Penguin Random House UK has revealed the 14 unpublished and underrepresented writers invited to join this year’s WriteNow editorial programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-04 23:15:02 UTC ]
With the Covid-19 pandemic resurgent around the globe, Penguin Random House this week announced that it is extending its Open License for online story time and read-aloud videos through March 31, 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Spare Room Project is collaborating with Penguin Random House to temporarily transform into "The Space Zoom Project" – an adaptation of the scheme in light of continued home-working across the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 21:12:52 UTC ]
Adrienne Tang, longtime rights director with Kids Can Press, moves to Penguin Random House Canada to create 'an entirely new in-house rights operation,' says CEO Kristen Cochrane. The post Penguin Random House Canada: Adrienne Tang to Build In-House Rights Business appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-23 16:11:39 UTC ]
Kit Harington, Joanna Lumley and David Walliams are among the all-star cast for a new Penguin Random House audio edition of J M Barrie's classic Peter Pan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-23 01:15:27 UTC ]
The Penguin Random House Ireland imprint buys medievalist Elizabeth Boyle's memoir hybrid. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 13:39:11 UTC ]
Vowing to address its own workforce demographics, Penguin Random House releases a Global Social Impact site on corporate responsibility. The post Penguin Random House’s Global Social Impact: Claire von Schilling appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-14 20:00:57 UTC ]
To highlight the publication of the new edition of 'The Cancer Journals' by Penguin Classics, Penguin Random House is partnering with the Black Women’s Health Imperative to connect the real-world impact of Audre Lorde’s work with the community that influenced it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has partnered up with PEN America, Out of Print, and When We All Vote to launch Book the Vote, which the publisher describes as a "nonpartisan initiative to protect free speech and ensure every voter’s right to participate in elections." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
First rolled out during the 2018 US midterm elections, the 'Book the Vote' program offers voter information and political literature. The post PEN America, Penguin Random House Partner on ‘Book the Vote’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-12 23:41:35 UTC ]
UK staffers at Penguin Random House have already been told they should again work from home if they can, following the step-change in government guidance as coronavirus infection rates rise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 00:00:21 UTC ]
Penguin Random House launches The Conversation, a hub of content collections 'to combat racism and end racial inequities'—meant for families, educators, and businesses. The post PRH Opens ‘The Conversation’ To ‘Sustain Antiracist Engagement’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-22 19:17:06 UTC ]
An internal report on workforce demographics at Penguin Random House shows that 78% of PRH non-warehouse employees are white. In addressing the report, PRH U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh said the company is determined to make its workforce "reflect the demographics of American society.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Global revenues at Penguin Random House fell slightly by 1.4% year on year in a "solid" six months to 30th June despite the impact of Covid-19, while parent company Bertelsmann saw group revenues tumble 8.9%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 10:51:49 UTC ]
PRH Grupo Editorial gets translation rights to English-language titles from Wattpad Book, a world Spanish exclusive. The post Spain’s Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial and Canada’s Wattpad Strike Rights Deal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-28 01:10:03 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children's UK has acquired two new books from Instagram parenting star Daisy Upton, known to her 180,000 followers as "Five Minute Mum". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 05:40:56 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK's major office move has now taken place, with Transworld leaving its site in Ealing while other divisions have departed the offices formerly held on the Strand. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 01:42:47 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s has won a 15-way auction to publish a "genre-defying, time-travelling" YA thriller, The Upper World by Femi Fadugba. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-11 13:52:13 UTC ]
Penguin Random House is launching a new collection of audiobooks from the Penguin Classics list this September, featuring acting stars from "Noughts + Crosses", "Sex Education" and "His Dark Materials" as narrators. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-10 21:44:19 UTC ]
Investment banker Lindsay Rechler has rewritten classic story to ‘to explain to my children why their world was turned upside down’The classic 1947 children’s picture book Goodnight Moon has been reimagined for the coronavirus era as Good Morning Zoom, replacing Margaret Wise Brown’s lights and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-08-04 11:13:49 UTC ]