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To celebrate *90 years* of Penguin, we're thrilled to announce a special one-off brief for the Cover Design Award, in partnership with Creative Review! 🎨 📚 If you're an aspiring designer or illustrator, we're asking you to create a new design system for our paperback books, encapsulating the spirit of our founding design principles - being bold, distinctive and for mass-market ✨ By entering the Cover Design Award, you could win a feature in the May 2025 Creative Review issue, a six-month mentorship with one of our designers, a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet, *and* Penguin books to the value of £100! 📖 Find out more >> https://lnkd.in/eEJcYND4 #design #illustration #illustrator #graphicdesign #designer #coverdesign #bookcover #books #book #opportunity #workinpublishing #PenguinBooks

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." 🎄🧡 ⁠ Here are just some of the book covers of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens that have adorned this wonderful little story of redemption, goodwill and celebration over the years.⁠ Which one is your favourite? 👇 #AChristmasCarol #Christmas #ChristmasCarol #book #books #bookcover #coverdesign #design #illustration #creative #PenguinBooks

It’s time for Creative of The Month, where we celebrate and platform Penguin Cover Design Award alumni! 🎨   This month we're celebrating Charlotte Jennings who won first place in the 2024 Cover Design Award Fiction category, where she redesigned the cover of ‘City of Stolen Magic’, by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak. Charlotte is a concept artist and illustrator based in Hertfordshire ✍️ ‘I have a love for storytelling and designing worlds inspired by the magic we can find in everyday life. The beauty of nature and architecture across the world is always a big influence on my creations and I find joy in researching new things to push my concepts. My process is a fusion of 2D and 3D media, which I blend together to form my designs. I like to experiment with layering different media to create unique styles and practices that guide the mood of each project and the stories I am telling.’ You can see more of Charlotte’s work here >> https://lnkd.in/dtNEyfd3 And find out more about this year's recently launched Cover Design Award brief >> https://lnkd.in/eEJcYND4 #illustration #creative #art #design #illustrator #creativity #bookdesign #coverdesign #illustrationart #PenguinBooks

Wow, what a year! Here are just some of our highlights 🥳 Awards for our books, authors and colleagues 🏆 Transforming the 1000th primary school library 🧒 Moving 2 million books out of the warehouse in 5 days 📖 Incredible events, from our office in London to Bologna 🎉 Innovative partnerships 🤝 Team bonding and away days 🥰 We're already excited for what's planned in 2025 🧡 – watch this space! #books #book #publishing #publishingindustry #reader #readers #colleagues #colleague #creative #creativity #workinpublishing #PenguinBooks

Do you have a book idea that’s waiting patiently at the back of your mind? Make writing it the goal for 2025! ✍️📖 According to a study, 30% of Brits have an idea for a book, but struggle getting past 700 words. So, where to begin? 🤔 We've compiled our top tips from writers and editors to help you kickstart your writing journey ✨ >> https://lnkd.in/eRZXy5YR #writing #amwriting #author #authors #writer #writers #gettingpublished #publishing #books #book #reading #reader #PenguinBooks

A massive thank you to the incredible pupil librarians of Moreland Primary School for joining us at Parliament last week! ✨ 📚 Please consider supporting our #LibrariesForPrimaries campaign, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust 🧡 >> https://lnkd.in/e_JkspzW #GrowAGenerationOfReaders #readers #reading #books #book #publishing #library #libraries #schoollibrary #workinpublishing #PenguinBooks

Christmas shopping = book shopping, right? 👀 📚 This week we have our annual colleague book sale, with all proceeds going to the National Literacy Trust! ✨ Below is the huge range of titles on offer at discount, which ones are on your Christmas list? 🎄 #books #book #booksale #reader #readers #publishing #colleague #colleagues #benefits #workinpublishing #PenguinBooks

We're so proud to support the incredible work of Prison Reading Groups 🧡🙏 #books #book #reading #reader #prisonreadinggroup #readinggroup #publishing #socialimpact #PenguinBooks

Despite 37% of England’s school children identifying as Black, Asian or minority ethnic, *98.5%* of English Literature GCSE students do not study a text by a writer of colour 📚 We're calling on ministers to reform the English literature curriculum in schools in England alongside over 180 authors and publishers >> https://lnkd.in/eDHYBccn #books #book #reading #reader #englishliterature #curriculumreform #LitinColour #student #students #school #publishing #PenguinBooks

Does an Editor immediately know they want to work with an author? ✍️✨ In episode 9 of #ThePenguinPodcast, we're unpicking the publishing process, discussing everything from how to find an agent to what it's like working with an editor and publicity team 📚 ⁠ Featuring: Jennie Godfrey, bestselling Author Kaiya Shang, Commissioning Editor, Vintage Charlotte Bush, Director of Publicity and Media Relations, Cornerstone ⁠ Listen now 🎧️ >> https://lnkd.in/gR9gZ-5u #gettingpublished #publishingprocess #publishing #books #book #reading #reader #editor #workinpublishing #PenguinBooks