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Dolly Parton Reads LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET on YouTube and Social Channels (5/7)

Dolly Parton’s weekly “Goodnight With Dolly” series continues as she reads LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson (Putnam Books for Young Readers), on Thursday, May 7, at 7:00pm (ET) on YouTube and Imagination Library’s official social channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Continue reading →

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Jordan Reid to Discuss Her Big Activity Books via Crowdcast (5/7)

Jordan Reid, author of THE BIG ACTIVITY BOOK FOR ANXIOUS PEOPLE and THE BIG ACTIVITYBOOK FOR DIGITAL DETOX, both published by TarcherPerigee, will be in conversation with influencer Honestly Jamie via Crowdcast (register here) on Thursday, May 7 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Poisoned Pen Presents Jordan Farmer Discussing THE POISON FLOOD via Facebook Live (5/7)

At a Poisoned Pen virtual event, Jordan Farmer, author of THE POISON FLOOD (Putnam), discusses his book and answers questions via Facebook Live on Thursday, May 7 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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LAST CALL with Brad Thomas Parsons on Virtual “Happy Hour” via Instagram (5/7)

Brad Thomas Parsons, author of LAST CALL (Ten Speed Press), demonstrates how to mix the perfect cocktail during this week’s Random House virtual “Happy Hour” via Instagram on Thursday, May 7 at 4:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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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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