Category Archives: Announcements

Announcements

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 →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Dutton’s John Parsley Tackles the Literary vs. Commercial Debate in Poets & Writers Column

John Parsley, VP & Editor-In-Chief, Dutton Books, recently penned a “Recommends” column for Poets & Writers, addressing the compulsion to classify books. “One of my biggest pet peeves is the pressure to classify a book as either literary or commercial,” Parsley writes. “Is literary code for quality? Is commercial code for entertaining? Are they codes for highbrow or lowbrow, accessible or challenging, better or worse, fun or worthwhile, timeless or of-the-moment?” Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Got the COVID-19 Blues? Join Pantheon Author Laura Kipnis for LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION Conversation

Laura Kipnis, Photo Credit: Nina Subin

Laura Kipnis, author of LOVE IN THE TIME OF CONTAGION: A Diagnosis (Pantheon), will be in conversation with The Dial Press author Katie Roiphe in a virtual event hosted by A Room of One’s Own bookstore via Crowdcast on Thursday, February 10 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

DD, RH Pathfinder Jason Epstein, Singular Innovator, Editor, Publisher, Dies at 93

Jason Epstein, Credit: Peter Peter

Jason Epstein, one of the most profoundly influential and visionary figures in trade publishing and literary culture of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, whose indelibly innovative, entrepreneurial and editorial contributions helped shape Doubleday, Anchor Books, Random House, Vintage Books, and thus Penguin Random House, died February 4 in Sag Harbor, Long Island, at 93. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Second Annual Black Like We Never Left Read-a-Thon Launches on IG Live Today!

Bookstagrammer and @allwaysblack curator Cree Myles kicks off the second annual Black Like We Never Left Read-a-Thon today, a week-long virtual event celebrating Black fiction. This year’s event will highlight The Color Purple by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author Alice Walker and will double as a fundraiser for We Need Diverse Books. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Obama’s A PROMISED LAND Leads PRH Audio’s 16 Audie Finalists

The Audio Publishers Association has announced its 2022 Audie Awards finalists, including 16 Penguin Random House Audio titles, led by Barack Obama’s A PROMISED LAND, nominated for Audiobook of the Year. The Audies are the premier awards program in the United States for recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. This year’s winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on March 4. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Tonight: A Virtual Conversation With Art Spiegelman, Author of MAUS

Art Spiegelman, author of MAUS: A Survivor’s Tale (Pantheon), will be discussing his Pulitzer-winning graphic novel tonight at 7:00 pm (ET) via Zoom . This virtual public conversation is sponsored by various organizations based in Tennessee, including the Ascension Lutheran Church of Chattanooga, TN; B’nai Zion Congregation, Chattanooga, TN; The Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga; Mizpah Congregation, Chattanooga, TN, and The Tennessee Holler. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Sanyu Dillon Named to 2022 ColorComm28 List of Black Women in Communications

Penguin Random House U.S. Chief Marketing Officer Sanyu Dillon has been honored as one of the ColorComm 28 – 28 executive black women in communications who are making history now through their leadership and impact. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

Friday Reads: The Year of the Tiger

Welcome Lunar New Year! The Year of the Tiger began on February 1st this year. Celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 15th. It’s called the Lunar New Year because the date marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendar traditional to many Asian countries. As “king of the beasts” the zodiacal Tiger embodies leadership and bravery. To honor the occasion, we offer the following award-winning and acclaimed “tiger” fiction and nonfiction for all ages: Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement

Announcements

PYR to Launch New Imprint, Rocky Pond Books, Helmed by Lauri Hornik

Penguin Young Readers will launch a new imprint, Rocky Pond Books, helmed by Lauri Hornik, longtime publisher of Dial Books for Young Readers, and editor of many award-winning and bestselling books, including Counting by Sevens by Holly Goldberg Sloan, The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder, and the Ordinary People Change the World series, written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos.

The imprint will publish books for two through teen, both fiction and nonfiction, with a focus on mental health and social-emotional learning and on seeking out exceptional debut authors and illustrators. The inaugural list will publish in spring 2023. Jen Klonsky, President and Publisher, Putnam Books for Young Readers and Razorbill, will assume leadership of Dial Books for Young Readers, effective immediately. Continue reading →

topics

Press releases

announcement