Clarkson Potter to Publish Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' Journal

Oct 07, 2019

Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice, a companion journal to former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, Becoming, will be published in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday, November 19, by Clarkson Potter. A Spanish language edition titled Becoming: Un Diario Guiado, will also be published by Plaza & Janes/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. The Becoming journal will have a first printing of 500,000 copies. It will also be published globally this fall in more than 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Poland, Taiwan, and China, with additional territories to be announced.

Featuring an introduction by Obama, the Becoming journal includes more than 150 questions and quotes that resonate with key themes in Obama’s memoir that are designed to help readers "reflect on their personal and family history, their goals, challenges, and dreams, what moves them and brings them hope, and what future they imagine for themselves and their community." World publication rights for the Becoming journal were acquired by Penguin Random House from the author’s representatives, Robert B. Barnett and Deneen Howell of Williams & Connolly.

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