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Afro Unicorn Founder and CEO April Showers to Launch Publishing Program with Random House Children’s Books

Random House Children’s Books announced today the book publishing program launch for Afro Unicorn®, a brand founded by April Showers, designed to remind women and children of color how unique, divine, and magical they are. Six original books will be released in a variety of formats in 2023 and 2024 under the Random House Books for Young Readers imprint and will be illustrated by Paris-based illustrator Anthony Conley. 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. Please also visit Penguin Random House’s initiatives, All Ways Black and Amplify Black Stories for books for all ages. Continue reading →

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Lamya H on Memoir and Reading Your Life Like a Text

Today, we bring you Lamya H, author of the memoir, HIJAB BUTCH BLUES (The Dial Press), that tells her story as a queer hijabi Muslim immigrant who survived her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this daring, provocative, and radically hopeful memoir.

Shelved asked Lamya H about the memoirs that challenge our traditional notion of memoir and on building the writer’s club of her dreams.

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Sanyu Dillon Named to Diversity Woman Magazine’s ‘ELITE 100’

Diversity Woman Magazine has recognized Penguin Random House U.S. Chief Marketing Officer Sanyu Dillon as part of their third annual ‘ELITE 100,’ a list highlighting 100 exceptional Black women in the C-Suite and executive leadership.

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My Path to PRH: Ruta Rimas on Challenging the Literary Canon

Simone Roberts-Payne, Gretchen Durning, Sabaa Tahir, Ruta Rimas, Casey McIntyre.

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 Ruta Rimas, Executive Editor, Razorbill, Penguin Young Readers as she tells us her story in her own words.

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There’s a Book for That: Black History Month

“We know what it is to be lied to, and we know how important it is not lie to ourselves. We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it all about—survival and growth” —Audre Lorde

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, and also invite you to visit Penguin Random House’s initiative, All Ways Black. Check back next week for Black History titles for young readers! Continue reading →

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Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop with THE QUESTIONS Trivia Game

The year 2023 is an exciting time to be a hip-hop fan. As we celebrate the culture’s 50th birthday, casual listeners and die-hard purists, test your hip-hop knowledge in this 300-card trivia spinoff from the live game show, THE QUESTIONS!

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Knopf Author Carolina de Robertis Awarded John Dos Passos Prize

Knopf’s Carolina De Robertis, the Uruguyana-American author of THE PRESIDENT AND THE FROG (2021) and CANTORAS (2019), was awarded the 41^st John Dos Passos Prize last week by Longwood University.

The award is given annually to an American creative writer who has produced a substantial body of significant publication that displays characteristics of John Dos Passos’s writing: an intense and original exploration of specifically American themes, an experimental approach to form, and an interest in a wide range of human experiences.

Congratulations to Carolina!

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Penguin Press Author, Paul La Farge, Passed Away

Paul La Farge, photo credit: Carol Shadford.

Paul La Farge, inventive novelist of the novels THE NIGHT OCEAN, THE ARTIST OF THE MISSING, HAUSSMANN, OR THE DISTINCTION, and LUMINOUS AIRPLANES, as well as THE FACTS OF WINTER, a book of imaginary dream, passed way at the age of fifty-two. His wife said the cause was cancer.

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