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Pride Month Author Interview: Robert Jones, Jr.

PRH’s LGBTQ+ Network is excited to continue their author interview series featuring LGBTQ+ authors from across PRH imprints. One of today’s featured authors is Robert Jones, Jr.

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Crown Author David Philipps Wins Colorado Book Award for ALPHA

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The 2022 Colorado Book Awards winners were announced on Saturday, June 25, at a celebration in Denver, with David Philipps’ ALPHA: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs (Crown) winning in the Biography category. The Colorado Book Awards recognize outstanding contributions by Colorado authors, editors, and illustrators in 15 categories for titles published in the prior year. Continue reading →

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Ashley Poston’s THE DEAD ROMANTICS is Good Morning America’s July Book Club Pick

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Ashley Poston’s charming, heartfelt and hilarious rom-com THE DEAD ROMANTICS was announced yesterday, June 28, as Good Morning America’s July Book Club Pick.

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New Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Debuts, Rolling Stone Raves

The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection, the first time comics have been published by Penguin Classics, introduced the first three books in the series – BLACK PANTHER, CAPTAIN AMERICA, and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN — this month. Each title is published in black spine paperback as well as a collectible hardcover edition with beautiful gold foil stamping, gold top stain edges and endpapers featuring artwork from the comics. They each include a foreword by a contemporary young adult author and a detailed scholarly introduction, speaking to the enduring significance of Marvel’s iconic creations. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Baseball!

Welcome summer! It’s the season of ice cream, pool parties, beaches and baseball. In anticipation of July 4^th on Monday, let’s celebrate America’s pastime – baseball! Our bases are loaded with the following recommended books for all ages… reader up! Continue reading →

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Watch the Trailer for Oct. 14 Film Adaptation of R. J. Palacio’s WHITE BIRD

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The first trailer for the movie adaptation of R. J. Palacio’s New York Times bestselling WHITE BIRD: A Wonder Story (Knopf Books for Young Readers) has been released by Lionsgate. Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson star in the film, which opens in theaters nationwide October 14, and is directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland). Continue reading →

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Watch a Random House Event, “Then and Now: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom”

On June 7, 2022, Random House, in partnership with UnTextbooked, a podcast for the future brought to you by teen changemakers, hosted Then and Now: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom, a virtual, cross-generational conversation between activists and thought leaders in the women’s rights space. During the event, Gloria Steinem, Austin Channing Brown and Carmen Rita Wong reflected on the history of this important movement—and empowered us now to pick up the torch—with young activist Sydne Clarke from UnTextbooked.

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Dave Zimmer, Igloo’s Singularly Supportive Editor, Retiring July 1

A Note from Claire von Schilling, EVP & Director, Corporate Communications & Social Responsibility: I want to share with you, appropriately in the Igloo Daily Bulletin, that DAVE ZIMMER, our Corporate Communications Manager, who has so devotedly edited our Daily Report these past eight years, will be retiring from Penguin Random House on July 1. He soon will begin a new career relating to music, his second-great lifelong passion, alongside books and baseball, which are also part of his post-PRH plans. Continue reading →

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Join the Virtual Launch Party for Random House Studio’s THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER

Join author Stephen Briseño and illustrator Magdalena Mora for the launch of their new picture book, THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER: A Story of Kindness from the Border (Random House Studio) at a virtual release party hosted by Red Balloon Bookshop on Tuesday, June 28 at 8:00 pm (ET). To register, click here. Continue reading →

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PRH Partners With NYC Pride on 2022 Parade Activation

Penguin Random House has teamed up with NYC Pride and creative agency Havas New York on a campaign seeking to counteract the 300+ bills U.S. lawmakers have introduced this year that impose limitations on the freedoms of the LGBTQIA+ community. Continue reading →

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