE CARRY Poetry Collection in December

Amanda Gorman, Photo Credit: Kelia Anne

Viking Books will publish #1 New York Times bestselling author Amanda Gorman’s breakout poetry collection, CALL US WHAT WE CARRY, on December 7, 2021. Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, this remarkable new collection of poems includes the now iconic poem, “The Hill We Climb,” read at the inauguration of the 46^thPresident of the United States, Joe Biden, and reveals an energizing and unforgettable voice in American poetry. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Dog Days

Hard to believe, but the dog days of summer are here… the period between July 3^rd and August 11^th. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, “the phrase is actually a reference to the fact that, during this time, the Sun occupies the same region of the sky as Sirius, the brightest star visible from any part of Earth and part of the constellation Canis Major, the Greater Dog.” To get you through the hot, dog days we’ve gathered some bright starred review books just barking to be read! Continue reading →

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Ishiguro, Shipstead, Arudpragasam, Lockwood, Mohamed, Sahota, PRH U.S. Booker Prize Semi-Finalists

Although the calendar says it is mid-summer, the fall literary prize season is underway with the July 27 announcement in London of the thirteen-volume Longlist for this year’s Booker Prize, the U.K.’s most prestigious Fiction award, with its international cache and resonance.

Here are the Penguin Random House titles, which are in contention:

Penguin Random House U.S.

A PASSAGE NORTH by Anuk Arudpragasam (Hogarth HC and Ebook; RH Audio; PRH Canada distro)
KLARA AND THE SUN by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf; HC and Ebook; RH Audio; Knopf Canada)
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS by Patricia Lockwood (Riverhead; HC and Ebook; Penguin Audio; PRH Canada distro)
CHINA ROOM by Sunjeev Sahota (Viking HC and Ebook; Penguin Audio; Knopf Canada)
GREAT CIRCLE by Maggie Shipstead (Knopf HC and Ebook; RH Audio; PRH Canada distro)
THE FORTUNE MEN by Nadifa Mohamed (Knopf HC and Ebook, to be published Summer 2022)
Bewilderment by Richard Powers will be published by Random House Audio in September 2021)

Penguin Random House Canada

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf Canada HC and Ebook; Knopf Canada Audio)
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota (Knopf Canada HC and Ebook; Knopf Canada Audio)
Bewilderment by Richard Powers (coming September: Random House Canada HC and Ebook; RH Canada Audio)
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson (Knopf Canada HC and Ebook; Knopf Canada Audio)

Penguin Random House U.K.

The Promise by Damon Galgut, (Chatto & Windus, Vintage)
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson (Chatto & Windus, Vintage)
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed (Viking, Penguin General)
Bewilderment by Richard Powers (Hutchinson Heinemann)
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead (Doubleday, Transworld Publishers)
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota (Harvill Secker, Vintage)

The Booker Prize for Fiction is open to works by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the U.K. or Ireland.

Congratulations to our authors and their publishing teams on this first step on their Booker journey.

The Booker Shortlist will be published September 14. The 2021 winner will be announced and feted at the annual Booker dinner November 3.

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