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Penguin Random House Joins LitWorld to Celebrate 15th Annual World Read Aloud Day

Penguin Random House is thrilled to celebrate the fifteen annual World Read Aloud Day today, February 7, in partnership with LitWorld, a non-profit organization that aims to strengthen children and communities by using literacy as a tool and pathway for self-empowerment. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Black History Month for Young Readers

This week we honor Black History Month with a special focus on outstanding books for young readers, including books on activists, artists, and pioneers. Please also visit Penguin Random House’s initiative, All Ways Black for books for all ages. Continue reading →

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23 PRH and PRHGE Audio Finalists Announced for the 2024 Audie Awards®

The Audio Publishers Association has revealed the 2024 Audie Award® finalists, including 20 PRH Audio nominations! The Audie Awards® is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Publishers and rights holders enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected, and then one winner is awarded in each category at the Audies Gala. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Black History Month

“History is a ship forever setting sail.”

— Tracy K. Smith

Since 1976, Black History Month has been observed every February. The commemoration grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. To further educate and inspire, we present the following award-winning and acclaimed nonfiction for adults, including books about black history in the medical field. Please also visit Penguin Random House’s initiatives, All Ways Black and Amplify Black Stories. Check back next week for Black History titles for young readers. Continue reading →

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Our Biography, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, John Leonard Prize ‘23 NBCC Finalists

The National Book Critics Circle Awards is the year’s first multi-category major competition for achievement in adult fiction and nonfiction. We will compete with finalists in five of the categories; the winners announced at a Manhattan ceremony March 21. Continue reading →

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The Best in Mystery: Announcing the 2024 Edgar Awards Finalists

Mystery lovers, rejoice! Mystery Writers of America has announced the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards nominees and eleven Penguin Random House titles are recognized across six categories. The Edgar Awards, or “Edgars,” as they are commonly known, are named after MWA’s patron saint Edgar Allan Poe and are presented to authors of distinguished work in various categories. They honor the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2023. Continue reading →

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Honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On Saturday, January 27, we honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date was chosen by the United Nations to commemorate victims of the Holocaust during World War II. Six million Jews were murdered by Germany’s Nazi regime, along with 5 million non-Jews. Marked each year since 2005, the date coincides with the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. One million people died there. Below are some of our most notable titles on the holocaust and its ongoing repercussions. Continue reading →

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PRH’s McBride, Adjei-Brenyah, Grann, More Make ‘24 ALA Notable Books List

While best known as a showcase for its cascade of Youth Media Awards, like the Newbery Medal for Dave Eggers, announced January 22, the just-concluded national Library Learning Experience (LLX) gathering also presents some coveted Adult title recognitions.

Chief among them is the ALA Notable Books list, an annual best-of compilation, comprised of 25 fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles, selected by The Notable Books Council. Here are its selections for 2024, of PRH 2023 publications: Continue reading →

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Random House Unveils NEXUS: Publishing This Fall from the #1 International Bestselling Author of SAPIENS

How has the flow of information made, and unmade our world? A ground-breaking work of non-fiction by one of our most innovative, engaging, and prescient thinkers, NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari, author of the #1 international bestseller Sapiens, will be published globally by Random House on September 10, 2024. Continue reading →

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PRHPS’ newest client: Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group

Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS) announced on January 23, 2024, a multi-year sales and distribution agreement with Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group (WWBG), the publishing company encompassing the diverse fiction imprints of Wattpad Books, W by Wattpad Books, and Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books, plus the electrifying graphic novels of WEBTOON Unscrolled. Beginning September 1, 2024, PRHPS will sell and distribute the entire WWBG frontlist and backlist across all sales channels worldwide. Continue reading →

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