Jeremy Carlisle Parker, author portrait

Jeremy Carlisle Parker

Jeremy Carlisle Parker is an actor, singer, and award-winning audiobook narrator living and working in New York.  She has been featured in film and television and performed in regional theaters across the U.S. Her training as an opera singer has afforded her a facility with accents and foreign languages. She holds a BM, MM, and Artist Diploma in Opera from the esteemed University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Jeremy has a profound love of storytelling and firmly believes that books can change lives.

Videos from the 2026 First-Year Experience® Conference are now available

We’re pleased to share videos from the 2026 First-Year Experience® Conference. Whether you weren’t able to join us at the conference or would simply like to hear the talks again, please take a moment to view the clips below.   Penguin Random House Author Breakfast Monday, February 17th, 7:15 – 8:45 am PST   This

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What Students Will Be Reading: Campus Common Reading Roundup, 2025-26

With the fall semester in full swing, colleges and universities around the country have announced their Common Reading books for the upcoming 2025-26 academic year. We’ve compiled a list of over 291 programs and their title selections from publicly available sources, which you can download here: First-Year Reading 2025-26. We will continue to update this

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2026 Catalog for First-Year & Common Reading

We are delighted to present our new First-Year & Common Reading Catalog for 2026! From award-winning fiction, poetry, memoir, and biography to new books about the environment, current events, history, public health, science, social justice, student success, and technology, the titles presented in our common reading catalog will have students not only eagerly flipping through

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