BEA begins next week, who’s excited? Each year BEA is a time to see your favorite authors and discover new ones. This year week have a great list of authors attending the conferences such as Jonathan Lethem, Chuck Palahniuk, Helen Fielding and Paula Deen. Check out our full Random House BEA Schedule. All signings take place […]
Does everyone remember Banana Yoshimoto? The literary sensation of the 1990s and author of Kitchen, Amrita, and Goodbye Tsugumi? Well, she’s back this year with another book called The Lake. For it, she is willing to do something she’s never done before, which is to come to the United States to promote the novel! Along […]
Egmont USA organized a bus tour of Manhattan with author Walter Dean Myers, in support of his new novel Riot (Sept.), set in 1863 during the New York City draft riots. Beginning at the New-York Historical Society, the tour visited numerous sites of historical interest, including the Irish Hunger Memorial, Castle Clinton, the South Street […]
Our bags are packed (almost) and our books have been shipped (fingers crossed). We have an exciting line-up of authors joining us for the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Stop by Booth #1834 to see our latest releases, receive free galleys, hear about what we’re reading and what we’re excited about! We can’t wait to see […]
It’s not every Friday morning I find myself on the Playboy website. I swear. But with ALA coming upon us and James Ellroy the highly anticipated Auditorium Speaker (Saturday 10:30am), that is exactly where I just found myself. Don’t miss this in-depth video as Ellroy tours the “places in LA that haunt him and to […]
Marcia, Jen, and I had a wonderful time at BEA this year. It was great to see so many of our librarian friends and attend all the programs sponsored for librarians only! I tried to be vigilant in my photo taking. Here are my snapshots and highlights! Senior Vice President and Publisher, Julie Grau, discussed her hot picks and […]
A road trip with fellow Library Marketers from HarperCollins and Macmillan + the librarians assembled for the 2009 MLA Conference + Laurie R. King = a fabulous trip for Erica! Virginia, Talia, and I presented top picks from our respective Fall 2009 lists for the Publisher Round-Up and Book Buzz (if you would like a copy […]
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Now available in paperback is Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence, which Library Journal called a “…magical and haunting new novel.” Just in time for the paperback release, Random House has launched a dedicated Salman Rushdie website featuring excerpts from the author’s many books, information about his upcoming appearances, author videos, and more. -Jen
