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Introducing... the Penguin Book Vending Machine!
In 1935, Sir Allen Lane was inspired to create Penguin Books when he couldn't find a good book to read at Exeter St. David's train station.
We've gone back to our roots to ensure modern day commuters won't face the same problem.
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‘You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.’
James Baldwin, born
#onthisday
in 1924
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Best last lines in literature:
➡️ ‘He loved Big Brother.’
➡️ ‘So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.’
➡️ ‘After all, tomorrow is another day.’
➡️ ‘It's ..........Rebekah Vardy's account.’
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In 1987, Diane Abbott (
@HackneyAbbott
) made history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK. Since then, she has campaigned tirelessly for a better future for Britain.
We are proud to announce we'll be publishing her powerful memoir, A Woman Like Me, in 2022.
#IWD2021
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‘How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.’
Anne Frank, born
#onthisday
in 1929
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World-conquering K-pop band
#BTS
have always had literary leanings. Here, we pick the perfect reads to accompany some of their best songs 👇
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‘You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.’
James Baldwin, born
#onthisday
in 1924.
#ThursdayThoughts
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‘Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.’
Happy
#RoaldDahlDay
, one and all! Which Roald Dahl story made you believe in magic?
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On 10 January 2023, readers everywhere will be part of a landmark publication: the story of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex. Personal and emotionally powerful, SPARE will be published by
@transworldbooks
, supporting two special charities. Details at .
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‘So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.’
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, born
#onthisday
in 1896
#ThursdayThoughts
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‘I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.’
Mary Wollstonecraft, died
#onthisday
in 1797.
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Ahh, it's up! 🎄🎉 This GORGEOUS book tree is currently decorating St Pancras station. Stop by for a break with an audiobook while waiting for your train or in between shopping - and tag us in any photos if you can! 🧡
Could there be a more perfect Christmas tree
@StPancrasInt
?! Thoroughly recommend grabbing one of the seats and listening to a
@PenguinUKBooks
audiobook whilst you’re there
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‘I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’
Maya Angelou, born
#OnThisDay
in 1928
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We’re working on finding another place to host our pop-up and the amazing products that support Girl Up. In the meantime, thank you for your support. This book aims to prove that the word ‘feminist’ is accessible to everyone. Today’s events suggest there is still some work to do.
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Sending love and strength to our wonderful author Sophie Kinsella, her family, friends, and many readers around the world:
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‘Autumn is my season, dear. It is, after all, the season of the soul.’ 🍂
Virginia Woolf
#AutumnEquinox
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‘I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.’
Maya Angelou
#ThursdayThoughts
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‘If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.’
Roald Dahl, born
#onthisday
in 1916.
#RoaldDahlDay
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REMINDER: You don't have to read a huge amount of books to be a reader. Read what you want to read, at a pace that works for you. 🧡
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The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds. Rest in peace, Sir Terry Pratchett.
http://t.co/pSTWHKAvJz
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⚡️ Here are a few more of our favourite tweets celebrating
#BookLoversDay
with your
#bestlovedbook
📗📕📘📙
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‘I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people.’
Edith Sitwell, born
#onthisday
in 1887.
#FridayFeeling
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To celebrate the publication of
#TheRubysCurse
, here's
@bbcdoctorwho
actress Alex Kingston reacting to her character's most iconic moments ⚡👀👏
You can watch the full video here:
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‘No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.’
Virginia Woolf, died
#onthisday
in 1941.
#WednesdayWisdom
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We are devastated at the death of our author and friend, Martin Amis. Our thoughts are with all his family and loved ones, especially his children and wife Isabel. He leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously.
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Is there anything more satisfying than reading in bed with a cup of tea on a Sunday morning?
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‘The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.’
Albert Einstein
#LibrariesWeek
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Today sees the release of
#FeministsDontWearPink
(And Other Lies), a collection of writing from a group of amazing women on what feminism means to them. To celebrate this timely book, we had agreed to host a pop-up with Topshop, with products supporting the UN charity Girl Up.
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We are deeply shocked and appalled to hear of the attack on Salman Rushdie while he was speaking at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. We condemn this violent public assault, and our thoughts are with Salman and his family at this distressing time.
– Markus Dohle, CEO, PRH
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‘I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’
Maya Angelou
#MondayMotivation
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‘We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.’
Ursula K. Le Guin
#ThursdayThoughts
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What a beautiful moment 🥺 Shout out to all the incredible English teachers out there changing lives.
The moment Adele is surprised by her secondary school teacher Miss McDonald during
#AnAudienceWithAdele
🥺
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For anyone hoping to visit the pop-up, after a huge amount of work on this ground-breaking partnership we assembled our stand this morning and were raring to go – however, just twenty minutes later it had been dismantled by Topshop.
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‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’
C.S. Lewis
#NationalTeaDay
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‘Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.’
