Category Archives: Announcements

Announcements

Amanda Eyre Ward Discusses THE JETSETTERS on Instagram Live (4/2)

Amanda Eyre Ward will discuss her new book, THE JETSETTERS (Ballantine), on Instagram Live, hosted by the Texas Book Festival ,Thursday, April 2, 1:30pm (ET). Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Your Daily Guide to PRH’s Virtual Events and How To Share Them 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 with this new daily feature on Igloo, you can help promote them. Scroll below to see how you can highlight and share the ones you’re most excited about — or the full day’s line-up — with your family, friends, and followers on social media. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Big Ideas Night: The Asian American Experience with Cathy Park Hong, Kevin Nguyen, and Mira Jacob (4/2)

Big Ideas Night presents “The Asian American Experience” with Cathy Park Hong and Kevin Nguyen, moderated by Mira Jacob, live on Crowdcast, Thursday, April 2, at 8:00pm (EST). Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Jami Curl Shares Recipes from BAKING GOLD (4/2)

Jami Curl will discuss and share recipes from BAKING GOLD (Ten Speed Press) on Random Pantry on Thursday, April 2 at 4:00pm (EST) on Instragram @RandomHouse. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Jacqueline Woodson to Read From EACH KINDNESS (4/2)

Jacqueline Woodson (@Jacqueline.Woodson) will read EACH KINDNESS (Nancy Paulsen Books) Thursday, April 2, on Facebook Live at 3:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Dan Harris Talks About MEDITATION FOR FIDGETY SKEPTICS (4/2)

Dan Harris will discuss his book MEDITATION FOR FIDGETY SKEPTICS (Speigel & Grau/Random House) on Lunch & Learn at 12:30pm (EST) on Instragram @RandomHouse. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Gail Simmons Reads Julia Sarcone-Roach’s THERE ARE NO BEARS IN THIS BAKERY (4/1)

Gail Simmons reads THERE ARE NO BEARS IN THIS BAKERY by Julia Sarcone-Roach (Knopf Books for Young Readers) on Instragram Live on Wednesday, April 1, at 3:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt to Discuss THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS (4/1)

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt will be talking about her book, THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS (Pamela Dorman Books), as part of San Diego Women’s Week Virtual Conversations, on Facebook Live Talk (Wednesday, April 1, 4:00pm ET). To register, click here. Share this event with your friends and family. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Three PRH Authors Win Windham-Campbell Prizes

Penguin Random House authors won three of eight prestigious Windham-Campbell Prizes. The awards are administered by the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University and aim to recognize the literary achievement of talented English language writers from around the world.

Each winner will receive $165,000 to give them the opportunity to focus on their work independent of financial concerns.

Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Andrea Lawlor and Jia Tolentino Win 2020 Whiting Awards

The Whiting Awards were established in 1985 to reward emerging writers for early-career achievements and encourage their continued pursuit of literary excellence. This year, PRH authors were among the winners in the Fiction and Nonfiction categories and will be awarded $50,000 by the Whiting Foundation.

Though the planned awards ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19, the foundation is planning a celebration for the winners with Pulitzer Prize finalist and MacArthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl for later this year.

Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement