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March 8, 2024Friday Reads: International Women’s Day
Happy International Womenâs Day! In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN day for women’s rights and world peace. This year, the International Women’s Day theme is #InspireInclusion. âInternational Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.
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March 5, 2024Bonoâs “Surrender” â24 Audie Audiobook of the Year
A âBeautiful Dayâ indeed. The Penguin Random House Audio production of âSurrender,â the acclaimed, bestselling memoir narrated and written by U2âs Bono, has won the 2024 Audie award for Audiobook Of The Year, bestowed by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.
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February 29, 2024Katharine McGee, NYT Bestselling Author of AMERICAN ROYALS, To Publish New Historical Romance Duology
Random House Books for Young Readers will publish A QUEENâS GAME by bestselling author Katharine McGee, the first in a two-book series. The news was announced by Mallory Loehr, EVP & Publisher, Random House Books for Young Readers. McGeeâs longtime editor, Caroline Abbey, Associate Publisher, Random House Books for Young Readers, acquired rights and will edit the duology.
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February 23, 2024Penguin Publishing Group Partners with BLK Book Swap!âŻ
On Sunday February 18th, Penguin Publishing Group partnered with BLK Book Swap, a grassroots organization amplifying Black literature, to lead a book swap event in celebration of Black History Month!⯠Sundayâs swap was held at Aunts et Uncles, a Black-owned vegan cafe and concept shop in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Over sixty book lovers poured in to trade books and discover their next reads.
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February 14, 2024There’s a Book for That: Hearts!
Happy Valentineâs Day! Our bookish hearts belong to reading today and every day. Such devotion extends beyond the romance genre, of course. Thus, we invite you to take a chance on new love with the following acclaimed titles – all with more than a little heart in them!
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February 9, 2024U.K. Phenomenon, IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES, Coming This September from Random House Children’s Books
Following an extraordinary reception in the U.K., where it was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, a Childrenâs Book of the Week in the Times, the Independent, and the Daily Telegraph, and the recipient of the prestigious Waterstones Book of the Year award, IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell will now be published in North America by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Childrenâs Books.
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February 7, 2024Penguin Random House Joins LitWorld to Celebrate 15th Annual World Read Aloud Day
Penguin Random House is thrilled to celebrate the fifteen annual World Read Aloud Day today, February 7, in partnership with LitWorld, a non-profit organization that aims to strengthen children and communities by using literacy as a tool and pathway for self-empowerment.Â
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January 25, 2024The Best in Mystery: Announcing the 2024 Edgar Awards Finalists
Mystery lovers, rejoice! Mystery Writers of America has announced the 2024 Edgar Allan Poe Awards nominees and eleven Penguin Random House titles are recognized across six categories. The Edgar Awards, or âEdgars,â as they are commonly known, are named after MWAâs patron saint Edgar Allan Poe and are presented to authors of distinguished work in various categories.
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January 24, 2024Random House Unveils NEXUS: Publishing This Fall from the #1 International Bestselling Author of SAPIENS
How has the flow of information made, and unmade our world? A ground-breaking work of non-fiction by one of our most innovative, engaging, and prescient thinkers, NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari, author of the #1 international bestseller Sapiens, will be published globally by Random House on September 10, 2024. Â
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January 22, 2024PRHPS’ newest client: Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group
Penguin Random House Publisher Services (PRHPS) announced on January 23, 2024, a multi-year sales and distribution agreement with Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group (WWBG), the publishing company encompassing the diverse fiction imprints of Wattpad Books, W by Wattpad Books, and Frayed Pages x Wattpad Books, plus the electrifying graphic novels of WEBTOON Unscrolled.
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