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BOOK YOUR SUMMER LIVE, A New PRH Virtual Book Festival, Coming August 21-22

The cross-divisional Consumer Conferences team brings our readers the virtual event of the season, BOOK YOUR SUMMER LIVE, on August 21-22. Book Your Summer Live is a Penguin Random House virtual book festival celebrating our authors, illustrators, retail partners, and readers alike. Continue reading →

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Actress Marisa Tomei Narrates Elena Ferrante’s THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS Audiobook

Academy Award®-winner Marisa Tomei narrates the audiobook of Elena Ferrante’s upcoming standalone novel THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS (Random House Audio, on sale September 1, 2020), her first solo audiobook narration. 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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Jeffrey Toobin In Conversation with Scott Turow via Zoom (8/4)

Jeffrey Toobin, whose new book is TRUE CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (Doubleday), will be in conversation with Scott Turow on a virtual edition of Writers Bloc via Zoom on Tuesday, August 4 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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David Allen Sibley and Jennifer Ackerman and Their Books via Zoom (8/4)

David Allen Sibley, author of, most recently, WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A BIRD (Knopf), and Jennifer Ackerman, author of, most recently, THE BIRD WAY (Penguin Press), will be in conversation about birds in a virtual event hosted by Browse About Books via Zoom on Tuesday, August 3, at 5:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Ron Rash Launches His New Story Collection and Novella via Zoom (8/4)

Ron Rash is launching his new book, IN THE VALLEY: Stories and a Novella Based on Serena (Doubleday), at a virtual event hosted by Malaprops Bookstore (Ashville, TN) via Zoom on Tuesday, August 4 at 6:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Rhys Bowen to Discuss THE LAST MRS. SUMMERS via Facebook Live (8/4)

Rhys Bowen, author THE LAST MRS. SUMMERS (Berkley), will be discussing her latest Royal Spyness Mystery at a virtual event hosted by the Poisoned Pen bookstore via Facebook Live on Tuesday, August 4 at 9:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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11 PRH Titles Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize

The 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlist has been announced and includes 11 books published by Penguin Random House imprints. The twenty-seven longlisted titles were selected from 119 submissions with U.S. publication dates between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020. The shortlisted titles will be announced this fall. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Ice Cream!

“Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.” — Charles Baxter

We did not forget! July is National Ice Cream Month and there are now many more than 31 flavors. Stroll down any freezer aisle or scan the menu at your favorite creamery: the choices are mouthwatering and overwhelming! Yet, there’s no need to leave home in pursuit of a cone when you can make your own. Dip into these delicious books of recipes and reveries for adults and children. What’s more, you’ll learn about the science, craft, and culture of this most beloved summertime treat:

La Grotta by Kitty Travers LA GROTTA: ICE CREAMS AND SORBETS: A COOKBOOK by Kitty Travers

One of The New York Times’s “Best Cookbooks of Spring 2019”

“Too often, ice cream is forgotten in the conversation about seasonal and sustainable cooking. Kitty Travers reminds us of the importance of both in her beautiful exploration of ice creams, sorbets, and gelatos.”—Alice Waters

Lomelino's Ice Cream by Linda Lomelino LOMELINO’S ICE CREAM: 79 ICE CREAMS, SORBETS, AND FROZEN TREATS TO MAKE ANY DAY SWEET by Linda Lomelino

Lomelino’s Ice Cream is your guide to all things sweet, creamy, icy, indulgent, and homemade. Linda Lomelino, the stylish blogger at the helm of Call Me Cupcake!, is a kitchen wizard who crafts ice cream so beautiful and delicious you can almost taste it melting on your tongue as you read. Learn to make sinfully smooth ice creams, cool sorbets, and chunky-nutty-chocolaty frozen treats; not to mention ice-cream cakes, floats, sauces, meringues, and crumbles to top it all off.

Vegan Ice Cream by Jeff Rogers VEGAN ICE CREAM by Jeff Rogers

This revised edition of Vegan Ice Cream features more than 90 delicious ice cream recipes using all-vegan ingredients like nuts, dates, coconut milk, maple syrup, and fruit, plus recipes for raw vegan ice creams and sauces.

SALT & STRAW ICE CREAM COOKBOOK by Tyler Malek, JJ Goode

Salt & Straw is the ice cream brainchild of two cousins, Tyler and Kim Malek, who had a vision but no recipes. They turned to their friends for advice: chefs, chocolatiers, brewers, and food experts of all kinds, and what came out is a super-simple base that takes five minutes to make, and an ice cream company that sees new flavors and inspiration everywhere they look. This book reveals what they’ve learned, how to tap your own creativity and how to invent flavors of your own, based on whatever you see around you. Because ice cream isn’t just a thing you eat, it’s a way to live.

THE PERFECT SCOOP, REVISED AND UPDATED: 200 RECIPES FOR ICE CREAMS, SORBETS, GELATOS, GRANITAS, AND SWEET ACCOMPANIMENTS: A COOKBOOK by David Lebovitz

A revised and updated edition of the best-selling ice cream book, this comprehensive collection of homemade ice creams, sorbets, gelatos, granitas, and accompaniments from New York Times best-selling cookbook author and blogger David Lebovitz emphasizes classic and sophisticated flavors alongside a bountiful helping of personality and proven technique.

Mexican Ice Cream by Fany Gerson MEXICAN ICE CREAM: BELOVED RECIPES AND STORIES: A COOKBOOK by Fany Gerson

A collection of 60+ flavor-packed recipes for ice creams and frozen treats rooted in Mexico’s rich and revered ice cream traditions. Oaxacan-style Lime Sorbet, Avocado-Chocolate Ice Cream, and Rice-Almond Ice Cream with Cinnamon. All recipes are created with the home cook in mind. Mexican Ice Cream features vibrant location photography and captures the authentic Mexican heladerias that Fany Gerson has been visiting for decades.

Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream by Dana Cree HELLO, MY NAME IS ICE CREAM: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE SCOOP: A COOKBOOK by Dana Cree

With more than 100 recipes for ice cream flavors and revolutionary mix-ins from a James Beard-nominated pastry chef, Hello, My Name is Ice Cream explains not only how to make amazing ice cream, but also the science behind the recipes so you can understand ice cream like a pro.

Ice Cream by Gail Gibbons ICE CREAM: THE FULL SCOOP by Gail Gibbons

Ice cream has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a mixture of snow, milk, and rice. Gail Gibbons details the many firsts in ice cream history, from the earliest ice cream crank to the original waffle cone. Children’s mouths will be watering as they follow ice cream’s journey from farm to factory to freezer.

For more on these and other great books for young readers visit the collection: Ice Cream

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Multiple PRH Titles on Essence’s 50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years

Essence magazine, celebrating its 50^th year in 2020, has chosen the 50 most impactful Black books of the last 50 years. Joi-Marie McKenzie writes, “A good book ensures that one’s story is never erased … these titles have captivated and moved us, searing themselves into memory with their fierce truth-telling and leaving us so much richer than before. From first-person narratives that tell a singular story to inspirational picture books for your little ones, these 50 books celebrate the full humanity of Blackness.” Continue reading →

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