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Yaa Gyasi to Discuss TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM with Jordan Pavlin via Facebook (10/6)

Yaa Gyasi, author of TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM (Knopf), will be in conversation with her editor, Jordan Pavlin, at a Barnes & Noble Book Club virtual event via Facebook on Tuesday, October 6 at 7:00 pm. Continue reading →

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Bestselling YA Authors Nicola Yoon and David Yoon Launch Joy Revolution Imprint at RHCB

An imprint dedicated to young adult romance novels by people of color, about people of color, Joy Revolution will launch at Random House Children’s Books, with #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon (The Sun Is Also a Star and Everything, Everything) and bestselling author David Yoon (Frankly in Love) at the helm, it was announced by Barbara Marcus, President & Publisher, Random House Children’s Books. The imprint will publish its first list in 2022. Wendy Loggia, Senior Executive Editor, Delacorte Press, will oversee the imprint, with an editor soon to be hired. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Political Bestsellers

Did you watch the presidential debate this week? News is swirling about what change in format might be implemented for the next Trump-Biden debate on October 15^th. The most important thing in these last weeks before the election is to be informed and vote. To that end, here are a bevy of bestsellers by some of our most respected, award-winning, teachers and journalists – all writing about the issues our country faces today: Continue reading →

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Ten Speed Press Authors Parsons and Simonson Win Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards

Ten Speed Press authors Brad Thomas Parsons and Robert Simonson are winners of 2020 Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Spirited Awards, the first round of which were announced by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation. Called “the Oscars of the spirits/beverage industry,” the 14th Annual Spirited Awards, virtual for the first time, are part of Tales of the Cocktail’s global conference. Continue reading →

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Fajardo-Anstine, Ogawa, Vuong Win American Book Awards

The winners of the forty-first annual American Book Awards have been announced by the Before Columbus Foundation and include three authors published by Penguin Random House imprints: Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Yoko Ogawa and Ocean Vuong.

The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. The purpose of the awards is to honor literary excellence without limitations or restrictions. The award winners range from well-known and established writers to under-recognized authors and first works, and they will be formally recognized during an online ceremony on Sunday, October 25. Continue reading →

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Tiny Reparations Books Debuts Logo, Announces Inaugural Acquisitions

Phoebe Robinson, founder of Tiny Reparations Books, and Christine Ball, SVP, Publisher of Dutton and Plume, have announced the first acquisitions for the new imprint. Editor Amber Oliver, a recent addition to the editorial team, will edit both books as well as Robinson’s forthcoming fall 2021 book, Six Feet Apart. The Tiny Reparations Books logo, designed by Dominique Jones, was also unveiled.

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There’s a Book for That: Banned Books Week

“A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They’d rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

Celebrate the freedom to read! It’s Banned Books Week (September 27-October 3) and the theme for 2020 is “Censorship is a Dead End. Find Your Freedom to Read.” The American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) released the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books from the past decade as it launched this year’s Banned Books Week, which serves to “rally readers to the cause of First Amendment protections and remind them to remain vigilant about continual threats to our freedom to read.” Included on the list are a number of Penguin Random House books, including these most recently challenged: 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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Ken Follett to Discuss THE EVENING AND THE MORNING via YouTube (10/1)

Ken Follett will discuss his new book THE EVENING AND THE MORNING (Viking) a virtual event hosted by the Dallas Museum of Art via YouTube on Thursday, October 1 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Jane Fonda Shares Insights Into Her New Book, “WHAT CAN I DO? My Path From Climate Despair to Action,” via Zoom (10/1)

Jane Fonda will discuss her new book, WHAT CAN I DO? My Path From Climate Despair to Action (Penguin Press), at a virtual event hosted by the Temple Eman-uel Streicker Center via Zoom on Thursday, October 1 at 6:30 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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