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Listening Library Partners With American Girl to Bring Classic and New Titles to Audio

Listening Library, a Penguin Random House Audio imprint, is partnering with American Girl, a premier brand for girls and a Mattel subsidiary, to introduce more than 50 new and classic American Girl titles to audiobook listeners beginning in June 2022. Continue reading →

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Pantheon Author Tamiko Brown-Nagin to Discuss Her Timely Biography of Constance Baker Motley

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Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of CIVIL RIGHTS QUEEN: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality (Pantheon), will be in discussion with National Public Radio’s Michel Martin during a virtual event hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture on Tuesday, March 29 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Elliott’s INVISIBLE CHILD Wins the 2022 Lukas Book Prize, Keefe’s EMPIRE OF PAIN a Finalist

The Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard announced the four winners and two finalists for its 2022 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards on Wednesday, March 16. Random House author Andrea Elliott earned the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for her first book, INVISIBLE CHILD: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City. The prize acknowledges examples of nonfiction writing that represent the literary grace and dedication to extensive research on topics of American political or social concern and original reporting that characterized the distinguished work of the awards’ namesake, J. Anthony Lukas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who died in 1997. This year’s awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 3, at the Columbia Journalism School.

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Friday Reads: The Oscars!

Roll out the red carpet …The 94th Academy Awards show is this Sunday, March 27, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. As is often the case, many of the nominees are films based on books or have book tie-ins. Movie fans, we invite you to complement your viewing with some scintillating cinematic reading: Continue reading →

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Our Finalists for the 2022 Triangle Awards

The Publishing Triangle has announced the finalists for the 34th annual Triangle Awards and the list includes books published by Penguin Random House imprints and Penguin Random House Publisher Services client publishers. Continue reading →

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From Page to Screen: Watch the Movie Trailer for This Summer’s WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, the #1 New York Times bestselling book by Delia Owens that has sold more than 12 million copies since it was first published by Putnam in August 2018, has been adapted into a major motion picture, coming to theaters nationwide on July 15. Two movie tie-in editions of the book are being published by Putnam on June 28. Continue reading →

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Philip Pullman’s Novella THE COLLECTORS KBFYR September Print Debut

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, is delighted to be publishing THE COLLECTORS by internationally acclaimed storyteller Philip Pullman, a novella set in the world of the His Dark Materials and Book of Dust series, it was announced today by Melanie Nolan, VP & Publisher. Previously published in 2015, first as an audiobook read by Bill Nighy, and then as an ebook, THE COLLECTORS will be made available in hardcover for the first time on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Nolan acquired US, Canada, and Open Market Rights from Millie Hoskins at United Agents. Nancy Siscoe, Senior Executive Editor, will edit. Continue reading →

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Expanded PRH Audio Edition of Timothy Snyder’s ON TYRANNY to Feature 20 New Lessons About Russia’s War in Ukraine

Acclaimed historian Timothy Snyder’s #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny (Crown, Random House Audio) will be published in an expanded audio edition that provides the historical background, decodes the propaganda, and explains the significance of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and of Ukrainian resistance. ON TYRANNY: Expanded Audiobook Edition, narrated by the author, will be available exclusively as an audiobook from Random House Audio, on sale April 19. Lance Fitzgerald at Penguin Random House Audio acquired North American and non-exclusive open market audio rights from Tina Bennett at Bennett Literary. Continue reading →

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SAPIENS Author Yuval Noah Harari to Publish New Middle-Grade Illustrated Series With PRH Children’s Imprints

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Prominent historian, philosopher, and author Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind) will publish a new illustrated middle-grade book, UNSTOPPABLE US: How Humans Took Over the World, this Fall, it was announced globally today by Penguin Random House children’s groups in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia. Continue reading →

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Knopf Author Lee Cole to Discuss His Debut Novel With Crown Author Hamilton Cain

Lee Cole, the author of GROUNDSKEEPING (Knopf), a TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick, will be discussing his first novel with Crown author Hamilton Cain during a virtual event hosted by Joseph-Beth Booksellers via Zoom on Thursday, March 24 at 7:00 pm (ET). Continue reading →

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