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

R. J. Palacio, Photo © Russell Gordon

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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Celebrate Eric Carle’s Birthday With Brightly Storytime LIVE on Saturday, June 25

Join Brightly Storytime LIVE on Saturday, June 25, at 1:00 (ET) for an extra-special celebration honoring beloved author and artist Eric Carle. Register here today! This first-of-its-kind event for Brightly will showcase classics like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and a few new favorites, read-aloud by authors Angela DiTerlizzi, Alissa Holder, Zulekha Holder-Young, Grace Lin, and Rafael Lopez, as well as special guest David Feinstein, literary educator of The Eric Carle Museum. Continue reading →

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Random House to Present “Well Enough: Beyond Pride” Virtual Event

Join Random House and a panel of LGBTQ+ authors for Well Enough: Beyond Pride, on Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 pm (ET) for a live, virtual conversation via Zoom about what it means to be well enough as a queer person. You’ll hear from an array of authors—from memoirists to cookbook authors to fiction writers—about the day-to-day practices they take with them from the kitchen to the laptop to the road, as ways of nourishing their people and themselves with love and acceptance. Continue reading →

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Pantheon/Schocken Publisher Lisa Lucas Featured in “Diversity in the Book Business” NYT Mag Cover Story

Lisa Lucas, SVP & Publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books, is featured in The New York Times Magazine article, Inside the Push to Diversify the Book Business, by Marcela Valdes. Lucas, the first Black publisher in Pantheon’s 80-year history, was hired in July 2020 and officially joined the imprint in January 2021. As Lucas noted in The New York Times piece, “ ‘I’m not here to make Black Pantheon … I’m here for all the gods, the whole pantheon.’ This was also her approach at the National Book Foundation, which she directed for almost five years. ‘Books are for everyone,’ she declared many times while she was there … ‘People misunderstand how long change takes … They want change right now.’ Building a foundation that lasts requires years — years of thoughtful conversations with staff members, years of losing bids, years of mentoring writers, years of books that succeed and fail.” Continue reading →

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How PRH is Supporting Save the Children’s Summer Reading Campaign

Penguin Random House is supporting our longstanding partner Save the Children for its annual “100 Days of Reading” campaign. This year’s campaign is “Summer’s Better With Books,” which aims to foster continuous learning over the summer months and to ensure that children in rural America, many of who have limited or no access to books, have the opportunity to keep reading. Continue reading →

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PRH Partners With Aesop for Second Year to Launch Queer Libraries Across America

Penguin Random House is proud to announce that we’ve partnered with skincare brand Aesop for a second year to bring Queer Libraries to cities across North America. From June 20 to June 26, Aesop will clear the shelves at their stores in New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto, and fill them with colorful displays of books from a multitude of voices, with the goal of cultivating an awareness of the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality, and highlighting a more expansive view of the queer canon. Continue reading →

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