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Random House Authors Share Words of Inspiration for 2020 Grads at Virtual Commencement

A diverse cast of Random House authors toasted and shared words of inspiration for the Class of 2020 at a Virtual Commencement via Zoom last week. Martha Stewart, George Saunders, Lauren Graham, Donovan Livingston, Wes Moore, Reshma Saujani, David Brooks, and Anna Quindlen presented stirring commencement speeches. Continue reading →

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Roald Dahl Teams Up with Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Taika Waititi to Present “James and the Giant Peach, with Taika and Friends”

The Roald Dahl Story Company has brought together Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian, Jojo Rabbit) and a host of global stars, including Ryan Reynolds, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson and Cara Delevingne, to retell the beloved children’s novel JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH in full, across 10 episodes exclusively on the Roald Dahl YouTube channel. 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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Jonathan Karl In Conversation with Jim Falk via Zoom (5/19)

Jonathan Karl, Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News and author of FRONT ROW AT THE TRUMP SHOW (Dutton), will be in conversation with Jim Falk, President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Dallas.Fort Worth, via Zoom on Tuesday, May 19 at 12:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Riverhead Author Bryan Washington Wins International Dylan Thomas Prize

Bryan Washington won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut short story collection, LOT (Riverhead), it was announced on Thursday, May 14.

Now in its fifteenth year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, one of the UK’s most prestigious literary awards, annually recognizes the “best published literary work in the English language, written by an author aged 39 or under” with a £30,000 prize. Continue reading →

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RH Big Ideas Night Presents “Finance During Coronavirus” via Zoom (5/19)

Random House Big Ideas Night presents a “Finance During Coronavirus” Webinar featuring authors Jill Schlesinger, Alexa von Tobel, Antoinette M. Clarke and Tricia Clarke Stone via Zoom on Tuesday, May 19, at 8:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Laura Hankin Talks About Her Novel HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT via Zoom (5/19)

Laura Hankin, author of HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT (Berkley), will be in Conversation with Claire Fallow (HuffPost) and author Katharine McGee a virtual event with East City Bookshop via Zoom on Tuesday, May 19, at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Maggie Doherty Reads From and Discusses Her New Book THE EQUIVALENTS via Crowdcast (5/19)

Maggie Doherty, author of THE EQUIVALENTS: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s (Knopf), will give a reading participated in a Q&A at a virtual event hosted by the Harvard Bookstore via Crowdcast on Tuesday, May 19 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Book Talk with Barton Gellman, Author of DARK MIRROR, via Eventcast (5/19)

The Atlantic presents Book Talk with Barton Gellman, author of DARK MIRROR: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State (Penguin Press) via Eventcast on Tuesday, May 19 at 4:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Jenny Sansouci to Share Insights Into THE REBEL’S APOTHECARY via Instagram Live (5/19)

Jenny Sansouci, author of THE REBEL’S APOTHECARY (TarcherPerigee), will be in conversation with Gabby Bernstein via Instagram Live on Tuesday, May 19, at 12:40pm (ET). Continue reading →

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