George Takei Announces New Graphic Memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI

Top Shelf Productions is proud to announce It Rhymes With Takei — a new full-color graphic memoir from the team behind George Takei’s award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, telling the untold story of his journey from closeted actor to international gay icon. Scheduled for publication in June 2025, It Rhymes With Takei will offer

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Nihar Interviews Global PRH Author Yuval Noah Harari at the Frankfurt Book Fair

On Wednesday, October 16, Penguin Random House colleagues attending the Frankfurt Book Fair were surprised with special author guest Yuval Noah Harari at the annual PRH reception that Nihar Malaviya, CEO of Penguin Random House, hosts each year in our German company’s fair booth. Harari’s most recent book NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone

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Random House to Publish the Autobiography of Pope Francis

HOPE will the first memoir published by a sitting pontiff and will become a global publication on January 14, 2025. Random House will publish HOPE, the autobiography of Pope Francis in the US. Italian publisher Mondadori made the announcement yesterday at the Frankfurt Book Fair and will manage world rights. Molly Turpin, Senior Editor, Random House, acquired world English rights to

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George R.R. Martin Reveals Repackaged Game of Thrones Covers!

It’s officially here! In a blog post, George R.R. Martin revealed a gorgeous revamp of A Game of Thrones, including classic mass market editions of A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. The books inside the box have brand new covers. The mass market and trade paperback boxed

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Congratulations to these 2023 Goodreads Awards Winners!

Every year, the popular book-logging and book-reviewing platform Goodreads, owned by Amazon, releases its round of nominated books. According to Goodreads’ eligibility criteria, the site “analyzes statistics from the millions of books added, rated, and reviewed on Goodreads to nominate 20 books in each category.” Nominations are assorted in categories. This year’s categories are altered

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ICYMI: Cover Reveals! October & November 2023

Welcome to this month’s installment of ICYMI: Cover Reveals is a round-up of all the exciting cover reveals announced in the last month. In this month’s post, we’ve got two months‘ worth of cover reveals to share. Anticipate a new young adult novel from Adam Sass, CNN anchor Poppy Harlow and TODAY’s Laura Jarrett’s picture book,

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Congratulations to Our 2023 Hugo Award Winners!

According to the Hugo Awards official website, “The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most prestigious award. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), which is also responsible for administering them.” Congratulations to our Penguin Random House authors on

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ICYMI: Cover Reveals! September 2023

Welcome to this month’s installment of the PRH international Sales website! ICYMI: Cover Reveals is a round-up of all the exciting cover reveals announced in the last month. In this month’s post, the anticipated sequel to Kika Hatzopoulou’s Threads That Bind, Amber Chen’s silkpunk fantasy Of Jade and Dragons, Jonathan van Ness’s Gorgeously Me! and much, much more!

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Congratulations to Our Kirkus Prize Finalists!

According to the Kirkus Prize website, “The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. It was created to celebrate the decades of discerning, thoughtful criticism Kirkus Reviews has contributed to both the publishing industry and readers at

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