Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00 PM ET on Zoom for a crucial, timely Big Ideas Night on Criminal Justice Reform with a panel of expert authors: Brittany K. Barnett, attorney, entrepreneur, and author of A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom; Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine staff writer and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End

Join us on Tuesday, October 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET on Zoom for a very special Big Ideas Night on Gun Reform, featuring an impressive, inspiring lineup of authors who have personal experience with gun violence—and with the fight to end it. You’ll hear from Toni Jensen, author of Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land; David Hogg and Lauren Hogg, activists, Parkland shooting survivors, and authors of #NEVERAGAIN;

This past Monday, October 14, Penguin Random House Education and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) cohosted a special National Day of Writing Event featuring Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi, authors of TELL ME WHO YOU ARE: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity, published by TarcherPerigee. Several dozen teachers, as well as Annysa Polanco,