Congratulations to the PRH titles and authors that won the Eisner Awards! Eisner Awards are comic and graphic novel awards that range from 12 different categories and are given to those who are considered the best creators and best publications of the last year. These awards are presented at a gala every year at San Diego’s

Starting from 1968, the Booker Prize has been a prestigious literary prize given to English novels that are published in the UK and Ireland! These titles are reviewed by a diverse group of panelists, which consists of award-winning authors and scholars from the UK and Ireland, that choose the best-written novels in their opinion for the whole

Congratulations to the 7 PRH finalists that won the Hugo Awards! The Hugo Awards are given to those who have shown excellence in science fiction and fantasy. The Hugo Award, which began in 1953 and has been presented since 1955 as science fiction’s most prestigious award. These awards are voted on and administered by members

The National Book Critics Circle was founded in 1974 by a group of the most influential critics of the day. It was awarded its first set of honors the following year. Now comprising of more than 600 critics and book editors throughout the country, the NBCC annually bestows its awards in six categories, honoring the

The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is a prestigious award honoring the best published works of fiction penned by an American author within the calendar year. Every year, three writers are chosen by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Board of Directors, free from commercial influence. The judges this year include Christopher Bollen, R.O. Kwon, and Tiphanie Yanique. The

THE BOOKS OF JACOB, written by Olga Tokarczuk, and translated by Jennifer Croft, follows the comet-like rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious leader as he blazes his way across eighteenth-century Europe.

On October 5, the respective 2021 National Book Award judges for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature revealed their short-list selections in each category.

The 2021 Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Arts, and Letters were announced at Columbia University on June 11, and four Penguin Random House titles were among the finalists in three categories.

Wonderful news from the January 25 session of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, an annual convocation, held virtually this year, dear to the nation’s library community. One of its most anticipated highlights is the bestowal of numerous prizes and recognition for previous year’s children’s and young adult fiction and nonfiction deemed to be of resonant literary and cultural importance. Chief among them is the Newbery Medal, awarded yearly to “the most distinguished American children’s book.” This year’s Newbery Medal went to WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER by Tae Keller.

Penguin Random House author Jacqueline Woodson was named the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Laureate, the world’s largest award for children’s and young adult literature. The prize amounts to 5 million Swedish krona (approximately $613,000).  Woodson is the author of more than thirty books, including novels, poetry and picture books. One of her most lauded titles is