Featured, In The Studio, Interview, Promotions & Events Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month with This is the Author podcast featuring Eddie Glaude, Conor Knighton, and more! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 14, 2020

Check out another This is the Author episode celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month! We are celebrating the magic of libraries and the work that YOU, the librarians, do by sharing some of your favorite authors’ fondest memories and stories about why the library means so much to them. Share the second special new episode this month of PRH Audio’s This is the Author podcast with your patrons to encourage them to take part in the celebration with #LibraryCardSignUpMonth. Read more

Tagged: Library Card, Library Card Sign-Up Month, podcast, This is the Author

Featured, In The Studio, Interview, Promotions & Events Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month with This is the Author podcast featuring Erik Larson, Anne Applebaum, and more! Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 1, 2020

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! We are celebrating the magic of libraries and the work that YOU, the librarians, do by sharing some of your favorite authors’ fondest memories and stories about why the library means so much to them. Share this special episode of This is the Author podcast with patrons to encourage them to take part in the celebration with #LibraryCardSignUpMonth. Read more

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Featured-LL, Interview LISTEN UP: a special podcast episode with 3 beloved YA and children’s authors Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on November 12, 2018

Did you know that Penguin Random House Audio has a podcast called This is the Author? We love to chat with authors about what it’s like to record their own audiobooks. Were there any surprises? How would they describe the experience? And if they didn’t record it themselves, who would their dream narrator(s) be? Read more

Tagged: bridge of clay, Carmela Full of Wishes, Interview, Markus Zusak, Matt de la Peña, Nic Stone, Odd One Out, podcast, This is the Author

Awards & Recognition Sarah Jessica Parker selects EXIT WEST as Book Club Central pick! Step into the studio with author and narrator Mohsin Hamid Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on October 12, 2017

Sarah Jessica Parker’s newest Book Club Central pick is the extraordinary EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid, which is also shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize and is a Kirkus Prize finalist. The talented New York Times bestselling author also narrated his own audiobook and gave us insight into that unique experience in a great episode of Penguin Random House Audio’s This is the Author podcast. Read more

Tagged: Book Club, Book Club Central, EXIT WEST, Kirkus Prize finalist, Man Booker Prize shortlist, Mohsin Hamid, podcast, Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP, This is the Author