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TIME 100 Next List Features PRH Authors Brit Bennett, Amanda Gorman, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

The second annual TIME 100 Next list includes three authors published by Penguin Random House: Brit Bennett (featured on the cover), Amanda Gorman, and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. The TIME 100 Next list is an expansion of the publication’s annual TIME 100 franchise, recognizing “100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future of entertainment, health, politics, business and more.” Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: PBS Companions

We are so grateful for PBS! PBS educates and entertains and is the favorite station of many a reader. Are you watching Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s documentary The Black Church? Penguin Random House has the companion book as well as many other notable companions to exceptional PBS programs. Your viewing and reading should be set with the following list: 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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Penguin Random House & We Need Diverse Books Launch the Black Creatives Fund

Together with We Need Diverse Books (WNDB), we are thrilled to announce the launch of the Black Creatives Fund, an initiative with a mission of supporting emerging and established Black writers and illustrators. PRH is the inaugural sponsor of the fund for the 2021 year. Continue reading →

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One World Premieres “Ideas & Action” Podcast

Starting today, February 18, One World presents a new Ideas & Action podcast that explores different challenges and opportunities facing our society, sharing perspectives and advice from their authors to understand how we’ve gotten to where we are, and how we can envision and build a better future together. Season 1 will be comprised of six weekly episodes, each 30 minutes long, plus short story mini-episodes. Continue reading →

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Mysterious Galaxy Presents Lincoln Peirce and Judd Winick In Conversation with John Gallagher via Crowdcast (2/19)

Lincoln Peirce, author of MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS: Battle of the Bodkins (Crown Books for Young Readers) and Judd Winick, author of HILO Book 7: Gina—The Girl Who Broke the World (Random House Books for Young Readers), will be in conversation with John Gallagher, author of the series MAX MEOW (Random House Books for Young Readers) at a virtual event hosted by Mysterious Galaxy bookstore via Crowdcast on Friday, February 19 at 9:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Bess Kalb to Share Stories From NOBODY WILL TELL YOU THIS BUT ME via Zoom (2/21)

Bess Kalb, author of NOBODY WILL TELL YOU THIS BUT ME: A True (As Told to Me) Story (Knopf), is participating in the Temple Beth Israel Sunday Morning Seminar, as part of the Young Moms Group, moderated by Lori Sagarin, followed by audience Q&A, via Zoom on Sunday, February 21 at 11:00 am (ET). Continue reading →

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Ethan Hawke In Conversation with Kiley Reid via Zoom (2/20)

Ethan Hawke will discuss his new book, A BRIGHT RAY OF DARKNESS (Knopf), in conversation with author Kiley Reid, followed by an audience Q&A, at a Books & Books, Harvard Bookstore and Politics & Prose joint event via Zoom on Saturday, February 20 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Virtual Cocktail Hour Features Denise Williams Discussing HOW TO FAIL AT FLIRTING via Zoom (2/19)

Enjoy a virtual cocktail hour with author Denise Williams as she discusses her new novel, HOW TO FAIL AT FLIRTING (Berkley),at a virtual event hosted by Dog Eared Books (Ames, IA) via Zoom on Friday, February 19 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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