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Join the Random House Summer Reads Virtual Event via Zoom (7/15)

Your Summer Stack starts with the Random House Summer Reads virtual event, presenting a diverse panel of authors talking about their latest books. Join the discussion with Afia Atakora (CONJURE WOMEN), Linda Holmes (EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER), Maurice Carlos Ruffin (WE CAST A SHADOW), Shubhangi Swarup (LATITUDES OF LONGING), Ann Ann Napolitano (DEAR EDWARD ), and Curtis Sittenfeld (RODHAM) via Zoom on Wednesday, July 15 at 8:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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“Meet the Bookstagrammer” to Feature Bezi of @beingabookwyrm via Instagram (7/15)

For this Random House Virtual event, “Meet the Bookstagrammer,” Random House social media associate Megan Tripp (who also runs the Bookstagram account @BooksnBlazers) introduces us to the faces behind some of our favorite bookstagram accounts on Instagram. Meet Bezi of @beingabookwyrm. She will talk about her favorite books, what she loves about the fantasy genre, and why we should all #ReadEthiopian via @RandomHouse on Instagram on Wednesday, July 15 at 12:30 pm (ET).

!! As a reminder, if you are posting to a personal or other non-PRH account you must include the hashtag #TeamPRH !!

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AFROPUNK Rock ‘n’ Read Book Club Presents Ashley Woodfolk with RH’s Porscha Burke via Instagram Live (7/15)

Penguin Random House’s partnership with AFROPUNK includes a 10-week Rock ‘n’ Read Book Club Instagram Live interview series hosted by AFROPUNK, exploring topics around storytelling, identity and the creative process with Penguin Random House authors.

Ashley Woodfolk (@ashwrites), author of WHEN YOU WERE EVERYTHING (Delacorte Press), will be in conversation with

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Brightly’s Summer Reading Portal is Live!

Brightly, our website dedicated to helping parents, caregivers, and educators find books and reading tips for every age and stage of a child’s life, has launched a summer reading portal, featuring book lists and a summer reading challenge. Though this summer looks very different from most, kids can continue reading and having fun with our Summer Reading Bingo game — which encourages kids and teens to expand their reading horizons with prompts like “read a book about activism” and “read a book set in the past.” Continue reading →

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Ibram X. Kendi’s HOW T0 BE AN ANTIRACIST To Be Published In Spanish By Vintage Español

Vintage Español will publish the Spanish-language edition of Ibram X. Kendi’s number-one New York Times bestseller How to Be an Antiracist. The publication, scheduled for October 27, will mark the first time this landmark book will be available in Spanish in the U.S. and Canada. CÓMO SER ANTIRRACISTA will be published simultaneously in trade paperback and ebook by Vintage Español, and as an audiobook in Spanish by Penguin Random House Audio. All three editions will be adapted to Latin American Spanish. Continue reading →

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The READ TOGETHER, BE TOGETHER E-Hotline Is Now Open

As part of the READ TOGETHER, BE TOGETHER mission to celebrate the importance, and power, of the shared reading experience between an adult and a child (read our most recent Igloo post about the initiative here ), we’ve launched an e-hotline to help build children’s home libraries with the right books at the right time. Running this week, through Friday, July 17, the e-hotline will provide book recommendations from Penguin Random House picture book specialists. 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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