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Northshire Live with Chris Bohjalian and Rebecca Makkai via Zoom (6/2)

Chris Bohjalian will read from and discuss his novel, THE RED LOTUS (Doubleday), in conversation with Rebecca Makkai, author of THE GREAT BELIEVERS (Viking/Penguin), at a Northshire Live ticketed virtual event via Zoom on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Nicholas Basbanes to Discuss His New Biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow via WebEx (6/2)

Penguin Random House and the National Park Service will host a live, illustrated program online, with Knopf author Nicholas Basbanes discussing his new biography, CROSS OF SNOW: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, via WebEx on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Join the LadyGang Launch Party for Their New Book via Zoom (6/2)

Keltie Knight, Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek, the hosts of the popular podcast and E! show LadyGang, and authors of ACT LIKE A LADY (Rodale), are launching their new book with a virtual “lady bash” via Zoom on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Belmont Books Presents a Virtual Conversation with Sarah Hogle (6/2)

Sarah Hogle, author of YOU DESERVE EACH OTHER (Putnam), will be in-conversation with author Martha Waters and author/bookseller Amanda Diehl at a Belmont Books virtual event via Zoom on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Our Winners of the 2020 James Beard Awards

The James Beard Foundation has announced the winners of its 2020 Book, Broadcast Media, and Journalism awards. Congratulations to our award-winning Clarkson Potter, Ten Speed Press, Knopf and Avery authors, their editors, and publishers.To view the complete list of this year’s James Beard Awards winners, click here. Continue reading →

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50 Books | 50 Covers: Our Award-Winning Designs

This year’s AIGA Design 50 Books | 50 Covers competition, widely recognized as the highest design honor in the book publishing world, features five prize-winning designs created by Penguin Random House art directors and designers. Our award winners are highlighted below, along with a Spotlight Interview with Ten Speed Press Senior Director, Art/Design, Betsy Stromberg. Congratulations to our talented and creative colleagues, who crafted the look of these books published by Ten Speed Press, Clarkson Potter, and Pantheon. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Favorite Biographies & Memoirs

In this season of anxiety who do you want to read about? Are you looking to the past or the present? To laugh, to learn, to travel? Well, readers have flocked to the following biographies and memoirs in the last few months: a distinctive dozen. Dig in this weekend and join the club! 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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PYR Partners with PRH UK/Ladybird to Develop and Publish Books for Young Readers in the U.S.

Penguin Young Readers has partnered with Ladybird, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, to develop and publish select books for young readers in the U.S. market. The new Ladybird line will live within the Penguin Workshop imprint, led by President & Publisher Francesco Sedita and will be directed by Cecily Kaiser, Publishing Director, Rise x Penguin Workshop and World of Eric Carle. The inaugural list will launch this fall with three paper-over-board picture books from Rhiannon Fielding’s globally bestselling TEN MINUTES TO BED series: Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn, Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Unicorn’s Christmas, and Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Dinosaur. Upcoming lists will include the launch of BABY TOUCH, a first concepts series that introduces colors, shapes, and numbers, as well as peekaboo, nighttime and vehicles; and the LITTLE WORLD series that introduces pre-schoolers to high-interest destinations such as the jungle, the farm, the beach, and even the moon. Continue reading →

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Take a Literary Lunch Break with Maria Reva via Instagram Live (5/29)

Maria Reva, author of GOOD CITIZENS NEED NOT FEAR: Stories (Doubleday), will be featured at Texas Book Festival’s Literary Lunch Break via Instagram Live on Friday, May 29 at 1:30pm (ET). Continue reading →

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