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We can't compete with the news today. All we can do is shake our little penguin heads.
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Go Johanna, go! Artist and bestselling author of HOW TO DRAW INKY WONDERLANDS
@johannabasford
is attempting to break the Guinness Record for the World's Largest Drawing✏️🌸
#InkyWorldRecord
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WHYYYYYYYY
don't have a bookmark? try using vitaminwater instead.
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"You're overthinking this."
"I have anxiety. I have no other thinking available."
—Matt Haig, The Midnight Library
#MentalHealthAwarenessDay
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In honor of
#MyPoliceman
hitting theaters on October 21 and
@PrimeVideo
on November 4, we’re excited to reveal a brand new book cover for Bethan Roberts’s emotional love story!
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Made of books....
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@jimmyfallon
is starting a book club, and wants YOU to help choose the first
#TonightShowSummerReads
! 🤩 Hop on and vote for THE GOOD SON by You-Jeong Jeong, "the Stephen King of South Korea":
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When we’re uncertain,
books bring us comfort.
When we’re scared,
books bring us hope.
When we’re isolated,
#BooksConnectUs
.
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It is with great pleasure that we present to you our official 2024 bookish in / out list:
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Congratulations to
@matthaig1
, whose novel THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY is the 2020
#GoodreadsChoiceAward
Winner for Fiction! 🥳🎉📚
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“You will one day experience joy that matches this pain…Hang on in there if you can. Life is always worth it.”
—
@matthaig1
, REASONS TO STAY ALIVE
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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"I write in the hope that someone will realize - yes, they are not alone..." - Junot Díaz, LIGHT THE DARK
#whyiwrite
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"The joy of being an author is the joy of feeling I can do anything." - Neil Gaiman, LIGHT THE DARK
@neilhimself
#amwriting
#writinglife
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✨📖📚READ📚📖✨
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"How to stop time: kiss.
How to travel in time: read.
How to escape time: music.
How to feel time: write.
How to release time: breathe.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive
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Quick! What's the best book you've read this year?! 👇
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The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle’s favorite poem is “A note from the beach” from NOTES ON A NERVOUS PLANET by
@matthaig1
! She calls it “a personal favourite and the best reminder during the summer season… or any season...” Read more from
@bustle
:
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We couldn't agree more with this quote from
#EleanorOliphantIsCompletelyFine
! Happy
#NationalLibraryWorkersDay
to all library workers, who help spread wonder 🎉📚
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We're very saddened to learn that William Trevor, one of the most acclaimed writers in English of the last century, has passed away.
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What is the best thing to use as a bookmark? (Wrong answers only.)
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We love this 🥰 Especially that second penguin's sweater 👀
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“I don’t like reading.” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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We’re so excited that TALES OF TWO PLANETS edited by
@freemanreads
is
@realGpad
’s September Book Club pick!
September Book Club Read!
TALES OF TWO PLANETS: STORIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN A DIVIDED WORLD. The editor, John Freeman, brings together some of the world’s best writers to give human context to the climate change crisis.
TALES OF TWO PLANETS:
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We are sad to share the news that the great chronicler of our age, John le Carré, has passed away.
Photo credit: Nadav Kander
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“How to stop time: kiss.
How to travel in time: read.
How to escape time: music.
How to feel time: write.
How to release time: breathe.”
—Matt Haig, How to Stop Time
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Every day is
#WorldBookDay
for us, but we'll use any excuse to show books some extra love! 🌎📚🗓️
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.
@YeonmiParkNK
shares her story in this poignant interview with
@joerogan
. Park, a North Korean human rights activist, writes about her childhood and escape from North Korea in her book, IN ORDER TO LIVE.
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It's finally time! The two-night season premiere of
@QueenSugarOWN
begins tonight on
@OWNTV
. Inspired by Natalie Baszile's novel and brought to the screen by
@ava
and
@Oprah
, it's a must-see. And if you haven't already, now's the perfect time to read the book that started it all.
