Author Events and Media - Penguin Group (USA) Weekly Update 9/21

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Barney’s Hosts Fashion Week Bash for Penguin Author Scott Schuman

In the midst of New York’s Fashion Week, Barneys hosted a soiree for fashion blogger Scott Schuman and his newly released Penguin Original, The Sartorialist. Lines snaked around the store as hundreds of fans and fashionistas gathered to toast Scott on his success. Scott also designed a men’s pop-up shop, featuring his favorite designers as well as his book, which will run through September 29th.

Scott is pictured here with Barney's Creative Director Simon Doonan (left). For more coverage, visit Scott’s blog.

Penguin employees can get the deluxe/gift edition of The Sartorialist at the unbelievable discounted price of $52.50 (cover price is $175) here in the Penguin USA Employee Book Store.
 

Penguin Audio Featured in AM New York

Penguin Audio was profiled in an article earlier this week in the free newspaper, AM New York. The article discussed the history of the audio book industry and how every major fiction and nonfiction title is now available in this format. Patti Pirooz, Executive Producer at Penguin audio is quoted numerous times in the piece; Judy Kay is pictured in the studio recording U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton (Marion Wood/Putnam, on sale 12/1); Viking/Penguin author Elizabeth Gilbert is mentioned as one of the authors that reads their own title; and Sarah Vowell author of The Wordy Shipmates (Riverhead) is quoted on how she likes a full cast and an original score for her audiobook.

To check out the article, click here.
 

Penguin Publishes Movie Tie-In to Highly-Anticipated Film, Bright Star

On sale this week is Penguin’s movie tie-in for Bright Star, a collection of John Keats' romantic poems and correspondence in the heat of his passion for the love of his life, Fanny Brawne. Keats died at the young age of twenty-five, leaving behind some of the most exquisite and moving verse and letters ever written, inspired by his deep love for Fanny. The movie, which received a rave review in the The New York Times, opens this week and stars Abbie Cornish (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) as Fanny Brawne and Ben Wishaw (Brideshead Revisited, Perfume) as John Keats.

Watch the Bright Star movie trailer.