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Join Us This Evening for a Constellation Award Reading Event

Last month, Penguin Random House and The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) announced the winner and finalists of the Constellation Award. Penguin Random House is the inaugural sponsor of the award for 2021 and 2022, which is given to honor an independent literary press that is led by and/or champions the writing of people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American & Pacific Islander individuals for excellence in publishing. Continue reading →

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Knopf Author Julian Brave NoiseCat a Recipient of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize

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The Heising-Simons Foundation announced that freelance journalists Julian Brave NoiseCat, a Knopf author, and Ryan Christopher Jones are recipients of the 2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize, awarded for excellence in long-form, narrative, or deep reporting about underrepresented and/or misrepresented groups in the United States. This honor includes an unrestricted cash prize of $100,000 for each recipient. Continue reading →

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PRH Library Marketing Co-Hosts “AAPI Communities in Conversation”

In an effort to provide a forum for amplifying diverse stories and voices, Penguin Random House Library Marketing is co-hosting AAPI Communities in Conversation, in collaboration with Publishers Weekly and the University of South Carolina’s Augusta Baker Endowed Chair. This year-long event series is dedicated to celebrating and highlighting notable books by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors and creators, as well as increasing the appreciation and understanding of the Asian and Pacific diasporic cultures, stories, and experiences. For a full schedule of speakers and registration details for all of the events that comprise the 2022 series, click here. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: February Book Club Picks

February is showing Penguin Random House books a lot of love with so many book club selections of our titles. Catch up on the following choice fiction and nonfiction and join the conversation! Continue reading →

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Celebrate Akwaeke Emezi’s New Book BITTER at Brooklyn Museum

Akwaeke Emezi, Photo © Kathleen Bomani

Akwaeke Emezi, author of BITTER (Knopf Books for Young Readers), will be in conversation with Crown Books for Young Readers author Nic Stone during an in-person launch event hosted by Brooklyn Reads at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, February 17 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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PRH Ranks #4 on Forbes List of America’s Best Midsize Employers

Penguin Random House is #4 on the newly released 2022 Forbes list of America’s Best Midsize Employers. PRH was the highest ranked book publishing company, with Scholastic at #41; McGraw Hill at #277; Simon & Schuster at #342; and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt at #420. Forbes annually recognizes and ranks U.S. employers based on an independent survey that evaluates the attitude of employees toward their own company and the public perception of the company by industry employees. Continue reading →

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Doubleday Author Calla Henkel to Share OTHER PEOPLE’S CLOTHES

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Calla Henkel will be discussing her debut novel, OTHER PEOPLE’S CLOTHES (Doubleday), at a virtual event hosted by Malaprops Bookstore on Tuesday, February 15 at 6:00pm (ET) via YouTube. Continue reading →

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PRH Expands Partnership With PEN America, Pledges $100K to Honor Centenary

At a time of intense polarization, rising disinformation, and attacks on the very meaning of truth, Penguin Random House has pledged a one-time gift of $100,000 in honor of the centennial of PEN America, the premier organization defending freedom of expression, writers, and the open discourse that underpins a healthy democracy. PRH, which has long shared PEN America’s mission, has further committed to expanding its wide-ranging partnership to safeguard free speech and banned books, with an increase in its financial support for these issues over the next five years. Continue reading →

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Nineties Bantam Senior Editor Tom Dupree, 72, Passes

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We have learned through Facebook that Tom Dupree, a Bantam Senior Editor during much of the nineties, died on February 7 at his New York City home, at 72, of cardio-respiratory arrest.

A son of the South, who was born in Virginia, moving as a pre-teen with his family to Jackson, Mississippi, Dupree retained some of native Southern drawl when he came to New York in his twenties. He left behind his Jackson career as an advertising copywriter to pursue a place in book publishing. Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Love

The subject today is Love. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day on Monday, February 14, we bring you acclaimed and award-winning stories of love in all its hues — fanciful, complicated, platonic, familial, and romantic, including a couple of wonderful picture books for children. All you need is love… in your heart and on your bookshelf! Continue reading →

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