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Ernest Cline to Discuss READY PLAYER TWO Virtually via newmediatouring.com (12/8)

Ernest Cline will discuss his new novel, READY PLAYER TWO (Ballantine Books), followed by an audience Q&A, at a virtual event presented by Brookline Booksmith via newmediatouring.com on Tuesday, December 8 at 7:30 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Asha Lemmie Interviewed about Her Debut Novel by Adriana Trigiani via Facebook (12/8)

Asha Lemmie, author of FIFTY WORDS FOR RAIN (Dutton), will be interviewed by bestselling author Adriana Trigiani via Facebook on Tuesday, December 8 at 6:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Jane Smiley to Discuss PERESTROIKA IN PARIS with Teresa Genaro via Zoom (12/8)

Jane Smiley, author of PERESTROIKA IN PARIS (Knopf), will discuss her new novel with freelance racing journalist Teresa Genaro at a virtual event hosted by Northshire Bookstore via Zoom on Tuesday, December 8 at 5:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Tessa Wegert Delves into THE DEAD SEASON via Crowdcast (12/8)

Tessa Wegert, author of THE DEAD SEASON (Berkley), will discuss her new novel at a virtual event presented by Barrett Bookstore via Crowdcast on Tuesday, December 8 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Reese Witherspoon and GMA Pick Putnam Debut Novels for Their Book Clubs

This month, two debut novels from G.P. Putnam’s Sons have been selected as major book club picks. Reese Witherspoon has chosen KJ Dell’Antonia’s THE CHICKEN SISTERS as her “Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine” book pick for December, and Good Morning America has selected Sophie Cousens’s THIS TIME NEXT YEAR as their GMA Book Club pick for December. Both announcements were made on December 1, their respective publication days, by Reese Witherspoon, and on Good Morning America in the 8:00 a.m. hour. This is the first time G.P. Putnam’s Sons has had two major book club picks in the same month. Continue reading →

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Dolly Parton’s “The Library That Dolly Built” to Premiere via Facebook Live on Dec. 9

The Dollywood Foundation, a longtime partner of Penguin Young Readers, will present a free one-night-only live streaming world premiere event for The Library That Dolly Built, a behind-the-scenes look at Dolly Parton’s literacy-focused non-profit, Imagination Library, on Wednesday, December 9. Originally scheduled as a nationwide live event on more than 300 screens this spring, the world premiere for The Library That Dolly Built: Celebrating the People Who Made Dolly’s Dreams Come True, has been reimagined as a free live stream screening of the film, exclusively on Facebook, available nationally on December 9 at 7:00 pm (EST). The screening will be followed by a conversation with, and live acoustic performance by Dolly Parton.

Viewers can tune into the live screening and conversation on ImaginationLibrary.com. In addition, the European premiere will be Thursday, December 10 at 7:00 pm (GMT), and the Australian premiere will be Friday, December 11, at 7:00 pm (AEDT). Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: National Cookie Day!

“Christmas cookies can’t help but be retro – they are memory first, sugar-flour-egg-redhot-gumdrop-sparkle reality second.”

– Dana Goodyear

Did you know December 4th is National Cookie Day? Couldn’t we all use some sweetness in these waning days of 2020 as we celebrate the winter holidays? Welcome shortbreads, bars, sugar cookies, gingerbread and more. Whether you like your cookies chewy, crispy, decorated, with nuts or without, here are mouthwatering cookbooks to inspire cookies galore! 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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Lars Kepler Created a Fictional Serial Killer Who “Actually Got Into Our Nightmares”

Lars Kepler, the pseudonym of the critically acclaimed, bestselling husband-and-wife team of Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril, have released a new novel, just out from Knopf. “LAZARUS is the climax of our story about the worst serial killer in northern Europe,” the authors share. “From our debut The Hypnotist, Jurek Walter is the only person who scares Joona Linna. But since he’s dead now, maybe Joona should fear fear itself instead. That´s what everyone tells him, but the sudden feeling of Jurek’s presence won’t let go. We know the feeling … Jurek Walter actually got into our nightmares when we wrote LAZARUS.” Continue reading →

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Deborah Madison to Discuss AN ONION IN MY POCKET with Caroline Leavitt via Facebook Live (12/4)

Deborah Madison, author of AN ONION IN MY POCKET: My Life with Vegetables (Knopf), will be in conversation with author Caroline Leavitt at a virtual event hosted by a Mighty Blaze via Facebook Live on Friday, December 4 at 4:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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