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Megan Abbott’s Upcoming Novel THE TURNOUT Being Adapted for TV

Television rights to Megan Abbott’s upcoming novel, THE TURNOUT, which will be published by Putnam in the summer of 2021 as one of the imprint’s lead fiction titles, were acquired by the Hasbro-owned Sharp Objects producer, as reported in Deadline. 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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WHAT NOW: An Antiracist Teach-In with Ibram X. Kendi and Eddie S. Glaude Jr. via Zoom (8/18)

Ibram X. Kendi, author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST (One World), hosts WHAT NOW: An Antiracist Teach-In, a virtual conversation series featuring dialogues between Professor Kendi and other prominent thought leaders and activists. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of BEGIN AGAIN: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Crown) joins Dr. Kendi on the virtual stage via Zoom on Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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Karen Rose to Talk About Her New Novel SAY NO MORE via Crowdcast (8/18)

Authors Uncovered presents Karen Rose, author of SAY NO MORE (Berkley) at a virtual event via Crowdcast on Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Enjoy Adult Story Time with Megha Majumdar via Zoom (8/18)

Adult Story Time with Megha Majumdar, author of A BURNING (Knopf), will be presented at a virtual event hosted by the Sturgis Library via Zoom on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:00 pm (ET).

Majumdar’s A BURNING is an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters that seek to rise–to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies–and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, it has the force of an epic while being so masterfully compressed it can be read in a single sitting.

Megha Majumdar was born and raised in Kolkata, India. She moved to the United States to attend college at Harvard University, where she was a Traub Scholar, followed by graduate school in social anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. She works as an associate editor at Catapult, and lives in New York City.

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Chris Mooney to Discuss His New Thriller via Facebook Live (8/18)

Chris Mooney, author of BLOOD WORLD (Berkley), will be in conversation with Gregg Hurwitz at a Murder by the Book virtual launch event via Facebook Live on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Delacorte Press to Publish Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges’ New Book for Young People This Fall

Civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges has written a new book for young people, THIS IS YOUR TIME, to be published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, it was announced by Barbara Marcus, President & Publisher. The book is the first from Bridges in over twenty years and will be released November 10, 2020, just a few days prior to the sixtieth anniversary of her becoming the first Black student to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960, as a six-year-old. Beverly Horowitz, Senior Vice President and Publisher, Delacorte Press, acquired World Rights from Lance Volland and will edit the project. The title will release with a first printing of 200,000 copies. Continue reading →

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Bette Midler’s Picture Book about NYC’s Beloved Mandarin Duck Coming in February 2021

Singer, songwriter, actress, comedienne, and film producer Bette Midler will publish a children’s picture book, THE TALE OF THE MANDARIN DUCK: A Modern Fable, featuring photographs from Michiko Kakutani and illustrations from Joana Avillez, it was announced by Barbara Marcus, President & Publisher, Random House Children’s Books. The book will be published by Random House Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, on February 16, 2021. Mallory Loehr, SVP, Publisher, Random House Books for Young Readers Group, acquired World rights from Jonathan Ehrlich at Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks and will edit the project. Additional art from illustrator Joana Avillez was acquired from Kate Mack at Aevitas Creative. To watch the Good Morning America segment on this announcement, click here. Continue reading →

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Putnam Celebrates Two Years and 100 Bestselling Weeks of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

G. P. Putnams’ Sons is celebrating two major milestones this month for Delia Owens’s beloved WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING: August 14^th marks the second anniversary of publication and, as of the list in print on August 16^th, the novel has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for 100 weeks. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Sisters

“A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double.” —Toni Morrison

This summer we’ve noticed a spate of titles featuring sisters – sisters who are wicked, good, homicidal, close, distant, troubled, and sometimes saviors. In fiction and memoir, whether you have a sister or not, please take your pick of our sisterly lot…. Continue reading →

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