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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

Curtis Sittenfeld, Photo © Jenn Ackerman

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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Ballantine’s Jennifer Hershey Featured in The New York Times

Jennifer Hershey, SVP, Publisher, Ballantine, was featured in The New York Times as part of Elisabeth Egan’s “Inside the Best-Seller” series. In the article, the acknowledgment section of a book is brought to life as Jennifer is recognized for her mark on numerous successful publications.

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THE EXCHANGE, John Grisham’s Highly-Anticipated Sequel to THE FIRM, to Publish Fall 2023

This fall, Doubleday will publish the sequel to John Grisham’s #1 bestseller THE FIRM. The new legal thriller, THE EXCHANGE: After The Firm, marks the return of Mitch McDeere and will be published on October 17, 2023 and the exciting news were announced on CBS Mornings last week.

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There’s a Book for That: International Transgender Day of Visibility

Did you know that this Friday is Transgender Day of Visibility? Celebrated every March 31 since 2009, President Biden was the first American president to issue a formal presidential proclamation recognizing the day with the statement: “I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating discrimination against all transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people…” Continue reading →

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Celebrating Our Audie Awards® Winners

Four Penguin Random House Audio recordings published last year were bestowed best-in-category honors at the Audio Publishing Association’s (APA’s) 2023 Audie Awards®, held at Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers’ Pier Sixty on March 28. The premier industry-awards program recognizes distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Continue reading →

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