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News News Social Impact In-Depth Stories Management Locations Company history Compliance Search for:News There’s a Book for That: Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month :May 9, 2024 Welcome May and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month! In honor of the occasion, we are featuring the following recent and acclaimed fiction and nonfiction which recognizes the history, achievements and experiences of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders: More There’s a Book for That: The Earth! :April 24, 2024 We’re celebrating, and advocating for, our earth this week. In the lead-up to Earth Day on Monday, EarthDay.org organizers promoted the theme "Planet vs. Plastics," calling for a massive reduction in plastic production. There is always so much to learn about protecting this beautiful world. Here are recent and acclaimed books to help us appreciate its biodiversity and motivate us to improve our planet’s health: More Friday Reads: April is Autism Acceptance Month :April 19, 2024 Did you know that April is Autism Acceptance Month? Autism Acceptance Month is a great reminder that we can and should see the individual, not a diagnosis, and work together to advocate for the unique services and supports that help each person live fully,” said Christopher Banks, President and CEO of the Autism Society of America whose motto this month is #CelebrateDifferences.” At we publish the following excellent books, for children and adults, that help readers do just that and see individuals, not diagnoses: More James McBride & Lauren Groff Honored on the 2024 TIME100 List :April 18, 2024 In its April 17 issue, TIME unveiled its annual TIME100 , the 2024 list of their selections of the 100 most influential people in the world. The Artists category celebrated two authors! More RHCB’s PIPER CHEN SINGS Selected for Annual Read for the Record Literacy Campaign :April 12, 2024 Jumpstart for Young Children , an equity-focused early care and education organization, has selected PIPER CHEN SINGS , written by award-winning actress Phillipa Soo ( Hamilton ) and Maris Pasquale Doran , and illustrated by Qin Leng, for their 19 th annual Read for the Record early literacy campaign. The campaign will culminate on October 24, 2024, uniting more than 2 million readers across thousands of classrooms globally to raise awareness of the need for early literacy and access to inclusive, high-quality books. The TJX Companies, Inc.- a longtime Jumpstart sponsor – will serve as the campaign’s exclusive presenting impact partner. More Load more #1 NYT Bestselling Author Liane Moriarty Returns This Fall with HERE ONE MOMENT :April 11, 2024 On September 10, 2024 , Crown will publish HERE ONE MOMENT , the eagerly anticipated new novel from international bestselling author, Liane Moriarty . The news was announced on Wednesday, April 10 and People Magazine published an exclusive excerpt, which you can now peek here . With over 20 million copies of her books sold around the world, Moriarty is one of the most widely read and successful novelists writing today. She has multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers to her name and the cinematic quality of her work has made her Hollywood’s go-to author with three of her novels adapted for the screen, including the Emmy-winning HBO limited series, Big Little Lies . A modern-day Jane Austen, she has earned the devotion of a global readership thanks to her mastery of domestic drama, a writer who brings poignancy to relatable themes through irresistible characters, compelling scenarios, and deceptively sharp observations of human behavior and social dynamics—with a healthy dose of humor and wit. In HERE ONE MOMENT , Moriarty’s talents are on full display as she poses this unnerving question to readers: if you knew you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? More There’s a Book for That: National Library Week! :April 11, 2024 It’s time to share your love for libraries! National Library Week, an initiative of the American Library Association, runs from April 7-13 th . This year’s theme is Ready, Set, Library!” Running with that theme, we invite you to not only connect with your library, but also with some favorite books that feature libraries and librarians, below. Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature will serve as Honorary Chair for 2024. Click here for ways to celebrate libraries and to read a message from Meg. More Watch Now: John Green’s TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN Film Adaptation Coming Soon to Max :April 4, 2024 Max has released the trailer for their adaptation of John Green’s #1 bestselling novel TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN ( Penguin Books ), coming to the streamer on Friday, May 2. Directed by actress-turned-director Hannah Marks, Turtles All the Way Down tackles anxiety through its 17-year-old protagonist, Aza Holmes (Isabela Merced). It’s not easy being Aza, but she’s trying... trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, and a good student, all while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts that she cannot control. When she reconnects with Davis, her childhood crush, Aza is confronted with fundamental questions about her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope. More There’s a Book for That: National Poetry Month :April 4, 2024 A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” ― Robert Frost Welcome to National Poetry Month! April is rich with inspiration for poetry lovers – with poetry readings, workshops, and new books from debut and beloved poets alike. Whether you are well-versed or simply poetry-curious, we invite you to dip into the following standout, recently published, volumes: More From Black Creatives Fund to Debut Novel: Ballantine Books Releases Lattimore’s ALL WE WERE PROMISED :April 2, 2024 In 2021, Ashton Lattimore , an award-winning journalist and former lawyer, became a participant in the Black Creatives Fund Revisions Workshop. Today, Ballantine Book s is excited to release Lattimore’s first novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED . ALL WE WERE PROMISED tells the story of a housemaid with a dangerous family secret as she conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia. The narrative is told through the perspectives of three women in vastly different circumstances – the rebel, the socialite, and the fugitive – risking everything for one another in an American city straining to live up to its loftiest ideals. Publishers Weekly says, [Lattimore] provides a textured view of such historical events as the building of Pennsylvania Hall as a meeting place for the antislavery movement and its subsequent burning by an angry antiabolitionist mob. Lattimore is a writer to watch.” More Load more Glorious PRH Manhattan Night: ‘24 NBCC Fiction, Biography, Best Debut Authors Published by Knopf, Penguin Press :March 22, 2024 The first days of spring, and the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards March 21 Manhattan ceremony, have arrived almost simultaneously, bringing the fresh air of optimism about prospective cultural prizes for ’s books in the year ahead. A great start: Three of our imprints’ shortlisted titles, in the Biography and Fiction categories, and the John Leonard Prize for Best Debut, have been voted the 2024 respective winners by the members of the NBCC, which describes its annual Awards, celebrating its 50th Anniversary year: considered among the most prestigious in American letters, are the sole prizes bestowed by a [national] jury of working critics and book review editors.” More There’s a Book for That: Women’s Historical Fiction :March 20, 2024 As we continue to honor Women’s History this month of March, it’s clear that novels about historical women are quite popular. Thus, we’ve curated some new and noteworthy fiction for fans of the genre, or any reader who may wish to...