The Penguin Podcast
The Penguin Podcast is back with a brand new series called Ask Penguin. In each episode, we will take you inside Penguin Books to meet some of the incredible authors we publish as well as the people who work here, to get answers to all of your book-related questions. Do you need to find your next page-turning read? Are you curious to find out what a day in the life of an editor is like, or simply why a small, aquatic, flightless bird became the iconic emblem that adorns Penguin books worldwide? Look no further than Ask Penguin, The Penguin Podcast.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 250
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Phil Redmond with Richard E. Grant
Phil Redmond, the creator of Brookside, Hollyoaks and Grange Hill, turns his hand from TV scripts to his first novel, Highbridge. Phil brings with him an assortment of objects that inspired the book,…
00:43:56 |
Tue 12 Jan 2016
Michael Acton Smith with Richard E. Grant
Michael Acton Smith, founder of Mind Candy who created Moshi Monsters demystifies mindfulness and talks to Richard about how it can be used to rewire our brains, change the way we see the world and h…
00:31:01 |
Tue 29 Dec 2015
Neil Gaiman with Richard E. Grant
Neil Gaiman discusses his friendship with the late Terry Pratchett and how they worked together to create Good Omens, a story of the impending apocalypse. Neil reveals how they relied on an answerpho…
00:46:09 |
Tue 08 Dec 2015
Elvis Costello with Richard E. Grant
Elvis Costello brings his first guitar, musical mementoes from his Dad and a referee’s whistle to the Penguin Studio as he talks about his memoir ‘Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink’. Some of the …
00:40:49 |
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Bill Bryson with Richard E. Grant – Live
Bill Bryson discusses The Road to Little Dribbling, his follow up to Notes From A Small Island. To tell the story of his journey Bill brings along his passport, a walking stick, a cow, Stonehenge and…
01:00:49 |
Tue 27 Oct 2015
Paula Hawkins with Richard E. Grant
Paula Hawkins brings a photo of her father, an Edward Hopper picture and a DVD of Rear Window to the Penguin Studio to talk about her bestselling book 'The Girl On The Train' with host Richard E Gran…
00:40:11 |
Tue 06 Oct 2015
Meera Syal with Richard E. Grant
Meera Syal brings her copy of The Handmaid’s Tale, her Mother’s Indian passport and precious gold bangles given to her at her wedding to the Penguin Studio to talk about her latest book ’The House of…
00:40:49 |
Tue 15 Sep 2015
Pat Barker with Richard E. Grant
Pat Barker brings a child’s gas mask, a jar of water from a wishing well and a notebook to the Penguin Studio to talk about her latest book Noonday. Host Richard E. Grant and Pat discuss witchcraft, …
00:36:44 |
Tue 25 Aug 2015
Bridget Christie with Richard E. Grant
Comedian Bridget Christie brings a yoghurt, a ‘votes for women' sash given to her by Emmeline Pankhurst’s great-granddaughter and a piece of gammon to the Penguin Studio to talk about her latest book…
00:34:42 |
Tue 04 Aug 2015
Kate Atkinson with Richard E. Grant
Kate Atkinson brings an antique silver hare, a Halifax Bomber and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony to the Penguin Studio to talk about her latest book ‘A God In Ruins’ with host Richard E Grant. The topics o…
00:37:35 |
Wed 15 Jul 2015
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