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The NYPL and RHPG Announce the Kate Medina Fellowship for Literary Narrative Nonfiction
4+ day, 44+ min ago (376+ words) The New York Public Library and the Random House Publishing Group today announce the creation of the Kate Medina Fellowship for Literary Narrative Nonfiction to support writers whose projects engage with the world-class collections of the Library's flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman…...
The Best in Mystery: Our 2026 Edgar Awards Winners
1+ week, 4+ day ago (496+ words) Mystery Writers of America recently announced the winners of the 2026 Edgar Allen Poe Awards, honoring outstanding mystery fiction, nonfiction and television published or produced in 2025. We're proud to share that three Penguin Random House titles were recognized across six categories!...
Our Pulitzer Prize Winner: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US by Brian Goldstone
1+ week, 6+ day ago (730+ words) On Monday, May 4, the Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious awards in American letters, were announced by Administrator Marjorie Miller via livestream. We're thrilled to share that Penguin Random House author Brian Goldstone's THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US: Working and…...
Celebrating Instant #1 NYT Bestseller Sheinelle Jones and THROUGH MOM'S EYES
3+ week, 1+ day ago (464+ words) 2026 is the year of Sheinelle Jones. Earlier this year, she was named co-host of the fourth hour of TODAY'alongside Jenna Bush Hager. Last week, she celebrated another huge career milestone with the release of her highly anticipated debut book THROUGH…...
#1 NYT'Bestselling Author John Green Returns to Fiction With HOLLYWOOD, ENDING
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (493+ words) #1 NYT Bestselling Author John Green Returns to Fiction With HOLLYWOOD, ENDING'Penguin Random House #1 NYT'Bestselling Author John Green Returns to Fiction With HOLLYWOOD, ENDING Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, has announced the publication of HOLLYOOD, ENDING " the debut…...
Random House to Publish Gloria Steinem's Memoir, AN UNEXPECTED LIFE
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (455+ words) On March 25, 2026, her ninety-second birthday, Random House announces the forthcoming publication of'AN UNEXPECTED LIFE: A Memoir (Random House) by writer and activist Gloria Steinem, to be published on September 22, 2026. In this candid and revelatory work, Steinem traces her early life…...
RHCB Increases First Printing for New Dr. Seuss Book, SING THE 50 UNITED STATES! , to 1 Million Copies
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (369+ words) Following the October announcement of the newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript SING THE 50 UNITED STATES! (on sale June 2, 2026), Random House Children's Books (RHCB) announced on March 13 that it will increase the book's first printing from 500, 000 to 1 million copies in response…...
Our Indies Choice Book Awards Shortlisters
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (540+ words) The American Booksellers Association (ABA) recently released shortlists in seven categories for the 2026 Indies Choice Book Awards. This year, the ABA relaunched the awards program, which had been on hiatus since 2019. These awards celebrate the best Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction,…...
There's a Book for That: Irish Literature
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (800+ words) I will arise and go now, for always night and day/I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; /While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey/I hear it in the deep heart's…...
Doubleday to Publish New John Grisham Thriller, THE FRENCH ILLUSION
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (309+ words) About THE FRENCH ILLUSION: The search for'clues'soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to work together to put the pieces of the puzzle together.'Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be…...