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Friday Reads: Calm

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health. – Dalai Lama

We are all after the balm that can keep us calm… may we suggest these soothing books for your weekend? Continue reading →

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Check Out New Read it Forward Podcast “The Adaptables” – Listen and Share!

Read It Forward’s newest podcast, The Adaptables, just launched on Apple Podcasts. “We love to watch what we read” is the slogan for this creative production that dives into readers’ favorite book-to-screen adaptations. Beginning with Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu, listen to Emma Shafer and Abbe Wright chat with authors and insiders, including LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE author Celeste Ng herself, about the makings of a great adaptable book, why watching and reading are important self-care rituals, and more. Continue reading →

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Brightly Launches “Reading Through It Together,” Penguin Kids Debuts LIVE Story Time

Brightly, our website dedicated to helping parents and educators find books and reading tips for every age and stage of a child’s life, has launched a new portal, Reading Through It Together, as Penguin Kids debuts LIVE Story Time Read Aloud, hosted online across Penguin Kids’ Instagram and Facebook pages. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Spring!

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ― Pablo Neruda

The poet speaks the truth! The first day of Spring is tomorrow, March 19 It seems we could all use a breather and – always – more beauty in words. With flowers as our guide, please enjoy this Spring book bouquet of novels and memoirs for your seasonal reading: Continue reading →

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PRH Sets Interim Discounted Digital-Book Library Program For Online Patrons, Educators, And Students

To further encourage book reading, especially among students, and to support school and public libraries that are closed with the escalating CV-19 outbreak, Penguin Random House will discount the prices of the e-book and audio book titles sold through wholesalers to these institutions.

This discounting begins immediately and will be in effect for a 90-day period. Continue reading →

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Bring French Cuisine Into Your Kitchen with Melissa Clark

Our new Igloo Book Buzz selection is here, and it’s a delicious one. This week, we’re celebrating DINNER IN FRENCH, published by Clarkson Potter. In this cookbook, New York Times star food columnist Melissa Clark breaks down the new French classics with 150 recipes that reflect a modern yet distinctly French sensibility. Just as Julia Child brought French cooking to twentieth-century America, Melissa Clark brings French cooking into the twenty-first century.

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NBCC “Best”: Danticat, Keefe, Miller

After the day-long cascading news of disruptions emanating from the escalating impact of COVID-19, it was truly cheering to learn on Thursday night, that the prestigious National Book Critics Circle is honoring three of our titles as the “best” books published in 2019 in their respective categories.

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Delacorte Press and Underlined Collaborate to Launch New Young Adult Paperback Imprint

Delacorte Press is launching a new original young adult trade paperback program, it was announced by Beverly Horowitz, Senior Vice President & Publisher, Delacorte Press. The titles, releasing monthly in both print and electronic formats beginning this spring, will be a mix of thriller, romance, and horror, published under a new paperback imprint called Underlined. It represents a collaboration between Delacorte Press and Underlined, the Random House Children’s Books online community for young adult books and creative writing. Wendy Loggia, Senior Executive Editor at Delacorte Press, will lead the publishing program.

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How Dutton’s Lindsey Rose Helps Her Authors Achieve Their Visions

Since joining Penguin Random House in January 2019, Dutton Executive Editor Lindsey Rose has worked with a diverse range of authors, including Abi Daré, whose powerful voice-driven Nigeria-set debut THE GIRL WITH THE LOUDING VOICE became an instant New York Times bestseller and #ReadWithJenna Today Show book club pick. Among Rose’s other authors and their books: Andrew Hunter Murray’s near-future thriller The Last Day; S.K Barnett’s twisty psychological suspense novel Safe; Ros Anderson’s deeply thoughtful feminist novel about the rise of artificial intelligence, The Hierarchies; David Klass’s fast-paced eco-thriller Out of Time; and #1 internationally bestselling author Tara Moss’s glamorous post-WWII historical novel The War Widow.

In this Three Questions for an Editor interview, Lindsey details the scope of her editorial approach, delves into the process of working with debut novelist Abi Daré, and shares why Dutton is best publishing home to ply her editorial trade. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Brothers and Sisters

“Every night my hands grasped the side of our ladder as my feet propelled me higher and higher, until I reached the top. In the dark, secured by my pillow, my blankie, and the quiet company of my little brother below, I was ready for sleep.”

– Diane Keaton, BROTHER & SISTER

As the New York Times bestselling memoir by Diane Keaton, BROTHER & SISTER, illustrates, the brother-sister relationship is unique – sometimes fraught with worry, envy, guilt and grief. Generally speaking, the bond between brother and sister is not as widely represented in film and literature as the bond between brothers or between sisters. With that in mind, this week we explore the brother-sister relationship as portrayed in the following books for adults and children: Continue reading →

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