Penguin Random House Author Events at the 42nd Annual First-Year Experience® Conference February 3-6, 2023 Los Angeles, California San Diego Ballroom, Westin Bonaventure Hotel   Click Here to RSVP   A complimentary meal and a limited number of books will be available to attendees. Each event will also be followed by an author signing   Interested in hosting one

Penguin Random House Common Reading Virtual Author Events  November 11th, 2022 Click Here to RSVP Penguin Random House Education would like to invite you to attend our Fall Virtual Author Event for Common Reading, which will take place on November 11th, 2022, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET (10:00-11:00 am PT) featuring live presentations by David McRaney, Carmen Rita Wong, Jordan

With the fall semester in full swing, colleges and universities around the country have announced their Common Reading books for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year.  We’ve compiled a list of over 420 programs and their title selections, which you can download here: First-Year Reading 2022-23. We will continue to update this listing to provide the most

We are delighted to present our new First-Year reading catalogs for 2023! From award-winning fiction and memoir to new books about science, technology, history and current events, the titles presented in our college reading catalogs will have students not only eagerly flipping through the pages, but also excited for the chance to discuss their reading

We’re delighted to announce that Penguin Random House will publish former First Lady Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, available November 15, 2022. In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, #1 bestselling memoir Becoming, Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly

On Thursday, June 9th 2022, Penguin Random House Education hosted a special event for first-year and common reading chairs from colleges and universities from across the country. Moderated by Spenser Stevens, PRH Education Marketing Manager, the event featured the following PRH authors speaking about their books:   Anita Hill, author of Believing Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a

In her memoir, Why Didn’t You Tell Me?, Carmen Rita Wong contends with questions of culture, race, family, and belonging, from the Harlem and Chinatown of her childhood to the almost exclusively white playgrounds of New Hampshire following her mother’s remarriage. Following Carmen from her coming of age through adulthood, when her mother’s long-held secrets

Penguin Random House Common Reading Virtual Author Events  June 9th, 2022 Click Here to RSVP Penguin Random House Education would like to invite you to attend our Summer Virtual Author Event for Common Reading, which will take place on June 9th, 2022, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET (10:00-11:00 am PT) featuring live presentations by Anita Hill, Elizabeth

Ian Manuel, author of My Time Will Come, was sentenced to life without parole at 14 years old. His memoir is a paean to the capacity of the human will to transcend adversity through determination and art—in Manuel’s case, through his dedication to writing poetry. Here is his poem, “Genie in a Bottle”:   I’m

“I believe that in order to heal, we must remember. Once we remember, we acknowledge. Once we acknowledge, we can take more significant action.”   Watch Dolen Perkins-Valdez discuss her inspiration for writing Take My Hand:   Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African

By David Laskin   After a long career successful in narrative nonfiction (The Children’s Blizzard, The Long Way Home, The Family), I decided a few years ago to jump the fence to fiction. My first novel, What Sammy Knew, is the story of a high school senior named Sammy Stein who, in the first months

We’re pleased to share videos from the 2022 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 Saturday Event Saturday, February 12, 2022 | 8:00 – 9:30 pm EST