Announcing Penguin Random House’s 2024 National Book Award Winners 🎉

We’re proud to announce our PRH authors won in three of the five award categories: Young People’s Literature – KAREEM BETWEEN by Shifa Saltagi Safadi Nonfiction – SOLDIERS AND KINGS: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León Fiction – JAMES by Percival Everett Please join us in a heartfelt congratulations for these Penguin Random House authors, publishers, editors, and

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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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