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One World Author Fatimah Asghar Wins Inaugural Carol Shields Fiction Prize for WHEN WE WERE SISTERS

Fatimah Ashgar. Photo by Tina G. Photography.

Poet and screenwriter Fatimah Asghar is the first winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Asghar won the prize for their debut novel WHEN WE WERE SISTERS (One World). In a ceremony at Parnassus Books in Nashville, Asghar was awarded the top prize: $150,000 and a writing residency at Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Knopf Doubleday’s HIDEOUT by Louisa Luna Wins Edgar Award

The 77th Annual Edgar® Awards were celebrated last week in New York City and Penguin Random House is proud of the winning titles, as well as the nominees. The awards, which honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published in 2022 were livestreamed on YouTube and gathered the best voices in mystery together.

Congratulations to our Edgar Award winners and their publishers below.

The G.P. Putnam’s sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award

HIDEOUT by Louisa Luna (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group – Doubleday)

Best Juvenile

AGGIE MORTON MYSTERY QUEEN: THE SEASIDE CORPSE by Marthe Jocelyn (Penguin Random House Canada – Tundra Books)

Our partners, Sourcebooks and their imprint, Poisoned Pen Press, snagged the Lillian Jackson Braun Memorial Award with BURIED IN A GOOD BOOK by Tamara Berry.

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Banned Books: One Author’s Story

Laurie Halse Anderson, photo credit: Randy Fontilla

Attempts to ban or censor books from libraries and public schools are at an all-time high, the need to protect our right to read has never been greater. The American Library Association (ALA) documented 1,269 challenges in 2022, almost double the 729 compiled challenges of 2021 and the highest number recorded since the ALA began compiling this data more than twenty years ago. The ALA also reported that most books being targeted for censorship are written by and/or about members of the LGBTQ+ community or people of color. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: AANHPI Heritage Month

This May celebrate Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month! In honor of the occasion, we are featuring the following fascinating books – in memoir, history, cooking, fiction, and young people’s literature – which recognizes the history, achievements and experiences of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders: Continue reading →

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Sarah Cypher on Discovering Language for What Obsesses You

Today, we bring you Sarah Cypher, author of THE SKIN AND ITS GIRL (Ballantine), a searing, poetic tale about a young, queer Palestinian American woman piecing together her great-aunt’s secrets in this debut, and confronting questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage.

Shelved asked Cypher about storytelling and the exploration of identity. Read on to learn more!

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There’s a Book for That: National Library Week!

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”― Albert Einstein

Do you love your library? Did you know it’s National Library Week? National Library Week, an initiative of the American Library Association, runs from April 23 through the 29th. This year’s theme is “There’s More to the Story.” Running with that theme, we invite you to not only connect with your library, but also with the following favorite books that feature libraries and librarians: Continue reading →

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4 PRH and PRHPS Titles Among ALA’s Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022

The American Library Association (ALA) documented a record 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, a staggering and unprecedented increase from previous years. Yesterday, the ALA released a Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 list. A list that is usually a Top 10, last year saw multiple books tied for their spots, resulting in its expansion to the Top 13. Among this list are several Penguin Random House titles: THE BLUEST EYE by Toni Morrison (Knopf), LOOKING FOR ALAKSA by John Green (Dutton Books for Young Readers), as well as one PRHPS title, OUT OF DARKNESS by Ashley Hope Pérez (Holiday House). One audiobook was also included on the list: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL (Listening Library) by Jesse Andrews.

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Jumpstart Selects Jenny Torres Sanchez’s WITH LOTS OF LOVE for Annual Read for the Record Literacy Campaign

On Monday, Jumpstart for Young Children, a national early education organization, announced that they have selected WITH LOTS OF LOVE (Viking Books for Young Readers) by Jenny Torres Sanchez, illustrated by André Ceolin, for this year’s 18th annual Read for the Record literacy campaign.

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THE OLYMPIAN AFFAIR, the Second Book in the Bestselling Steampunk Fantasy CINDER SPIRES Series, to Publish Fall 2023

Jim Butcher. Author photo c Shersten Eschholz

The adventure continues and talking cats await! i#1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher announced last week on his social media channels the publication of THE OLYMPIAN AFFAIR, the highly anticipated second book in the author’s steampunk fantasy CINDERS SPIRES series.

The novel will be published in hardcover by Ace, an imprint of Penguin Random House, on November 7, 2023.

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