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"We as leaders must at least be willing to sacrifice our political careers when integrity and our oath requires it." —
@AdamKinzinger
Read
@eastmond_andrew
's piece in
@chitribopinions
about the need for responsible leadership in politics 👇
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✨🎥 MAJOR TV ADAPTATION ALERT 🎥✨ Benedict Cumberbatch is officially signed on to star in the upcoming adaptation of
@matthaig1
's bestselling novel HOW TO STOP TIME, playing the lead role of Tom Hazard 🌟🎉😍
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Amazing -
@JojoMoyes
'
#MeBeforeYou
, originally published in 2012, is now a
#1
@NYTimes
bestseller 2 weeks running!
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Congratulations to
@matthaig1
, who has not one but TWO books on the New York Times bestseller list! There's a reason readers around the world have fallen in love with his writing. Start reading THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY and THE COMFORT BOOK today! 🤩🎉🥂
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We're hiring 🚨🥳 We're looking for a *remote* Editorial Assistant to work across our Penguin Books,
@VikingBooks
&
@PenguinClassics
imprints. Apply here:
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Raise your hand if you can't get enough of
@DebHarkness
's characters ✋! Don't forget to tune in to see Diana, Matthew, and all your other favorites in the Season 2 finale of
@ADiscoveryOfWTV
!
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“How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to release time: breathe.”
—Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive
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Okay, we're hooked. Season 2 of
@ADiscoveryOfWTV
is *so good.* Who's your favorite character from the international phenomenon based on
@DebHarkness
's series?
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.
@penguinrandom
is hiring! If you know someone who would be interested in a paid, remote Fall editorial internship send them this link:
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“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say.”
―Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
#BooksConnectUs
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"Stunning...[it] is nine years overdue in becoming a sensation here." —
@nytimes
Did you know MY POLICEMAN, starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin, is based on a book by Bethan Roberts?
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We hit 250,000 followers! And we just happen to have this pile of books sitting around. What should we do with them?
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You have until Friday to enter our
@MeBeforeYou
movie kit sweepstakes! (US only, sorry UK!)
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“Wherever you are, at any moment, try and find something beautiful. A face, a line out of a poem, the clouds out of a window, some graffiti, a wind farm. Beauty cleans the mind.” --
@matthaig1
, REASONS TO STAY ALIVE
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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Penguin Books turns 80 years old today. Thank you to all the readers who keep literature alive!
#Penguin80
http://t.co/BAgXQNch4W
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The crowd at
#NYCC18
is going *crazy* for the tv adaptation of
@DebHarkness
’s
#ADiscoveryOfWitches
!! 🤩 Get to rereading now before it hits screens in January!
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“Sleep remains a sacred space, away from distraction.” –
@matthaig1
💤 Join our
#NotesOnANervousPlanet
challenge by reading before bed each night this week instead of scrolling on your phone. Comment below “I’m in!” & you may get a surprise…
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Swoon!😍We're loving the newest season of
@ADiscoveryOfWTV
, adapted from the series by
@DebHarkness
. Who is your favorite All Souls character?
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We're excited to reveal our new cover for
@leverus
's THE MAGICIAN KING, tying in to the 2nd season of
@MagiciansSyfy
—premiering January 25!
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We're celebrating
#NationalDonutDay
and the opening of
#MeBeforeYou
. Does it get any better than this?
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If you've ever "borrowed" a book from your friend only to never read it or return it say sorry
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We've got good news! You can watch the first episode of Season 2 of
@ADiscoveryOfWTV
*right now* on
@AMCPlus
,
@sundance_now
and
@Shudder
! Based on
@debharkness
's novels, it's the perfect reason to break out the popcorn and fall in love all over again✨
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RT for chance to win
@johannabasford
's
#LostOcean
AND set of 20 Staedtler fine-tip markers!
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WATCH: Former Republican Congressman
@AdamKinzinger
on
@Morning_Joe
discussing his new book RENEGADE and the current state of the GOP, highlighting a shift towards radicalism and a departure from conservative principles. 👇
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"[Reading] is important because it gives you room to exist beyond the reality you’re given. It is how humans merge. How minds connect. Dreams. Empathy. Understanding. Escape. Reading is love in action.”
