Riverhead Author Kamila Shamsie Wins the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Riverhead author Kamila Shamsie has won the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel, HOME FIRE, it was announced at a ceremony in London on Wednesday, June 6. This annual award, now in its 23rd year, celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world. “In the end we chose the

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Masha Gessen wins 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction

Masha Gessen, author of THE FUTURE IS HISTORY, was honored Wednesday night at a ceremony in Manhattan with the National Book Award for Nonfiction, continuing a cherished, time-honored connection for Penguin Random House authors with one of America’s most coveted literary prizes. THE FUTURE IS HISTORY: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen (Riverhead Books Hardcover

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You Can’t Spell America Without Me (A So-Called Parody) by Alec Baldwin & Kurt Andersen

YOU CAN’T SPELL AMERICA WITHOUT ME: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody) by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen. Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump’s presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally. Here is a look between the covers: “I

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Nnedi Okorafor to write a story for Marvel’s Black Panther series

This week Nnedi Okorafor announced that she will be writing a story for Marvel’s Black Panther series, picking up where author Ta-Nehisi Coates left off! Read more on CNN here. The new story will be three-issues and will be titled Black Panther: Long Live the King, according to her announcement on Twitter: I’ll be writing a 3-issue (so

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See Our Books Adapted for the Big Screen This Autumn: Watch Their Previews

Several motion pictures based on Penguin Random House books are debuting on theater screens across the world this fall, beginning this weekend and continuing into the pre-holiday season.  Our hope is that the old adage – “see the movie, read the book” – will continue to prevail among filmgoers. Please see local listings for international

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