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Madeline McIntosh returns

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:28:15 +0000

Madeline McIntosh will return to Random House, Inc. in the newly created position of President, Sales, Operations, and Digital.

National Book Award Winner Finalists 2009

jkorn — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:18:50 +0000

Random House congratulates its three National Book Award finalists: Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann, and The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles.

In memoriam: Reinhard Mohn

jkorn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:35:41 +0000

Random House is deeply saddened by the death of Reinhard Mohn, the founder of modern Bertelsmann.

Dayton Literary Peace Prizes

llesnick — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:41:56 +0000

2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prizes awarded to Richard Bausch for his novel Peace and to Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn, authors of Half the Sky, for Lifetime Achievement.

Danticat MacArthur

llesnick — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:15:58 +0000

Random House, Inc. congratulates Edwidge Danticat on being named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow.

Now in theaters

llesnick — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:19:12 +0000

Now in theaters: The Informant, starring Matt Damon, based on the book by Kurt Eichenwald; The Boys Are Back, starring Clive Owen (playing in NYC & LA).

Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

llesnick — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:59:36 +0000

The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2009 shortlist announced. Congratulations to our nominees: American Rust by Philipp Meyer, The Vagrants by Yiyun Li, and Woodsburner by John Pipkin.

FT/Goldman Sachs Award

llesnick — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:53:10 +0000

In FED We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic shortlisted for FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year.

Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol sets one-day, adult fiction sales record

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:05:41 +0000

Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol sets one-day, adult fiction sales record and marks record-breaking day-one sales for Random House North America and U.K. One-day, global English-language sales well over 1 million copies.

A.S. Byatt Shortlisted for Booker Prize for The Children’s Book

jkorn — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:28:16 +0000

Random House congratulates A.S. Byatt’s The Children’s Book for being shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.