March 9, 2021
The finalists for the 2021
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction have been announced and include one
Penguin Random House title,
THE KNOCKOUT QUEEN by
Rufi Thorpe (
Alfred A. Knopf). Five finalists were selected from the
10-title longlist that had been compiled from among 419 submitted novels and short story collections published in the U.S. during 2020. To view the complete shortlist, click
here.
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March 8, 2021
Connecting readers with our books and authors is more important than ever in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing social distancing, racism and police use of deadly force that has mobilized our country. Across Penguin Random House, we are hosting a variety of virtual events, and you can help promote them. Share the day’s complete calendar or your favorite individual listings via the share button, which will allow you to directly deliver all the relevant event information to your social network.
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March 8, 2021
As we mark this year’s International Women’s Day,
Isabel Allende’s THE SOUL OF A WOMAN, published by
Ballantine Books, is our new
Igloo Book Buzz selection. Allende says of her book: “I hope it will be a piece of conversation among young women who might feel isolated or alone or who might not have thought about the struggle they need to confront. Women who have education, healthcare and resources are a minority in the world. The great majority are suffering. The responsibility of those who have more is to give more.”
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March 8, 2021
Today, Monday, March 8, join Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, for a conversation with the
Atlantic Council. The live virtual event will begin at
3:00 p.m. EST.
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March 7, 2021
Women & Children First presents
Luvvie Ajayi Jones, author of
PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER: The Fear-Fighter Manual (
Penguin Life), in conversation with Brittany Packnett Cunningham via
Crowdcast on Tuesday, March 9 at 8:00 pm (ET).
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March 7, 2021
Carl Zimmer will discuss his new book,
LIFE'S EDGE: The Search for What It Means to be Alive (
Dutton), in conversation with Rachel Becker at a virtual event hosted by the Commonwealth Club via
Zoom on Wednesday, March 10 at 3:00 pm (ET).
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March 7, 2021
Jasmine Mans, author of
BLACK GIRL, CALL HOME: Poems (
Berkley), will be featured at a Politics & Prose Live! virtual event via
eventbrite on Wednesday, March 10 at 8:00 pm (ET).
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March 7, 2021
Jill Santopolo will discuss her novel,
EVERYTHING AFTER (
Putnam), in conversation with Jandy Nelson at a virtual event hosted by A Great Good Place for Books (Oakland, CA) via
Zoom on Thursday, March 11 at 9:00 pm (ET).
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March 5, 2021
Alfred A. Knopf will publish
ALL IN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by
Billie Jean King on August 17. The book marks the first time King has told her story in full, detailing how her private journey to be what she calls her “authentic self” played out alongside her groundbreaking activism and career in tennis—that included seven years as the top-ranked woman in the world, a record twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine Grand Slam titles, and her watershed victory over Bobby Riggs in the famous “Battle of the Sexes.” King will also write about her unwavering ongoing commitment to equality and social justice. As King notes, many of the issues she and others fought for decades ago are being revisited today.
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March 5, 2021
This week, Michelle Obama’s phenomenal memoir BECOMING was published as a young readers adaptation. Of all the words that have taken on new meaning in the pandemic, “adaptation” is surely among them. In a time where families are reading and working side-by-side like never before, the following nonfiction adaptations make for great supplemental material for students, discussions for inter-generational book clubs, or should simply satisfy the curious reader who wants to read what the adults are talking about.
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March 4, 2021
Connecting readers with our books and authors is more important than ever in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing social distancing, racism and police use of deadly force that has mobilized our country. Across Penguin Random House, we are hosting a variety of virtual events, and you can help promote them. Share the day’s complete calendar or your favorite individual listings via the share button, which will allow you to directly deliver all the relevant event information to your social network.
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March 4, 2021
Penguin Random House Audio introduces
Ahab, a global online casting platform that helps content creators find and hire exactly the right actor for any voiceover project, whether it’s an audiobook, video game, ad spot, animation, documentary, or podcast.
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March 3, 2021
Luvvie Ajayi Jones, author of
PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER: The Fear-Fighter Manual (Penguin Life), will be in conversation with Esther Perel at a virtual event hosted by Loyalty Books (Washington, D.C.) via
Crowdcast on Friday, March 5 at 8:00 pm (ET).
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March 3, 2021
Delacorte Press authors
Holly Jackson (
GOOD GIRL, BAD BLOOD),
Natasha Preston (
THE LAKE) and
Karen McManus (
THE COUSINS) will be in conversation at a virtual event hosted by Murder By the Book (Houston, TX) via
Zoom on Saturday, March 6 at 4:00 pm (ET).
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March 3, 2021
Sita Singh will participate in a virtual Books & Books storytime for the launch of her debut picture book
BIRDS OF A FEATHER (
Philomel) with illustrator
Stephanie Fizer Coleman via
Crowdcast on Saturday, March 6 at 11:00 am (ET).
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March 3, 2021
The Tucson Festival of Books presents a panel titled "Humor of the Crossroads," featuring
Bryan Washington, author of
MEMORIAL (
Riverhead), discussing his characters' personal relationships, work relationships, and finding the humor in life, via
Crowdcast on Saturday, March 6 at 11:00 am (ET).
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March 3, 2021
The Los Angeles Times announced the finalists and honorees for its 41st annual Book Prizes. Nine
Penguin Random House authors are among the finalists. Penguin novelist and poet
Leslie Marmon Silko will receive the 2020 Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, which recognizes a writer whose work focuses on the American West.
Leslie Marmon Silko
Silko’s books, including
Laguna, Ceremony, Storyteller, and
Almanac of the Dead, are heavily influenced by her mixed heritage of Laguna Pueblo, Mexican and Anglo-American. She writes about the alienation of Native Americans and the importance of Native traditions to help cope with modern-day reservation life.
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March 3, 2021
Welcome March and Women’s History Month. In 1987, Congress designated the month of March “Women’s History Month.” In President Biden’s proclamation of March 1, 2021, 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.”
In that vein, we’ve curated the following books about incredible women and their achievements to educate and inspire readers of all ages:
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March 2, 2021
Colson Whitehead, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novels
THE NICKEL BOYS and
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, appeared on CBS-TV’s “60 Minutes” Sunday night, February 28, in conversation with correspondent John Dickerson. Whitehead talked with Dickerson about a number of topics, including his writing process, his books, being descended from slaves, and Barry Jenkins' highly-anticipated adaptation of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD for Amazon Prime. In the hours after the 12-minute segment aired, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD rose to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list, followed by THE NICKEL BOYS at #2.
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March 2, 2021
BECOMING, the #1 international bestselling memoir by former First Lady of the United States
Michelle Obama, is being published in two new editions by
Penguin Random House today, March 2. To watch a Michelle Obama video book trailer, click
here. Also, Mrs. Obama will discuss the new releases on
Good Morning America on Wednesday, March 3.
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