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Our 2024 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners

On Sunday, June 8th, the 2024 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners were announced. As a delightful (and delicious) surprise, five Penguin Random House titles were honored in the Book Awards category. The Book Awards recognize cookbooks and other non-fiction food or beverage-related books that were published in the U.S. in 2023 and among the thirteen categories, Penguin Random House took home the awards for International, U.S. Foodways, Vegetable-Focused Cooking, Visuals, and General. The ceremony was hosted by CBS This Morning co-host Michelle Miller. Continue reading →

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Join PRH & Save the Children to Make Summer Fair

2024 marks the significant milestone of our decade-long collaboration with Save the Children, a partnership that has been dedicated to fostering a shared commitment to engaging the next generation of readers. Together, we have strived to ensure that children, both in the United States and worldwide, have equitable access to books. Over the past ten years, we have donated an impressive total of 1.8 million books to their programs. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Pride Month

Happy Pride Month! June, 2024 marks the 54th annual LGBTQ+ Pride tradition. The first Pride march in New York City was held on June 28, 1970 on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan – a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Continue reading →

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Explore the State of Censorship in America at Tonight’s “Freedom to Read” Panel

Join Hoboken Public Library Director Jennie Pu in conversation with Penguin Random House author David Levithan, PRH Media Law Attorney Ojasvinee Singh, and PEN America to discuss the state of censorship in America and the fight to protect intellectual freedom and the right to read. Continue reading →

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Blue Star Press Acquires Sasquatch Books, Expanding Strategic Partnership with Penguin Random House

Blue Star Press, an independent publisher based in Bend, Oregon, is pleased to announce that as part of its ongoing partnership with Penguin Random House, it has entered into a 10-year extension of its sales and distribution agreement and acquired Sasquatch Books. The deal was announced today by Peter Licalzi, CEO, Blue Star Press, and Jeff Abraham, President of Publishing Operations, Technology, and Services, Penguin Random House. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading →

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Announcing the 2024 Creative Writing Award Winners & $10,000 Scholarship Recipients

Six exceptional public high school seniors from across the country have been chosen as winners of the 2024 Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, a national grassroots organization that advocates for diversity in children’s literature. This year marks the first time the Freedom of Expression Award has been presented.

The Freedom of Expression Award was specifically created in response to the rise in book bans across the country, and to celebrate the power of books and stories. Applicants to the new award were asked to answer the prompt, “Tell us about one banned book that changed your life and why.”

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Tomorrow Evening, Join Bestselling Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones & Jacqueline Woodson in Conversation

Nikole Hannah-Jones, May 2024 (c) Jason Hill.

One World is thrilled to announce the publication of THE 1619 PROJECT: A New Origin Story in paperback on Tuesday, June 4! An instant #1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award Winner, THE 1619 PROJECT is a dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism that offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present – essential reframing that is more crucial today than ever. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, observed at this time each year since 1949, when it was established by Mental Health America. America is in the midst of a mental health crisis. It’s more important than ever to reduce the stigma around mental health struggles so that people are more willing to ask for help. The following new and acclaimed books offer help and understanding and provide paths to self-acceptance and resiliency: Continue reading →

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NYTBR’s “Best Books of the Year (So Far)”: 6 of 7 Fiction, 3 of 5 Nonfiction Are Ours

With the weather getting sunnier and warmer, Summer is arriving, at last. With Summer, naturally, comes Summer Reading, which the New York Times Book Review ushers in every first Sunday in June with its much-anticipated Summer Reading issue of books they recommend, published in the past half-year. Continue reading →

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Invite the Teachers in Your Life to Our “Reading with Purpose Summit” on June 10

Penguin Random House Education and DK Learning urge you to invite the teachers in your life to join our Reading with Purpose Summit, an in-person professional learning collaboration hosted by Penguin Random House and Molly Ness, PhD. The summit will host several panel discussions, including one with PRH authors.

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