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Amazon Celebrates Dutton’s THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE

Amazon Announces 2020’s Best Books of the Year So Far

Amazon Books editorial team names Abi Daré’s debut novel, THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE, as the best book of the year to date .The wide-ranging and diverse list spans genres, interests, and geographies to help customers discover their next great read. 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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Discuss the One World Ideas x Action Book Club Pick via Zoom (6/25)

One World’s mission has always been to find books for readers who want to rethink the past, understand the present, and imagine new futures. One World Ideas x Action Book Club asks readers to reflect on how we can transform the spirit and ideals of these texts into actionable change in the real world.

The first book club event will feature a virtual discussion between Elizabeth Méndez Berry, One World vice president and executive editor; Marisa Franco, Mijente co-founder and director; and Sofia Campos, who is Mijente’s director of recruitment and also a veteran of the immigrant youth movement. Together they will talk about why Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS is a crucial book for our current moment, via Zoom on Thursday, June 25 at 8:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Ottessa Moshfegh to Discuss Her New Novel with Ariel Levy via Crowdcast (6/25)

Ottessa Moshfegh, author of DEATH IN HER HANDS (Penguin Press), will be in conversation with fellow Penguin Random House author Ariel Levy at a virtual event presented by Murmrr and Community Bookstore via Crowdcast on Thursday, June 25 at 7:30pm (ET). Continue reading →

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The Strand Presents a Virtual Event with Megha Majumdar via Zoom (6/25)

Megha Majumdar, author of A BURNING (Knopf), will in a virtual conversation with Maris Kreizman, followed by an audience Q&A, at a Strand Bookstore virtual event via Zoom on Thursday, June 25 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Chanel Cleeton will Talk about THE LAST TRAIN TO KEY WEST via Zoom (6/25)

Chanel Cleeton, author of THE LAST TRAIN TO KEY WEST (Berkley), will talk about her new novel at a virtual event hosted by East City Bookshop via Zoom on Thursday, June 25 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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PRH’s BOOKS CONNECT US Podcast is “New & Noteworthy”on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Downloads Triple

PRH’s BOOKS CONNECT US podcast has been featured as “New & Noteworthy” on Apple Podcasts/iTunes since June 1. This has helped drive a wave of new listeners and subscribers to the podcast (total downloads for the 21 days since New & Noteworthy are over 3 times the total downloads for the 21 days directly before that), in the process connecting new readers to our authors. Continue reading →

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PRH Partners with NYPL and Author Kazuo Ishiguro

Penguin Random House is proud to continue our Social Responsibility partnership with the New York Public Library to triple amounts donated to the organization from Tuesday, June 23 to Wednesday, June 24. This program is part of PRH’s ongoing commitment to support a culture of reading and build the widest audiences for our authors. Our partnership with NYPL will ensure that New Yorkers can utilize the vital services provided by their libraries free of charge, including access to books, computers, early literacy workshops, and job training classes. While the New York Public Library’s doors may be shut in the short term, their librarians are working hard to ensure that New Yorkers continue to have free access to e-books and many other online resources. To learn more about how to access the library’s digital resources click here. Continue reading →

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Penguin Presents Emily Henry and Laura Hankin via Instagram Live (6/24)

Penguin Presents Emily Henry, author of BEACH READ (Berkley) and Laura Hankin, author of HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT (Berkley), in a virtual conversation via PenguinUSA’s Instagram on Wednesday, June 24 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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