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Dani Shapiro Podcast Nominated for Webby Award

Knopf author Dani Shapiro’s hit podcast, Family Secrets, has been nominated for a Webby Award in the Best Series category alongside Wondery’s Dr. Death, It Was Said (Cadence 13), History This Week (A&E), and Truth & Lies: Jeffrey Epstein (ABC News). Family Secrets has been featured on NBC-TV’s Today Show and has over 17M downloads to date. Season five of the podcast dropped earlier this month and features interviews with Alison Bechdel, Amaryllis Fox, Emma Ramos and others. Family Secrets was developed by the Author Platforms team in partnership with iHeart Radio. You can subscribe to Family Secrets on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Continue reading →

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Barack Obama Virtually Visits with Independent Bookstores in Support of Independent Bookstore Day

A long-time patron of independent bookstores, former Presdent Barack Obama is celebrating Independent Bookstore Day (Saturday, April 24) by virtually “stopping in” to visit with six independent bookstores from around the country: Square Books of Oxford, MS; Eso Won Books of Los Angeles, CA; Politics & Prose Bookstore of Washington, DC; Parnassus Books of Nashville, TN; The Lit.Bar of Bronx, NY; and Literati of Ann Arbor, MI. Booksellers from each store spoke with the President about their mutual love of reading, the craft of writing, and all things books. Continue reading →

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Crown to Publish Ai Weiwei’s Memoir 1000 YEARS OF JOYS AND SORROWS in November

Ai Weiwei, (photo credit Ai Weiwei Studio)

Crown, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, will publish 1000 YEARS OF JOYS AND SORROWS, the highly anticipated memoir from Ai Weiwei, one of the world’s most important living artists, on November 2, 2021. A global publishing event, 1000 YEARS OF JOYS AND SORROWS will be translated into thirteen languages with rights already placed in fifteen markets. The book will be published in hardcover and digital formats by Crown, and an audio edition will be simultaneously released by Penguin Random House Audio. World rights were acquired by Crown from Peter Bernstein and Amy Bernstein at Bernstein Literary Agency, with SVP & Publisher Gillian Blake and Executive Editor Libby Burton editing. Continue reading →

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David Wallace-Wells Explores THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH in Animated Video on PRH.com

David Wallace-Wells’ book, THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH, about the potential effects of climate change, came out in 2019 but has never quite left the cultural conversation. It’s returned for a feature on PRH.com, along with a custom-animated video produced by Sophie Feng from Consumer Marketing’s Creative Media team. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Earth Day

Save our Planet! Is there any doubt that our personal health and our magnificent Earth’s health are inextricably bound? Today, Thursday, April 22, we celebrate the 51^st Earth Day. In^,1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest industrial pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency was created. Coordinated by The Earth Day Network, Earth Day is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world. We know taking action begins with concern and understanding. The following “actionable” books for all ages inspire and inform our conversations about conservation: Continue reading →

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Joshua Bennett Receives Whiting Award and Guggenheim Fellowship

Penguin Random House poet and author Joshua Bennett won a 2021 Whiting Award for Poetry, Nonfiction. The Whiting selection committee commented, “Joshua Bennett’s criticism radically expands ideas of what it is to be alive in the world, reshuffling hierarchies of knowledge and power and hinting at a new way of being; the most exciting criticism is utopian in this way. His poetry is piercingly intelligent – there is so much yearning and emotion alongside a mesmerizing musical craft. It welcomes us intimately into the speaker’s powerful consciousness, into the landscape of his family, his outsiderhood. Bennett takes up the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois in his fluid movement between genres, illuminating what it means to see things as they are and to call them by their most merciless names.” Continue reading →

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Seager, Wilkerson Win LA Times Book Prizes

The Los Angeles Times announced the winners of its 41st annual Book Prizes on Friday, April 16, the day before the 26th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began as virtual event for the second consecutive year. Among the winners were two books published by Penguin Random House imprints in the following categories: Continue reading →

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Grammy-Winning Singer/Songwriter Brandi Carlile Narrates Audiobook of Her Memoir BROKEN HORSES

Six-time Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter, performer, and producer Brandi Carlile narrates the audiobook edition of her memoir, BROKEN HORSES, released by Random House Audio today, Tuesday, April 20. Carlile also sings more than 30 songs, recorded exclusively for the audiobook, including 23 of her own compositions as well as covers of songs by artists who have inspired her, such as Elton John, Dolly Parton, and Leonard Cohen. Continue reading →

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Our BCALA 2021 Literary Award Winners and Honorees

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. (BCALA) has announced the winners of the 2021 BCALA Literary Awards, with books published by Penguin Random House imprints and PRHPS client publishers recognized with four awards and one honor. They recognize excellence in adult fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by African American authors published in 2020. The awards ceremony will take place virtually on Thursday, July 29, during the BCALA 11th National Conference of African American Librarians (NCAAL). Continue reading →

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Paula McLain’s WHEN THE STARS GO DARK is New GMA Buzz Pick

Ballantine published WHEN THE STARS GO DARK by Paula McLain on Tuesday, April 13, and today Good Morning America announced that this book is the new GMA Buzz Pick. Weaving together actual cases of missing persons, trauma theory, and a hint of the metaphysical, this propulsive and deeply affecting novel tells a story of fate and redemption. In a recent New York Times feature, McLain said that while walking her dog, “I pictured this troubled missing persons detective who becomes obsessed with a girl who goes missing in a town that meant something to her when she was a kid. Before I got home, I could see the whole thing.” Continue reading →

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