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05/05/2026

We’re excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 United for Libraries & Penguin Random House Grants for Small & Rural Libraries!

💰 30 Friends of the Library groups across the country are awarded cash grants of either $1,000 or $500 to support summer reading programs, senior outreach, bookmobiles, tech upgrades & more.

📚 20 Friends groups will receive $500 to buy Penguin Random House books for their library.

💻 All winners are awarded 1 year of complimentary eLearning & training from United for Libraries.

“Public libraries are essential access points to information, opportunity, and community—especially in small and rural areas. We’re grateful for the opportunity to continue investing in these communities,” says Skip Dye, Senior Vice President of Library Sales and Digital Strategy at PRH.

View the full list of winners: https://bit.ly/4hdubzv

If you were lost in the library, where would we find you?For , our employee ambassadors gave us snapshots of their favo...
04/24/2026

If you were lost in the library, where would we find you?

For , our employee ambassadors gave us snapshots of their
favorite spots at their local libraries! From cozy reading chairs to Pacific Ocean views,
we think there’s nothing better than an afternoon spent browsing the stacks.

Where do you go when you want to feel some ? Drop your favorite spots in
the comments!

Author Jillian Laine shares her library love during National Library Week: “We are so lucky to have our libraries, and w...
04/23/2026

Author Jillian Laine shares her library love during National Library Week:

“We are so lucky to have our libraries, and we must do everything we can to protect and preserve them in return for the invaluable service they offer our communities.”

Today is Take Action for Libraries Day, a day to rally advocates to support libraries. Link in bio for how to take action today!



Check out HENRY TUDOR MUST DIE by Jillian Laine on July 21st!

“I love libraries enthusiastically every week! To serve as Honorary Chair for National Library Week takes that enthusias...
04/23/2026

“I love libraries enthusiastically every week! To serve as Honorary Chair for National Library Week takes that enthusiasm to a whole new level. Celebrating libraries, thanking library workers, visiting libraries is how I find my joy.”—Mychal Threets

Happy National Library Week! What ‘Library Joy’ have you experienced this week?

[📷: Members of the PRH Library Marketing Team with Mychal Threets in our ‘Library Joy’ t-shirts!]

04/22/2026

National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson has a message for everyone celebrating National Library Week – and a special shout-out to all the librarians: “I applaud you. I adore you. I am so happy to be walking this world with you.”

Today is National Library Outreach Day, a day that celebrates library outreach and the dedicated library professionals who are meeting their patrons where they are! It’s a day for library advocates to make their support known.

Thank you to library staff everywhere for all that you do!

Celebrate the legacy of all of Jacqueline Woodson’s titles at your library with new audiobook recordings coming in May, including a special full cast edition of BROWN GIRL DREAMING, narrated by a cast of award-winning actors!



Author Natalie Moss shares her deep love for libraries in honor of National Library Week: “Libraries always feel like bo...
04/21/2026

Author Natalie Moss shares her deep love for libraries in honor of National Library Week:

“Libraries always feel like both a home, and a gateway to me. Each shelf contains little worlds, and each book is an open border. Growing I moved around across lots of countries, and I changed schools on average every two years. In some schools in particular, it was a lot harder to fit in. Libraries don’t discriminate. They became the point of continuity as everything else around me changed.” –Natalie Moss

Check out THE NIGHT HUNTER by Natalie Moss, on sale July 28th!

A library is definitely more than a building. . . On this National Library Workers Day, be sure to recognize all the lib...
04/21/2026

A library is definitely more than a building. . .

On this National Library Workers Day, be sure to recognize all the library staff who help make the library such an amazing place to gather.

“Libraries have been ritual meeting grounds in my life for as long as I can remember. When I was a boy growing up in Savannah, Georgia, my mother used to teach art classes in our local library. My first summer job, at fourteen, was teaching theater to children in public libraries across the city. Today, I serve on the library council of my alma mater, Yale, a privilege that includes visiting historical institutions around the country. What I’ve learned is that a library is more than a building; a library is a ritual gathering space where minds meet across time.” — Bruce Feiler

Check out A TIME TO GATHER by New York Times-bestselling author, Bruce Feiler, on sale May 19th!

Don’t you love a book that takes place in a library? “Libraries have never lost their magic for me. On the surface, this...
04/21/2026

Don’t you love a book that takes place in a library?

“Libraries have never lost their magic for me. On the surface, this admiration gave life to what is now THE LIBRARY AFTER DARK, my darkly whimsical locked-room thriller . . .” says author

“For years now, libraries have been the cure for my bone-deep yearning for story. That is only possible because of your career’s lineage: the reverence of knowledge, and passion for sharing it with the world.”

We’re sharing the magic of libraries all week long in celebration of .

Read Ande Pliego’s full letter to librarians on the PRH Library website – link in bio! And read THE LIBRARY AFTER DARK, on sale May 5th!

04/20/2026

Happy National Library Week from the Penguin Random House Library Marketing Team! It’s *always* Library Week to us, but this week we are thrilled to recognize the official ALA celebration and amplify all the ways that libraries help communities everywhere find joy. Shout out your love for libraries in the comments!

[Video filmed from the show floor of ]

The American Library Association kicks off with Right to Read Day, a day for readers, advocates, and library lovers to...
04/20/2026

The American Library Association kicks off with Right to Read Day, a day for readers, advocates, and library lovers to take action to protect, defend, and celebrate the right to read.

Follow for ways to take action against book bans! Until we overcome the organized attacks on the freedom to read, is every day.

04/20/2026

*We’re so happy you’re here* to celebrate with us! Librarian, author, and 2026 National Library Week Honorary Chair shares a special message from the studio while narrating the audiobook of I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY JOY - available now!

Mychal encourages us to “thank a librarian and thank yourself for being a library person!” This week’s theme is Find Your Joy. What about the library brings you joy?

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