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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

Calla Henkel, Photo © Max Pitegoff

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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My Path to Penguin Random House: One World’s Lulu Martinez

Everyone has unique career stories to tell. In our new Igloo series, My Path to Penguin Random House, 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 Lulu Martinez, Director of Marketing at One World. She joined Penguin Random House in December of 2020. Continue reading →

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Riverhead Author Brandon Taylor is a Finalist for The Story Prize

The Story Prize, which annually honors authors of outstanding short story collections released in the prior year, has announced its three finalists, including an author and book published by Penguin Random House: FILTHY ANIMALS by Brandon Taylor (Riverhead Books). Continue reading →

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3 PRH Audios Among YALSA’s ’22 Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) recently released its 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults list, which serves as acquisition guidance to ALA libraries across the country. Here are the three Top Ten selections that are published by Penguin Random House Audio, with 26 PRH Audio/Listening Library audiobooks among the 76 titles that comprise this year’s complete list. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Black History for Young Readers

This month we honor Black History, with a special focus on outstanding books for young readers. Please also visit Penguin Random House’s initiatives, All Ways Black and Amplify Black Stories for books for all ages. Continue reading →

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