Media and Publicity
Learn more about Penguin Random House, and our authors and their books. Scroll down and click the links below to read recent news stories, social media posts, and press releases.
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December 15, 2022How Penguin Random House Gave Back in 2022
At Penguin Random House, we’re committed to lifting up underrepresented voices, spreading the joy of reading to communities in need, and taking care of the environment. Here are select highlights from just a handful of the social impact programs we’ve launched this year.
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December 14, 2022Let’s Get 1 Million Books to Children in Need this Holiday Season
Penguin Random House is partnering with our longtime friends at First Book on their “Give a Million” campaign. During the holidays, First Book works to gift one million books to children living in poverty – many of whom may not otherwise receive a gift.
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November 30, 2022NYTBR “10 Best of 2022:” PRH’s Bennett, Serpell, Diaz, Yong, Hsu, Villarosa
And now, perhaps the most exalted of all the annual year-end book honors: the New York Times Book Review’s “10 Best.” For its “10 Best of 2022,” the editors have chosen six titles from its previously selected 45 Penguin Random House “Notable Books of 2022.” Congratulations. Cheers.
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November 20, 2022PRH Canada Recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers for 2023
Penguin Random House Canada is extremely proud and honored to announce that it has once again been recognized as one of Canada’s Top Employers. The honor, given annually since 2000 through Canada’s Top 100 Employers to employers who set the standard for workplace best practices and forward-thinking policies, is awarded based on a rigorous evaluation of criteria ranging from employee benefits and vacation time to work atmosphere and community involvement.Â
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November 18, 2022Luminous 1st Week for Michelle Obama’s “The Light We Carry”
“Becoming,” Michelle Obama’s previous book, was a record-setting, bestselling memoir, so expectations and anticipation for her newest, “The Light We Carry,” have been enormous since the July announcement of its November 15 publication by Crown. In its first days on sale, it is not only meeting those expectations, but generating enough super-wattage energy to illuminate bookselling and social media communities.
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November 17, 2022A WOW PRH Evening: Our 3 2022 NBA Winners Tahir, Schweblin/McDowell, Gunty
ALL MY RAGE by Sabaa Tahir, SEVEN EMPTY HOUSES by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, and THE RABBIT HUTCH by Tess Gunty, newly join the shining, long list of Penguin Random House and its predecessor publishers’ National Book Award winners, having been selected by the 2022 five-member judging panels for the Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, and Fiction categories, respectively.
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November 1, 2022Doubleday Bestselling Historian Author, Former Editor Thomas Cahill Has Died
Amid the celebration of Doubleday’s 125th anniversary, sadly, we also commemorate the passing of an author and publishing colleague, who was a contributor to its success.
Thomas Cahill, one-time director of the imprint’s eponymous vaunted religious publishing program, and the author of the Nan A. Talese imprint’s bestselling multi-volume “Hinges of History” series, died at 82 on October 18 in Manhattan.Read more here.
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October 31, 2022Amanda Gorman and Chrissy King Honored with Girls Write Now’s Agents of Change Award
Penguin Random House is proud of it’s longstanding relationship with Girls Write Now, New York’s first and only writing and mentoring organization for girls and gender non-conforming youth. The organization has been distinguished three times by the White House as one of the nation’s top after school programs, and twice by the Nonprofit Excellence Awards as one of New York City’s top ten nonprofits.
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October 27, 2022SPARE, the Highly Anticipated Memoir of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Publishing Globally on January 10, 2023
SPARE, the memoir of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, will be published globally on January 10, 2023, by Penguin Random House, it was announced today by Markus Dohle, Global CEO of Penguin Random House worldwide.
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October 21, 20222022 Frankfurt Book Fair is in Full Swing
The 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair kicked off on Wednesday, October 19th with a flurry of exciting book deals, author speaking engagements, and exhilarated attendees. The literary event is back in full swing, with renewed enthusiasm and several exciting Penguin Random House book deals underway. The event will come to an end Sunday, October 23rd. Read on to learn of the highlights so far!
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