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Barack Obama, Sarah Everts PRH ‘22 Audie Winners

Penguin Random House Audio productions won two key Audies Friday night, during the online ceremony annually hosted by the industry’s Audio Publishers Association to recognize distinction in audio books and spoken-word entertainment:

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Vintage Author Allegra Hyde to Discuss Her Tale of Utopian Yearning

Vintage author Allegra Hyde will celebrate the launch of her debut novel, ELEUTHERIA, in conversation with Doubleday/Anchor author CJ Hauser at a virtual event hosted by Brooklyn’s Community Bookstore via Zoom on Tuesday, March 8 at 7:30 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Behind the Book Joins Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson for Author Event at P.S. 125 in Harlem

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson

Behind the Book (BtB), a longtime partner of Penguin Random House, joined Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery Honor winner Renée Watson, co-authors of The 1619 Project: Born on the Water (Kokila/Penguin Young Readers), for an all-school author event at P.S. 125, The Ralph Bunche School in Harlem in late February. Six classes of 3-5th grade students, 110 in total, took part in this special event focused on this important book, which provides a pre-colonial context for Black history, while also exploring the horrific realities of slavery and the resiliency and contributions of Black Americans. Continue reading →

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Take a Virtual Jewish Cuban Journey With KBFYR Picture Book Author Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar, author of TIA FORTUNA’S NEW HOME: A Jewish Cuban Journey (Knopf Books for Young Readers), will be in discussion about her new picture book with fellow Pura Belpré Award-winning author Marjorie Agosín during a virtual event hosted by Malaprops Bookstore and Café on Saturday, March 5 at 2:00 PM (ET). Continue reading →

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Friday Reads: Fictional Women

March marches to the beat of women’s history, but what about the excellent women of fiction? For fun and thrills, consider these “Women” or “Woman” entitled novels (not necessarily the other way around!) for your weekend reading: Continue reading →

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PRH and RHCB Donation of Books to Bronx School Featured on NBC’s TODAY Show

Penguin Random House and Random House Children’s Books donated 1,000 books to PS11X Highbridge Public School in the Bronx. This donation was featured as part of a “Read with Jenna” anniversary celebration with Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotbe on NBC’s TODAY Show on Wednesday, March 2. Continue reading →

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Razorbill Author Sabaa Tahir on ALL MY RAGE: “I Tore This Book From My Heart”

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New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir pivots in a new direction with her just published Young Adult novel, ALL MY RAGE, released by Razorbill on Tuesday, March 1. Inspired by Tahir’s childhood memories of growing up at her family’s motel in the Mojave Desert and being seen as “different,” the novel is told through the lens of two best friends, Noor and Salahudin, that grow up as social outcasts looking for a way out of the harsh and isolating world around them. ALL MY RAGE explores the lasting effects of intergenerational trauma and how far those affected are required to go to leave the effects behind; the novel also addresses themes of cultural identity, family, forgiveness, love, and loss. Continue reading →

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Dr. Seuss Enterprises and RHCB Announce Seuss Studios, Original Line of Early Readers Books

Dr. Seuss Enterprises (DSE) and Random House Children’s Books (RHCB) will launch Seuss Studios, a line of books for early readers by new and emerging authors and illustrators who will create original stories inspired by Ted Geisel’s (aka Dr. Seuss) unpublished sketches and illustrations. The news was announced today, March 2, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, by DSE and RHCB. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Women’s History Month

“Not many women got to live out the daydream of women—to have a room, even a section of a room, that only gets messed up when she messes it up herself.”

― Maxine Hong Kingston

Welcome March and Women’s History Month. In 1987, Congress designated the month of March “Women’s History Month.” In President Biden’s proclamation, he states: “During Women’s History Month, let us honor the accomplished and visionary women who have helped build our country, including those whose contributions have not been adequately recognized and celebrated. And let us pay tribute to the trailblazers from the recent and distant past for daring to envision a future for which no past precedent existed, and for building a Nation of endless possibilities for all of its women and girls.”

To honor the occasion, we offer the following acclaimed memoirs and biographies by and about remarkable women from myriad fields of endeavor and backgrounds. May they inspire generations! Continue reading →

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PRH Education Hosts “Reading the World: Nurturing a Global Perspective for All Students”

Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera and Laura Robb

Penguin Random House Education hosted “Reading the World: Nurturing a Global Perspective for All Students,” a virtual event featuring Laura Robb and Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera last month. Laura Robb, literacy advocate, teacher, and Classroom Libraries collaborator, and Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera, teacher, researcher, author, and co-collaborator of the upcoming PRH Education Translanguaging Collections, spoke about how to build better classroom libraries to meet the needs of all students. Continue reading →

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