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Jacqueline Woodson, Brit Bennett, Barack Obama Lead Our NAACP Image Awards Finalists

The 52nd NAACP Image Awards, the highly regarded, historic competition that annually honors the accomplishments of BIPOC artists across television, music, film and literature, has announced nine Penguin Random House nominees across multiple categories recognizing “Outstanding Literary Works.”

Winners will be revealed during a nationally televised broadcast late next month. Continue reading →

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Two WaterBrook Titles Earn Top Frontlist Spots on ECPA’s 2020 Bestsellers List

WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House, is celebrating the announcement of ECPA’s (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association) Top 100 Bestsellers of 2020, having secured two of the top three spots with Jennie Allen’s GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts and Michael Todd’s RELATIONSHIP GOALS: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex, respectively. Of the top three bestsellers, Allen’s and Todd’s titles were the only two that were newly published in 2020. 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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Ransom Riggs Discusses the Final Book in His “Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children” Series via Instagram Live (2/5)

Ransom Riggs take a deep dive into the conclusion of his Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series, THE DESOLATIONS OF DEVIL’S ACRE (Dutton Books for Young Readers), via Instagram Live on Friday, February 5 at 5:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson Presenting MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD via Zoom (2/5)

Author Matt de la Peña and illustrator Christian Robinson will launch their new book, MILO IMAGINES THE WORLD (G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers), at a virtual event hosted by the San Francisco Public Library via Zoom on Friday, February 5 at 5:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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PRH to Release Both BECOMING Young Reader Edition and BECOMING Trade Paperback on March 2

BECOMING, the #1 international bestselling memoir by former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, will be published in two new editions by Penguin Random House on March 2, 2021. The news was shared this morning in a special video on Mrs. Obama’s social media and can be viewed here. Continue reading →

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Celebrating World Read Aloud Day with LitWorld

Did you know that reading aloud every day puts kids ahead by 1 year, no matter their background? That’s just one of the reasons we’re proud to celebrate the twelfth annual World Read Aloud Day today, February 3rd, in partnership with LitWorld, a longtime PRH partner and nonprofit organization with the mission of strengthening kids and communities through the joy and transformation of reading, writing, and storytelling. From virtual read-alouds to live events, booklists and activities, World Read Aloud Day celebrates the power of reading aloud. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Black History Month

“To accept one’s past—one’s history—is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.” ― James Baldwin

In honor of Black History Month we present award-winning and acclaimed nonfiction for readers of all ages: Continue reading →

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“2034” Novel by Ackerman and Stavridis Launched with WIRED Magazine Takeover

2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis, to be published by Penguin Press on March 9, has been launched with a takeover of WIRED magazine, online and in the February print edition on newsstands now. The publication devoted its entire February issue to 2034, and is presenting a six-part serialization of the first part of the book online. Social media promotions include a campaign on Twitter, with coverage by CNN. Continue reading →

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