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New York City Mayor Honors James McBride

James McBride, photo credit: Chia Messina

Riverhead author James McBride has swept up myriad awards and honors for his newest novel DEACON KING KONG: Oprah’s Book Club, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (his second time wining), a New York Times Top 10 Books of the Year, the Gotham Book Prize, and the New York City Book Award. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Poet Memoirs

“What starves pain, what forces it to release its grip, is speech, the voice upon which rides the story, this is what happened; this is what I have refused to let claim me.” – Tracy K. Smith

For this, the last day of National Poetry Month, we’d like to draw your attention to some of the best memoirs by acclaimed poets (including Pulitzer winners, Poet Laureates, even a Nobel Prize winner). Their love of language along with the ability to be raw, funny, insightful, profound, vulnerable and revelatory make reading each of these books a remarkable experience: Continue reading →

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PRH Audio Aims to Amplify Diverse Voices with New Narrator Mentorship Program

Penguin Random House Audio is launching an exciting new program to open the door to the audiobook industry for actors from all backgrounds. The PRH Audio Narrator Mentorship Program is an initiative primarily for actors who are looking to gain experience and cultivate new professional relationships. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Poem in Your Pocket Day

Tomorrow, April 29, is Poem in Your Pocket Day! As a grassroots part of National Poetry Month, people celebrate by selecting a poem, carrying it with them, and sharing it with others throughout the day and on social media using the hashtag #pocketpoem. Find out more ways to celebrate at Poets.org

Everyman’s Library Pocket Poet Series editions are gorgeous collections to read, savor and share. Here are 12 popular volumes, of the more than 100 in the series, edited by some of our most distinguished poets. Spread the verse! Continue reading →

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Danielle Evans Wins the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize

Danielle Evans, author of THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS: A Novella and Stories (Riverhead Books), has been named the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize winner by the New Literary Project (formerly the Simpson Literary Project). The $50,000 prize, which honors a distinguished mid-career author of fiction, has been bestowed annually since 2017. Continue reading →

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PRH, PRHPS Titles 2021 International Booker Prize Finalists

This year’s International Booker Prize six-title shortlist includes one book published by Penguin Random House and two Penguin Random House Publisher Services client-publisher titles. The winner of the London-based competition will be revealed in a virtual celebration on June 2. The £50,000 prize is split between author and translator. Continue reading →

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Knopf to Publish New Novel by Acclaimed Nigerian Writer Ayobami Adebayo in 2022

Knopf will publish a new book by Ayobami Adebayo, whose debut novel, STAY WITH ME, was released to wide acclaim in 2017. Her new novel, A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS, is the story of two families in Nigeria at opposite ends of the economic spectrum, whose lives collide when political turmoil erupts in their city. It will be published simultaneously by Knopf in the US and by Canongate in the UK in Summer 2022. Continue reading →

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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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