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Chat Virtually with Lora Beth Johnson about Her First Book via Instagram Live (7/1)

Lora Beth Johnson, author of GODDESS IN THE MACHINE (Razorbill), will be featured in a virtual chat hosted by Square Books Jr. via Instagram Live on Wednesday, July 1 at 6:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Steven Rowley to Talk about His Novel that Features Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis via Zoom (7/1)

Steven Rowley, author of THE EDITOR (just out in paperback from Putnam), be featured at an East End Books Ptown virtual event via Zoom on Wednesday, July 1 at 5:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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AFROPUNK Rock ‘n’ Read Book Club Presents Patrice Caldwell with PYR’s Stacey Barney via Instagram Live (7/1)

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. Patrice Caldwell (@whimsicalaquarian) will share stories from her book, A PHOENIX FIRST MUST BURN (Viking Books for Young Readers), in conversation with Stacey Barney, Executive Editor, Putnam Books for Young Readers, via Instagram Live on Wednesday, July 1, at 5:00 pm (ET). The Bookstore partner for this event is Uncle Bobbie’s (@unclebobbies). Continue reading →

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Our Author Janice Kaplan Launches “The Gratitude Diaries” Podcast

Dutton author Janice Kaplan has launched a new podcast called The Gratitude Diaries. A daily show that will release new episodes Monday through Friday, The Gratitude Diaries relies on personal experience and extensive research to explore how gratitude can transform everything from your marriage to your career success. Kaplan spoke to neurologists, psychologists, doctors and Noble Prize winners, and she draws on her book of the same name as well as newer research to share science-based findings about gratitude in the podcast. Continue reading →

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PRH’s Out of Print Company Launches Face Mask Line Together with ABA

Biggest New-Product Launch in Out Of Print History

Facial masks this spring and summer are making profound health, political, entrepreneurial, fashion, and now literary statements—the last thanks to a just-debuting line of face coverings presented, together with the American Booksellers Association (ABA), by Out of Print (OOP), the Manhattan-based Penguin Random House company that is the leading creator of licensed book-centric apparel and accessory items celebrating the lifestyle of literature and reading. Made of polyester and cotton, the masks are on sale from outofprint.com, and, the week of July 6, at bookstores nationwide, for $12 each. 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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Friday Reads: Twins

We’ve noticed a popular theme in this summer’s novels… twins. As in Brit Bennett’s current New York Times bestseller The Vanishing Half, how the lives of twin siblings are similar or different is perpetually fascinating to readers. From family sagas to social satire, some eerie and others profound, the following fiction featuring twins spans the globe and comes highly recommended: Continue reading →

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Megha Majumdar In Conversation with Madeline Miller and Kathryn Budig via Crowdcast (6/30)

Megha Majumdar, author of A BURNING (Knopf), will be in conversation with Madeline Miller and Kathryn Budig followed by an audience Q&A at a virtual event hosted by Midtown Scholar Bookstore via Crowdcast on Tuesday, June 30 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Join the RHBC Happy Hour to Discuss CONJURE WOMEN with Afia Atakora via Zoom (6/30)

The Random House Book Club will discuss its June Spotlight pick – Afia Atakora’s CONJURE WOMEN (Random House) – via a Zoom Happy Hour, with a special guest appearance by the author, on Tuesday, June 30 at 7:30 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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At Home with Literari Presents Sophie Mackintosh in Conversation with Maris Kreizman via Zoom (6/30)

At Home with Literari features Sophie Mackintosh, author of BLUE TICKET (Doubleday), in conversation with Maris Kreizman, host of The Maris Review, a literary podcast from LitHub, via Zoom on Tuesday, June 30 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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