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Alyssa Castaneda Featured at Ad Age’s Creator Summit!

Alyssa Castaneda, Associate Director of Social Media at Penguin Random House, recently spoke at Ad Age Creator Summit, a gathering of creators, brands, and agencies in NYC focused on the booming creator economy and strategies for developing long-term, sustainable partnerships. Other speakers included top creators Rod Thill (@justme.rod) and Christina Najjar (@tinx), as well as executives from e.l.f Beauty, Honda, Olipop and more.

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My Path to PRH: Kristen Capano on the Importance of Listening and Working in the Audio Division

2019 New York City ComicCon with PRH colleagues

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 Kristen Capano, Audio Production Assistant, Audio Publishing Group and production lead on the This is the Author podcast, as she tells us her story in her own words.

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Knopf to Publish Brittney Griner’s Memoir Next Spring 2024

Brittany Griner, credit Evan Millstein.

Alfred A. Knopf will publish Brittney Griner’s as-of-yet untitled memoir next spring 2024, an announcement made today by Reagan Arthur, Knopf EVP and Publisher.

For the first time Griner recounts the tumultuous events of 2022 that both reshaped her life and captured the world’s attention: Griner’s arrest at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on February 17, followed by her detention, trial, and imprisonment in Russia, as well as the efforts in public and behind the scenes at the highest levels of government to bring her home. Griner’s memoir also documents how the global #WeAreBG movement began as well as the issue of pay equity for women athletes in the United States – the very inequity that led Griner to play basketball in Russia for seven previous seasons and to return for an eighth on that fateful February day.

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There’s a Book for That: National Arab American Heritage Month

Welcome National Arab American Heritage Month! On March 31^st, 2023 President Joe Biden issued an historic proclamation recognizing April as National Arab American Heritage Month: “This month, we join together to celebrate the immeasurable contributions of Arab Americans to our Nation and recommit ourselves to the timeless work of making sure that all people have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.” In honor of the occasion we invite you to discover the following new and acclaimed novels and memoirs by and about Arab Americans: Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Poetry for Younger Readers

Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action.— Juan Felipe Herrera

Let’s hear it for the poets! As we continue to celebrate the 27th National Poetry Month, our spotlight turns to poetry for kids and teens (and truly all ages!). Loving music and lyrics as so many do, it’s natural for young people to write and enjoy poetry with its beats and rhymes. The popularity of spoken word, slam, and Instagram poetry is testament to the power of poetry to give voice to feelings and experiences that may be too hard to articulate otherwise. Poetry is a wonderful mental health tool! And here are some beautiful books filled with joyful, imaginative, and cathartic verse: Continue reading →

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Random House Author Deborah Cohen Wins the Mark Lynton History Prize for LAST CALL AT THE HOTEL IMPERIAL

Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard recently announced the winners of the 2023 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards, including the Mark Lynton History Prize for Deborah Cohen’s LAST CALL AT THE HOTEL IMPERIAL: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War, published by Random House. Established in 1998, the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project honors the best in American nonfiction writing. Co-administered by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, and sponsored by the family of the late Mark Lynton, a historian and senior executive at the firm Hunter Douglas in the Netherlands, the Lukas Prize Project annually presents four awards in three categories. Ms. Cohen will receive her $10,000 prize at the awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 3^rd, which will be held at Columbia Journalism School.

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Penguin Random House Titles Win Every Category at the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards

The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards winners and finalists were announced last week, and among the four winners, three were Penguin Random House titles, in addition to one Penguin Random House finalist!

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Random House’s ROMANTIC COMEDY Debuts as a Reese’s Book Club Pick

A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions. New York Times best-selling author, Curtis Sittenfeld, is back with ROMANTIC COMEDY (Random House) and on Tuesday, the title debuted as a Reese’s Book Club Pick!

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There’s a Book for That: National Poetry Month

A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights. –Charles Simic

Happy National Poetry Month! April is the fullest month for poetry lovers – with poetry readings, workshops, and new volumes from debut and beloved poets alike. Whether you are well-versed or newly willing to wade in the waters of metaphor and lyric, we invite you to dip into the following volumes: Continue reading →

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