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Frank Wilczek In Conversation with Steven Pinker via Crowdcast (1/14)

Frank Wilczek, author of FUNDAMENTALS: Ten Keys to Reality (Penguin Press), will discuss his new book with Steven Pinker, at a virtual event hosted by Porter Square Books via Crowdcast on Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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One World Ideas x Action Book Club Features a Discussion of BLACK FUTURES via Zoom (1/14)

The One World Ideas x Action Book Club will be hosting a virtual discussion of Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham’s BLACK FUTURES (One World), led by One World editor-in-chief Chris Jackson and featuring designer Jon Key of Morcos Key, who helped devise and art direct the book, via Zoom on Thursday, January 14 at 8:00 pm (ET). 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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George Saunders Shares His Master Class on the Russian Short Story

George Saunders is an award-winning, bestselling author as well as a highly regarded creative writing teacher. For the last twenty years, Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In his new book, A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life (Random House HC and ebook, Random House Audio) Saunders blends his writing and professorial skills into an engaging narrative that walks readers through his favorite short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol to demonstrate how great fiction has the ability to move and shape us. Continue reading →

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New Editions of THE GREAT GATSBY Published by Penguin Random House Imprints

The first day of every year, a fresh selection of books, films and music recordings enter what is known as the “public domain,” which refers to creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws. Having completed the established 95 years of copyright protection granted books registered under the U.S. Copyright Act, as of this January 1, F. Scott Fitzergald’s THE GREAT GATSBY, first published in 1925, has become a public domain literary property, which can be published or reprinted without restriction.

To commemorate the opportunity to share this classic title with the widest readership, new editions of THE GREAT GATSBY were released on January 5 by several Penguin Random House imprints in a variety of print and digital formats: Continue reading →

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Dr. Daniel Levitin In Conversation with Bob Weir via Zoom (1/13)

Join New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Levitin for a discussion of his latest book, SUCESSFUL AGING (Dutton), in conversation with musician and founding Grateful Dead member Bob Weir at a virtual event hosted by the Walnut Creek Library via Zoom on Wednesday, January 13 at 10:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Murder by the Book Presents Ace Aktins via Facebook and YouTube (1/13)

Murder by the Book presents Ace Aktins discussing ROBERT B. PARKER’S SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (Putnam) at a virtual event via Facebook and YouTube on Wednesday, January 13 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Robert Jones, Jr. to Talk about His Debut Novel with Isaac Fitzgerald via Zoom (1/13)

Robert Jones, Jr., author THE PROPHETS (Putnam), will discuss his debut novel with Isaac Fitzgerald at a virtual event hosted by Book Passage via Zoom on Wednesday, January 13 at 9:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Ashley Audrain Shares Her Debut Novel THE PUSH via Zoom (1/13)

Ashley Audrain will be in conversation about her debut novel, THE PUSH (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking), with author Laura Zigman at a virtual event hosted by the Blue Willow Bookshop via Zoom on Wednesday, January 13 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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