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Steinem, Brown, Wong to Lead “Then and Now: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom” Virtual Discussion

Join Random House, in partnership with UnTextbooked, a podcast for the future brought to you by teen changemakers, on Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. (ET) via Zoom for Then and Now: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom, featuring Gloria Steinem , Austin Channing Brown, and Carmen Rita Wong, in a virtual, cross-generational conversation between activists and thought leaders in the women’s rights space. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Gun Violence in America

The topic today couldn’t be more serious or urgent. NPR reports as of May 31, there have already been 233 mass shootings in 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an independent organization that collects data from over 7,500 sources. That includes the massacre at Robb Elementary School last week in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 19 children and two adults and injured many others. More than 45,000 people in the U.S. were killed by guns in 2020, the Centers for Disease Control reported recently. That year, firearms became the leading cause of death for American children. On average, gun violence kills nine children every day. To help understand the issue, and repercussions, of gun violence in America we present the following books: Continue reading →

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Announcing Alchemy by Knopf Canada, New Publishing Program Led by Dionne Brand and Lynn Henry

News from Martha Kanya-Forstner, Publisher, Knopf Canada, Vice President, Penguin Random House Canada: It gives me such pleasure to announce the launch of an exciting publishing program, Alchemy by Knopf Canada, under the editorial direction of internationally acclaimed, award-winning poet, novelist and essayist Dionne Brand, working in close partnership with Knopf Canada’s Publishing Director Lynn Henry. Continue reading →

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Pantheon/Vintage Author Sasha Issenberg Takes on America’s Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage

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With Pride Month 2022 underway, the issue of same-sex marriage continues to be a topic of contentious debate, even though on June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional, making same-sex unions legal across the United States. In Sasha Issenberg’s THE ENGAGEMENT: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage, a New York Times Notable Book in Pantheon hardcover, now out in Vintage paperback, same-sex marriage’s unexpected path from the unimaginable to the inevitable is explored over the course of 900-plus pages. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Pride Month

June 2022 marks the 52^nd annual LGBTQ+ Pride tradition. The first Pride march in New York City was held on June 28, 1970 on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. In celebration of Pride Month, we recommend the following recent and and acclaimed memoirs: Continue reading →

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PRH and WNDB Announce the 2022 Creative Writing Award Winners

Penguin Random House, together with We Need Diverse Books (WNDB), is excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Creative Writing Awards. Five exceptional public high school seniors from across the country have been chosen winners of the 2022 Penguin Random House Creative Writing Award in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, a national grassroots organization that advocates for diversity in children’s literature. Continue reading →

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This Pride Month, Penguin Random House Celebrates the Stories That Move Us Forward

Following last week’s release of our first-ever zine, today marks the official launch of this year’s Pride initiative, Pride in Your Words! Building upon the storytelling tradition set forth in 2019 with Under One Roof, 2020 with Passport to Pride, and 2021 with In Your Words, our aim is to celebrate the stories and experiences of LGBTQ+ authors who provide inspiration, visibility, and encouragement, so that everyone can live joyfully in their identities and intersectionality. Continue reading →

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International Booker Winner “Tomb of Sand” Makes History for PRH India

Author Geetanjali Shree (l.), and translator Daisy Rockwell (r.)

Thrilling, literary-history-making news from Penguin Random House India: They are celebrating their author, Geetanjali Shree, winning the 2022 International Booker Prize for her novel “Tomb of Sand,” translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell. This is the first a Hindi translation has been honored with the International Booker, bestowed annually for the best in translated fiction. It also is the first time an Indian novelist, writing in any language, has won this Prize. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Memorial Day

On Monday, May 30, we pay tribute to the Americans who have died in service to our country. To honor the occasion, we have curated the following titles, for adults and young readers, in commemoration of the service and sacrifice of our nation’s military: Continue reading →

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Register for 2nd Annual Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration

Katherine Min at MacDowell in 1995, photo by Joanna Eldredge Morrissey

Join the MacDowell community and the family and friends of Knopf/ Anchor author Katherine Min, for the 2nd annual Katherine Min Fellowship celebration on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. (ET). The Katherine Min Fellowship is an endowed fellowship awarded annually to elevate the voices of Asian American writers at MacDowell. Penguin Random House is a longtime supporter of the MacDowell benefit.

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