3 Readers will win a Haruki Murakami t-Shirt, Hat, and a Copy of his New Book, “MURAKAMI T: THE T-SHIRTS I LOVE”! To celebrate the release of Haruki Murakami’s new book, “Murakami T: The T-Shirts I Love”, Penguin Random House has teamed-up with a catalog company called OUT OF PRINT to have a special contest. This company makes very excellent T-Shirts, Hats, Socks & other items that share the Love of Reading & Books! For THIS CONTEST they […]
Coming to a Store Near You! Here’s a very recent Book Cover Design at Knopf by Chip Kidd. This is for “ALL IN: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY” by Billie Jean King. An inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion of equality that encompasses her brilliant tennis career, unwavering activism, and an ongoing commitment to fairness and social justice.In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life’s journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career–six years as […]
Tony Hiss, author of the new book, “Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth”, is on a Book Tour, well sort of. In the age of Covid-19 Mr. Hiss is doing a lot of speaking engagements on ZOOM. Down below is a recent example. Then, we found a graphic that shows other dates with other Podcasters & Bookstores. So be sure to check that out! Oh yeah, the Book Cover was designed by Chip Kidd! RESCUING […]
Mark Laliberte, over at the CAROUSEL Magazine Blog, recent published an exclusive interview they did back in 2013 with Author & Graphic Designer Chip Kidd. In the discussion, they talk about Chip’s long career at Penguin Random House (Then, just “Random House”) & the State of Graphic Design today. They also discuss such issues as: BAT-MANGA (Chip’s Book celebrating Jiro Kuwata’s Batman Art from the 1960’s), WATCHING THE WATCHMEN (Another Book by Chip where he documents the making of THE […]
As a part of the “Book Your Summer” Program over at Penguin Random House, Graphic designer and editor Chip Kidd gets the inside story from some of our favorite graphic novelists: Pat Dorian (Lon Chaney Speaks), Reza Farazmand (City Monster), Liana Finck (Excuse Me), Deena Mohamed (Shubeik Lubeik), Tom Scioli (Jack Kirby), and David F. Walker (The Life of Frederick Douglass). If a picture is worth a thousand words, the amazing blends of art and storytelling crafted by these talented […]
Join us for a virtual conversation with WSB Exclusive Speaker Robert M. Gates, former United States Secretary of Defense and author of the acclaimed #1 best-selling memoir, “Duty”, as he discusses his latest book, “EXERCISE OF POWER: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World” (Knopf, Cover Design by Chip Kidd). Gates shares a candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American […]
The Comedian, Movie Star & Author Jim Carrey was recently honored to be a guest on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Jim was mainly there to share info about his new book, “Memoirs and Misinformation” (Knopf). He goes into detail about the image for the cover design of the book. It’s a pretty interesting story about the false “Ballistic Missile Strike Warning in Hawaii” & how the photo was taken. The Book Designer, Chip Kidd, used this image to […]
In this video down below, posted by Penguin Random House, the Author Lawrence Wright & Nicholas D. Kristof of BookPeople discuss Wright’s new book, “The End of October” (Knopf). Sign up for the Penguin Random House newsletter to get more videos like this and tailored book recommendations: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/ ————————————————————————————————————
Penguin Random House proudly joins forces with Books & Books @ The Studios of Key West to present Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon one and only virtual event to discuss their new novel, MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION. Find the book here: https://bit.ly/memoirsandmisinformation “None of this is real and all of it is true,” says Jim Carrey about his new novel, Memoirs and Misinformation, co-written with the author Dana Vachon. The award-winning actor and author will make his one and only virtual […]
This is just a quick post to share this awesome photo of Conan O’Brien promoting Jim Carrey & Dana Vachon’s latest book, “Memoirs and Misinformation: a Novel (Published by Knopf, Book Cover Design by Chip Kidd). Conan also added a quote, “I really enjoyed JimCarrey’s “memoir.” Like Jim, the book is wildly comic, inventive, subversive, and made primarily of compressed paper pulp.” Thanks Conan, SO Awesome!! ————————————————————————————————————