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Ballantine’s Jennifer Hershey Featured in The New York Times

Jennifer Hershey, SVP, Publisher, Ballantine, was featured in The New York Times as part of Elisabeth Egan’s “Inside the Best-Seller” series. In the article, the acknowledgment section of a book is brought to life as Jennifer is recognized for her mark on numerous successful publications.

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THE EXCHANGE, John Grisham’s Highly-Anticipated Sequel to THE FIRM, to Publish Fall 2023

John Grisham, Photo © Donald Johnson

This fall, Doubleday will publish the sequel to John Grisham’s #1 bestseller THE FIRM. The new legal thriller, THE EXCHANGE: After The Firm, marks the return of Mitch McDeere and will be published on October 17, 2023 and the exciting news were announced on CBS Mornings last week.

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There’s a Book for That: International Transgender Day of Visibility

Did you know that this Friday is Transgender Day of Visibility? Celebrated every March 31 since 2009, President Biden was the first American president to issue a formal presidential proclamation recognizing the day with the statement: “I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating discrimination against all transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people…” Continue reading →

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Celebrating Our Audie Awards® Winners

Four Penguin Random House Audio recordings published last year were bestowed best-in-category honors at the Audio Publishing Association’s (APA’s) 2023 Audie Awards®, held at Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers’ Pier Sixty on March 28. The premier industry-awards program recognizes distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Continue reading →

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Our Emily Bates a “PW Sales Rep of the Year” Finalist

A delightful tradition continues: our PRH colleague Emily Bates has been named one of the five finalists for Publisher Weekly’s 2023 “PW Sales Rep of the Year.” The award is given annually each spring, with the winner selected by a panel of booksellers across the country. Continue reading →

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Remote Postcards are In!

Scenes from a farm in Ohio

You wrote in from snowy Lake Huron, the awe-inspiring Garden of the Gods, and even a working farm in Ohio. Some of you love feeling like you’re in a Jane Austen novel and some of you love biking beach trails year-round. Thanks to all who sent in their remote postcards this winter! We look forward to hearing from you this summer.

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Our NBCC Autobiography, Biography, Sandrof Prize Winners: Hsu, Gage, Harjo

After three straight years of virtual awards ceremonies, the National Book Critics Circle returned to the New School in Manhattan on March 23, 2023 for an in-person presentation. The group’s awards are given each March, and honor literature published the previous year in six categories: Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry.

Congratulations to our three winners, whose works were selected in voting by working book editors, reviewers, commentators and essayists—and also to our Finalists, and to their publishing teams.

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PRH Authors Awarded National Humanities Medals and National Medal of Arts

On March 21, President Biden presented the National Humanities Medals and National Medal of Arts at the White House to an amazing group of highly accomplished humanitarians, authors, musicians, and actors. We are proud that among those awarded the National Humanities Medal were three current Penguin Random House authors: Bryan Stevenson, Tara Westover, and Colson Whitehead. Additionally, PRH backlist authors Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Amy Tan are also new medalists. The National Humanities Medal celebrates those whose work “has deepened the nation’s understanding of the human experience, broadened the citizen’s engagement with history or literature, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to cultural resources.”

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My Path to PRH: Lindsay Francis on Onboarding Remotely and Expanding Your Work Network

Lindsay Francis

Everyone has unique career stories to tell. In our My Path to Penguin Random House series, PRH colleagues share how they entered the world of book publishing, what led them to our company, insights into their jobs, and their future professional aspirations.

This week, we’re featuring Lindsay Francis, Analyst, Sales Strategic Planning, Sales as she tells us her story in her own words.

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