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Danica McKellar Breaks Down Multiplication and Division in THE TIMES MACHINE! Via Instagram (5/7)

This “Learn From Home” virtual event features Danica McKellar, author of, most recently, THE TIMES MACHINE! (Crown Books for Young Readers), speaking about her new book, multiplication and division, via Instagram on Thursday on May 7, at 1:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Jason DeParle to Discuss a Family Saga of Migration via Zoom (5/7)

Jason DeParle, author of A GOOD PROVIDER IS ONE WHO LEAVES: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century, (Viking), will be in conversation with Dan Doernberg at a virtual Shelf Life event hosted by the Virginia Festival of the Book via Zoom on Thursday, May 7, at 12:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Your Daily Guide to PRH’s Virtual Events: Share on Social!

Connecting readers with our books and authors during the coronavirus outbreak and this period of social distancing is more important than ever. Across Penguin Random House, we are hosting a variety of virtual events each day, and now you can help promote them. You can 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. Continue reading →

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Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys” 2020 Pulitzer Fiction Winner

THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington (1919). THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck (1940). PROMISES: Poems 1945-1956 by Robert Penn Warren (1958). THE POWER BROKER by Robert A. Caro (1975). GHOST WARS by Steve Coll (2005). THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO by Junot Diaz (2008). Continue reading →

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Jacqueline Woodson Named the 2020 Recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award

Jacqueline Woodson has been named the 2020 recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children’s books. The dossier submitted for her nomination notes that all Jacqueline Woodson’s books “feature lyrical language, powerful characters, and an abiding sense of hope. The dialogues are pitch perfect, the stories are raw and fresh, and the endings satiate the reader.” Continue reading →

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Penguin Random House Pulitzer Prize Winners (1917-present)

There have been 132 books published by one of our current/past imprints honored with a Pulitzer, a humbling accomplishment unrivaled in trade-publishing history. Here is a full list of Penguin Random House Pulitzer Prize winners since 1917 by category: Continue reading →

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Support #GivingTuesdayNow with FAMILY MEAL, PRH’s Charity Cookbook, on Sale Today

At Penguin Random House, community involvement is not a side story. We are committed to serving our communities beyond the books we publish. In honor of #GivingTuesdayNow Penguin Random House is highlighting today’s release of FAMILY MEAL: Recipes from Our Community, a digital-only cookbook benefiting America’s restaurant workers. Continue reading →

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Clare Beams Talks About Her Novel THE ILLNESS LESSON via Instagram (5/6)

The Doylestown Bookshop presents Clare Beams, author of THE ILLNESS LESSON (Doubleday), in a virtual author talk and audience Q&A via Instagram on Wednesday, May 6, at 7:30pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Zak George Shares Tips and Answers Your Dog Questions via Instagram Live (5/6)

Zak George, author of DOG TRAINING REVOLUTION and GUIDE TO A WELL-BEHAVED DOG , both published by Ten Speed Press, shares tips and answers to your dog questions via Instagram Live on Wednesday, May 6, at 1:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Ruth Reichl Shares Her “Writer’s Routine” Virtually via Instagram (5/6)

Ruth Reichl, author most recently of SAVE ME THE PLUMS: My Gourmet Memoir (Random House), offers insights into her creative process in a RH “Writer’s Routine” via Instagram on Wednesday, May 6 at 12:30pm (ET). Continue reading →

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