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A WOW PRH Evening: Our 3 2022 NBA Winners Tahir, Schweblin/McDowell, Gunty

ALL MY RAGE by Sabaa Tahir, SEVEN EMPTY HOUSES by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, and THE RABBIT HUTCH by Tess Gunty, newly join the shining, long list of Penguin Random House and its predecessor publishers’ National Book Award winners, having been selected by the 2022 five-member judging panels for the Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, and Fiction categories, respectively. Continue reading →

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PRH Supports Book Rich Environments with Book Donations to Public Housing Communities

Penguin Young Readers and Random House Children’s Books donated a combined 50,000 books to the Book Rich Environments (BRE) program via the National Book Foundation!

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There’s a Book for That: Fall Cooking!

Are you preparing for holiday cooking? As we organize who’s bringing what, this season of cookbooks is a truly inspiring palette for the palate! From celebrity chefs, beloved restaurants, popular bloggers and bakers, we present a bounty of recipes and cuisines, with a lot of personality and storytelling thrown in for good measure.

As we like to say this time of year – there’s a cookbook for that! Continue reading →

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My Path to PRH: Ericka Weed on Finding your Dream Job at Home

Ericka and Izzy.

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 Ericka Weed, Associate Manager, Paid Media Strategy & Advertising Operations, as she tells us her story in her own words. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: National Veterans and Military Families Month

November is National Veterans and Military Families Month, proclaimed as such by President Biden: “our Nation honors the strength and sacrifices of the families, caregivers, and survivors of our veterans and our current service members. They may not wear uniforms, but their service is essential to our national security and the character of our Nation. We owe them a debt of gratitude that we can never fully repay.”

To honor those who have served and sacrificed, and in anticipation of Veterans Day on November 11th, we offer the following exemplary titles: Continue reading →

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Dan Werb’s THE INVISIBLE SIEGE Wins 2022 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Funded annually by the Weston Family Foundation, the $60,000 prize is the richest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction by a Canadian writer and this year, Dan Werb‘s THE INVISIBLE SIEGE (Crown) took home the prize. Continue reading →

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You Can Find Cai Emmons’ Favorite Books Under Her Bed

Today, we bring you Cai Emmons, novelist and author of the fall 2022 release, UNLEASHED (Dutton), set amid California’s wildfire season, a vivid and magical novel following a family in crisis thrust on a collision course with the world around them that has an outcome beyond their wildest imaginings . . . Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month— a time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories of Indigenous peoples. It is also an opportune time to raise awareness of the challenges Indigenous peoples have faced and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges. In commemoration of the culture and people who were the original settlers of this land, we present the following recently published, and acclaimed, titles for adults and young readers alike:

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My Path to PRH: Ximena Gonzalez on How the Pandemic Kickstarted Her Career Goals

Ximena Gonzalez, First Visit to 1745 Broadway.

This week, we’re featuring Ximena Gonzalez, Marketing Assistant with Penguin Press, as she tells us her story in her own words. Continue reading →

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PW Star Watch 2022: Honoring “Publishing’s Brightest”

This year, six of our Penguin Random House colleagues were among Publishers Weekly 2022 Star Watch Honorees. Under the headline, “Publishing’s Brightest”, the honorees —who count among them an art director, a marketing manager, two editors, a corporate communications director, and a metadata manager — are celebrated for the incredible work they do to diversify and move the publishing industry forward.

All of the honorees were profiled in PW Star Watch 2022.

Read on to learn more about your PRH colleagues and the work they’re doing. And a very big congratulations!

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