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Karen Abbott to Discuss THE GHOSTS OF EDEN PARK with The Great Courses via Facebook Live (5/12)

Karen Abbott, author of THE GHOSTS OF EDEN PARK (Broadway Books), will be in conversation with The Great Courses via Facebook Live on Tuesday, May 12 at 3:00pm (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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More Appreciation: #tomyteacher PRH Education Teacher Tribute Campaign With NCTE Extended

#tomyteacher, the week-long nationwide campaign honoring America’s teachers undertaken by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Penguin Random House Education, is so successful it is being extended another two weeks. Originally timed for Teacher Appreciation Week (May 4-8), it now will run until Monday, May 25, in partnership with the licensed literary-themed apparel and accessories Penguin Random House company Out of Print and online education company Hot Chalk. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Motherhood

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.”

– Maya Angelou

Mother’s Day is this Sunday. While we may not celebrate this year the way we have in the past – with gatherings and gifts – we are still giving mothers special attention . The following books trace many perspectives and facets of motherhood as we reflect on how we mother and were mothered: an emotional terrain of hills and valleys, not without humor! Continue reading →

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Erik Larson and Christina Baker Kline In Conversation about THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE via Crowdcast (5/9)

Authors Erik Larson and Christina Baker Kline will talk about Larson’s new book, THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE (Crown), in a virtual event hosted by Watchung Booksellers via Crowdcast ($10 through PayPal to “attend;” register here) on Saturday, May 9, at 3:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Shamsi-Basha and Latham to Launch THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO via Facebook Live (5/9)

Karim Shamsi-Basha and Irene Latham, co-authors of THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO (Putnam Books for Young Readers),will participate in a virtual launch event hosted by the Alabama Booksmith via Facebook Live on Saturday, May 9, at 3:05pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Sarah Menkedick to Discuss Her Book and Contemporary Motherhood via Facebook (5/9)

Sarah Menkedick, author of ORDINARY INSANITY: Fear and the Silent Motherhood Crisis in America (Pantheon), will present a virtual book talk, hosted by Politics & Prose bookstore, via Facebook on Saturday, May 9, at 3:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Join David Allen Sibley and Jennifer Ackerman for a World Migratory Bird Day Virtual Event via Zoom (5/9)

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) celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with a lively and illustrated presentation about their mutual affection for birds. This virtual event is presented in partnership with the National Audubon Society via Zoom on Saturday, May 9, at 5:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Read to Sleep Campaign is a Webby Awards Honoree!

The Consumer Marketing team is excited to share the news that Read to Sleep has received a Webby Honoree in the Digital Campaigns category! The Webby Awards are awards for excellence on the Internet, presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over 2,000 industry experts. There were over 13,000 entrants this year, so we are delighted to be an honoree. Continue reading →

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