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Video: Employees From Around The World Share What Penguin Random House Means to Them

Our company turns five years old on Sunday. Here’s a video that captures what being a part of our special community of book lovers has meant to some of our colleagues around the world. Continue reading →

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Penguin Random House and MTA Metro-North RR Debut “Grand Central Reads”

Penguin Random House is exclusively partnering with the MTA Metro-North Rail Road on Grand Central Reads, which mirrors the Subway Reads platform we launched two years ago, this time targeting commuters going through Grand Central Terminal. The June 26 launch was timed to coincide with the 40^th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement of a decision in Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City that saved Grand Central from redevelopment. Through August 31, commuters can use their mobile devices to download free Penguin Random House book excerpts from inside Grand Central Terminal, station platforms and the Park Avenue Tunnel. To access Grand Central Reads, customers can connect to the public Wi-Fi and visit grandcentralreads.com. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: America

As we ready ourselves for the festivities of July 4^th, Independence Day, The people of the United States of America are in the throes of declaring their values while grappling with many complex issues. For the occasion, we’ve selected contemporary and classic titles which showcase our country’s vast natural beauty and history alongside portraits of current communities and people’s lives here in America: Continue reading →

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Penguin Random House Colleagues Participate in 2018 NYC Pride March

On Sunday, June 24, the Penguin Random House LGBTQ Network participated in the NYC Pride March that was organized to celebrate, advocate for and support the LGBTQ community. For the sixth year in a row, Penguin Random House employees and their spouses, partners, friends, and family marched to support LGBT rights.

Read on for pictures and to hear what marchers had to say about the day! Continue reading →

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Penguin Random House Publishes Three of Five Finalists for “The Tonight Show Summer Reads” – Vote for Your Favorite!

Kicking off what he called “the summer of reading,” Jimmy Fallon recently announced that he is launching The Tonight Show’s first-ever-book club. Dubbed the “The Tonight Show Summer Reads,” Jimmy picked five finalists and Penguin Random House publishes these three titles: Continue reading →

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Charles Krauthammer: March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018

We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of our beloved author and Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Krauthammer. Charles will always remain one of our country’s most outstanding and most influential columnists and public intellectuals, holding the respect and admiration of those on all sides of the political spectrum. It was our extreme honor to publish his #1 New York Times bestseller THINGS THAT MATTER: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics, which has sold over one millions copies in all formats. Known for his honesty, wisdom, keen wit, and love of baseball, Charles gave readers an insight into politics and American life that will surely be missed. We are proud to continue his legacy as the publisher of THINGS THAT MATTER, bringing new generations of readers to his thoughtful and important collection of writings.

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There’s an Audiobook for That! Celebrity Readers

Happy Summer Solstice! The longest day of the year allows for more listening, and June is Audiobook Month! We congratulate this year’s Audie Award winners, view them here. We’d also like to draw attention to this week’s new release, BEDTIME STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS, as well as other outstanding audiobooks brought to vivid life by celebrity narrators. These adult and children’s titles, available in the CD format and as audio downloads, are ideal for vacations, commutes or while walking the dog! So turn up the volume…your Summer listening may commence! Continue reading →

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How One World’s Chris Jackson Discovered and Published Dr. Mona’s Story of Truth, Change and Hope

In WHAT THE EYES DON’T SEE: A Story of Crisis, Resistance and Hope in an American City (One World), Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha shares her powerful first-hand account of how an Iraqi-American pediatrician used science to prove Flint, Michigan kids were exposed to lead. In riveting detail, she takes readers into the heart of the crisis and how she successfully stood up against the government that accused her of spreading hysteria. But this book is not only about environmental injustice, it is a story of hope. It is about how each of us – no matter who we are, where we are, or how we ended up in this country – has the power to fix and change things. Continue reading →

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A Farewell To Smashing Ideas

We are bidding farewell to everyone at Seattle-based Smashing Ideas, Inc., the tremendously creative design and innovation agency, which has been part of our company since 2011. As you’ll read in their purchaser’s press release, Smashing has been acquired by Luxoft Holding, Inc., a global IT service provider, in a transaction announced the afternoon of June 18. We wish our now-former colleagues as collegial and productive a working relationship with Luxoft as the one we long have enjoyed with them. Continue reading →

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Featured Author Event: Tommy Orange (Washington, DC)

Colleagues in Westminster take note: Knopf author Tommy Orange will be presenting his groundbreaking debut novel, THERE THERE, at Politics & Prose at the Wharf in Washington, DC on Monday, June 25. Continue reading →

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