Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau

29/08/2023

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Yong's AN IMMENSE WORLD is now out in paperback!

ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, People, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Public Library, Outside, Publishers Weekly, BookPage

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Economist, Smithsonian Magazine, Prospect (UK), Globe & Mail, Esquire, Mental Floss, Marginalian, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal

"Yong writes in a perfect balance of scientific rigor and personal awe as he invites readers to grasp something of how other animals experience the world." — NPR

25/07/2023

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo's SOMEBODY'S FOOL is out now!

“A wise and witty drama of small-town life…delivering the generous humor, keen ear for dialogue, and deep appreciation for humanity’s foibles that have endeared the author to his readers for decades.” —Publishers Weekly

18/07/2023

Colson Whitehead's CROOK MANIFESTO is out now!

The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.

One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Summer by The Washington Post • TIME Magazine • NPR • The Los Angeles Times • USA Today • Vulture • Lit Hub • Kirkus Reviews • CrimeReads

13/07/2023

Bestselling author Ingrid Rojas Contreras's THE MAN WHO COULD MOVE CLOUDS is now out in paperback!

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, VULTURE, PEOPLE, BOSTON GLOBE, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, & MORE

"A blazing memoir… A lyrically rich excavation of memory, mythology and history." — Los Angeles Times

12/07/2023

Astronomer, astrophysicist, and professor Aomawa Shields's LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS is out now!

"A lyrical, image-rich investigation of an unconventional blueprint for authentic living." — Kirkus Reviews

12/07/2023

#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber's MUST LOVE FLOWERS is out now!

“Wise, warm, witty, and charmingly full of hope, this story celebrates the surprising and unexpected ways that family, friendship, and love can lift us up.”—Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE FOUR WINDS

12/07/2023

Journalist, storyteller, and author Donovan X. Ramsey's WHEN CRACK WAS KING is out now!

“Beautifully composed and carefully researched... a thoroughgoing survey of the crack epidemic. Since I lived through it, I thought I knew about this period—until I read this clear-eyed book.”—Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of #1 New York Times bestseller HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST

20/06/2023

K-Ming Chang's GODS OF WANT is now out in paperback!

WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Them, Book Riot

“No one writes like K-Ming Chang. Wise, energetic, funny, and wild, Gods of Want displays a boundless imagination anchored by the weight of ancestors and history. These stories sing, a true force to behold.”—Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Sabrina & Corina and Woman of Light

20/06/2023

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author Andrea Bartz's THE SPARE ROOM is out!

“Sexy, atmospheric, deliciously creepy, and ingeniously plotted: the best kind of up-all-night page-turner.”—Lucy Foley, author of The Paris Apartment and The Guest List

19/06/2023

The expanded edition of Ed Catmull's CREATIVITY, INC. is now out!

CREATIVITY, INC. has been significantly expanded to illuminate the continuing development of the unique culture at Pixar. It features a new introduction, two entirely new chapters, four new chapter postscripts, and changes and updates throughout. Pursuing excellence isn’t a one-off assignment but an ongoing, day-in, day-out, full-time job. And CREATIVITY, INC. explores how it is done.

"Might be the most thoughtful management book ever.”—Fast Company

16/06/2023

New York Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid's CARRIE SOTO IS BACK is now out in paperback!

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam” (Elle)

“Gorgeous. The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. I’ll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it.”—Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach Read

15/06/2023

Javier Zamora's New York Times-Bestseller SOLITO is now available in paperback.

New York Times Bestseller • Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography • Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award

“I read SOLITO with my heart in my throat and did not burst into tears until the last sentence. What a person, what a writer, what a book.”—Emma Straub

“A riveting tale of perseverance and the lengths humans will go to help each other in times of struggle.”—Dave Eggers

13/06/2023

National Book Award-winning historian and New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's HOW TO RAISE AN ANTIRACIST is now available in paperback.

“Kendi’s latest . . . combines his personal experience as a parent with his scholarly expertise in showing how racism affects every step of a child’s life. . . . Like all his books, this one is accessible to everyone regardless of race or class.”—Los Angeles Times (Book Club Pick)

27/02/2023

Gabrielle Zevin is the internationally bestselling author of several novels, including TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW. She talks about her writing techniques, how games are integrally linked to story, and more: http://ow.ly/MXf050N2olh

24/02/2023

A celebrated poet and professor, Joshua Bennett shares the transformative power of the spoken word and the hidden literary histories of Black environmentalism, education, and resistance. http://ow.ly/wfcG50N2oal

24/02/2023

“Ignorance is no protection against the consequences of inaction.”

Isabel Wilkerson talked with Stephen Colbert about CASTE, Tyre Nichols, and how America is like an old house. http://ow.ly/pOHO50N23zG

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson explains the premise of her book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” and points out that ...

21/02/2023

Congratulations Will Schwalbe on the publication of WE SHOULD NOT BE FRIENDS! This warm, funny, irresistible book follows an improbable and life-changing college friendship over 40 years.

Want to bring Will Schwalbe to your next event? http://ow.ly/zsFF50MYFwe

21/02/2023

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU hits bookshelves today! Rebecca Makkai's latest novel is ”part true-crime page-turner, part campus coming-of-age.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

Learn more about how you can bring Rebecca to your next event: http://ow.ly/V08150MYr3c