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
#TuesdayThoughts
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‘Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.’
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, born
#onthisday
in 1797.
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‘A room without books is like a body without a soul.’ Cicero
What are you reading on
#ReadABookDay
?
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‘You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.’
James Baldwin
#WednesdayWisdom
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‘Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.’
Ray Bradbury
#LibrariesWeek
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‘If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.’
Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
#TuesdayThoughts
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‘Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come
Whispering “It will be happier.”’
Alfred Tennyson
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‘You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.’
James Baldwin
#WednesdayWisdom
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‘You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.’
Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
#TuesdayThoughts
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‘There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work.’
Caroline Criado-Perez, Invisible Women
#WomensEqualityDay
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‘The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives.’
A very happy 30th birthday to Matilda, which was first published
#onthisday
in 1988.
#Matilda30
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But where are you really from?
@afuahirsch
's new book Brit(ish) is a personal and provocative investigation of a very British crisis of identity.
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‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’
CS Lewis
#WorldBookDay
#ShareAStory
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‘The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.’
William Wordsworth, born
#onthisday
in 1770.
#TuesdayThoughts
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We're delighted to announce that Benedict Cumberbatch, a long-time fan of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, will be reading the audiobook edition of Carlo Rovelli’s upcoming book, The Order of Time.
Here's everything you need to know:
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She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter.
Know My Name will transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing.
She has been known to the world as “Emily Doe,” the sexual assault victim of Stanford swimmer Brock Turner. Now she’s revealing her name and face. Chanel Miller, here reading her victim impact statement, gives her first interview to "60 Minutes"
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‘I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.’
Jorge Luis Borges
#LibrariesWeek
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‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’
C.S. Lewis
#FridayFeeling
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‘The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.’
Isaac Asimov, born
#onthisday
in 1920.
#WednesdayWisdom
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Breaking news! Penguin Random House is honored to announce a forthcoming memoir by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, to be published globally in late 2022.
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‘If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.’
Toni Morrison
#WednesdayWisdom
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‘Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.’
Voltaire
#FridayFeeling
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‘but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.’
Jane Austen
#TuesdayThoughts
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'Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read!'
William Faulkner
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‘Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.’
Jeanette Winterson
#FridayFeeling
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If you're itching to know more about
#TurtlesAllTheWayDown
, here's everything you need to know:
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‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’
Maya Angelou, born
#onthisday
in 1928.
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‘It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.’
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
#ThursdayThoughts
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‘A room without books is like a body without a soul.’
Marcus Tullius Cicero
#MondayMotivation
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‘I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.’
Maya Angelou
#ThursdayThoughts
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He’s the voice of a generation. Now, Stormzy is releasing his own book, Rise Up, the launch title for a brand new publishing imprint,
#Merky
Books. Find out more here:
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‘So many books, so little time.’
Frank Zappa
(Never a truer word spoken, we think.)
#BookLoversDay
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‘For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.’
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#TuesdayThoughts
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‘The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.’
Alice Walker
#WednesdayWisdom
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‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.’
Animal Farm by George Orwell was first published
#onthisday
in 1945.
What's your favourite quote from the novel?
#AnimalFarm75
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'Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read!'
William Faulkner
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‘I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.’
Jorge Luis Borges
#TuesdayThoughts
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‘Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it.’
Jeanette Winterson
#ThursdayThoughts
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‘The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.’
Dorothy Parker, born
#onthisday
in 1893.
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‘I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.’
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
#pinchpunch
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‘I met a little girl with a book under her arm. I asked her why she was out so early and she answered that there were too many books and far too little time. And there she was absolutely right.’
Tove Jansson, born
#OnThisDay
in 1914
#BookLoversDay
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‘Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.’
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
First published
#onthisday
in 1949
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‘These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.’
Roald Dahl, Matilda
#RoaldDahlStoryDay
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📍 Buy another book 🙃
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‘Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.’
Malorie Blackman
#MondayMotivation
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The ninth book in
@Writer_DG
's beloved
#Outlander
series is OUT NOW!
Can't wait to hear what you think about Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone 🐝
Find out more:
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‘You see, bookshops are dreams built of wood and paper. They are time travel and escape and knowledge and power. They are, simply put, the best of places.’
Jen Campbell, The Bookshop Book
#BookshopsAreBack
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‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.’
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
#DayOfTheGirl
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‘When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.’
Marcus Aurelius, born
#onthisday
in 121 AD.
#ThursdayThoughts
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‘Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.’
Raymond Carver
#WednesdayWisdom
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‘Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.’
Oscar Wilde, born
#onthisday
in 1854
#FridayFeeling
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‘I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.’
Anne Frank, died
#onthisday
in 1945.
#TuesdayThoughts
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‘Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.’
Aldous Huxley, born
#onthisday
in 1894.
#TuesdayThoughts
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‘Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.’
Philip Roth, 1933 - 2018
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