―Matt Haig, Notes on a Nervous Planet
#BooksConnectUs
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Hey
@JojoMoyes
fans: Want to win a trip to NYC for the
@MeBeforeYou
premiere? Enter here:
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Tonight, 10/9c! Tune in the premiere of
@TheSinnerUSA
, starring
@JessicaBiel
and based on Petra Hammesfahr's novel:
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The rumors you heard are true…the movie adaptation of
@BethanRoberts8
’s MY POLICEMAN is officially happening. Did we mention it stars
@Harry_Styles
and Emma Corrin? Start reading August 3rd!
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Today is a very important day to Penguin Books, because it's
#WorldPenguinDay
! What Penguin book are you going to pick up next?
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"And most of all, books. They were, in and of themselves, reasons to stay alive. Every book written is the product of a human mind in a particular state. Add all the books together and you get the end sum of humanity."
—Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive
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"I want life.
I want to read it and write it and feel it and live it.
I want, for as much of the time as possible in this blink-of-an-eye existence we have, to feel all that can be felt."
—
@matthaig1
, REASONS TO STAY ALIVE
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Season 2 of
@ADiscoveryOfWTV
premieres *this Saturday* on
@AMCPlus
,
@sundance_now
and
@Shudder
and we couldn't be more excited! Are you ready to read then watch? The new tie in edition of SHADOW OF NIGHT by
@debharkness
is now available! ✨
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"[A] complex and nuanced exploration of a love triangle…a moving depiction of human passions, frailties, and struggles.”
@PublishersWkly
loves MY POLICEMAN by Bethan Roberts, out 8/3!
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Wise words from the one and only, Eleanor Oliphant.
Forever grateful for these "palaces of wonder" 💛
#libraryweek
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Whether it is a novel about the choices that go into a life well lived, a quirky romcom, a meditation on how to feel happy, or a memoir of lifesaving lessons,
@MattHaig1
’s books are essential guides for living in the 21st century. Which is your favorite?📚
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Perfect weekend plans: rereading
#ADiscoveryofWitches
, then watching
@DebHarkness
’s bestselling series come to life this Sunday at 9PM ET on
@AMC
and
@BBCAMERICA
! ✨
@ADiscoveryOfWtv
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We're closing in on a quarter-million followers - wow! What say we have a nice giveaway when we hit 250,000?
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We have too many favorite indie bookstores to count, so here are just a few of them! Happy
#IndependentBookstoreDay
!
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It is finally here! Check out our gorgeous movie tie-in edition of THE GREEN KNIGHT with a foreword by the film’s writer and director, David Lowery! Tell us, how are excited are you to watch
@a24
’s new film adaptation starring Dev Patel? 💚⚔️
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RT for chance to win this
@DebHarkness
swag! Download FREE
#AllSouls
Reading Companion tmrw:
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What’d you read while Instagram and Facebook were down?
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Learn more about
@kamalaharris
in her memoir THE TRUTHS WE HOLD, now available in paperback
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They're a 10, but they haven't read a book since high school...
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Only using emojis, tell us the title of the last book you read 📚🐧
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Here is just a taste of the type of essential thought-provoking warmth you will find in
@matthaig1
's THE COMFORT BOOK, available 7/6✨ Start reading an excerpt now!
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As
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
comes to a close, let’s reflect on the advice and encouragement we will hold onto all year long. We will continue to turn to
@matthaig1
's books for warmth and light ☀️📚What comforting book will you return to?
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What inspires you? That's the simple, but profound question posed to forty-six renowned authors, including
@neilhimself
, in LIGHT THE DARK.
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RT for chance to win
#AllSouls
Pub Day pkg, incl limited edition boardgame & Commonplace Book signed by
@DebHarkness
!
http://t.co/aSaWD72HsN
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“It is never the privileged outsider who gets to decide when they’re a good ally.”
From HOOD FEMINISM by
@Karnythia
:
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In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript whose reappearance summons a fantastical underworld.
Immerse yourself in
@DebHarkness
' in A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES now:
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Season 3 of
@ADiscoveryOfWTV
premieres TOMORROW on
@AMCPlus
,
@sundance_now
, and
@Shudder
! While you wait to see what's next for Diana and Matthew, cozy up with the books by
@DebHarkness
that sparked the worldwide phenomenon ✨
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