Ask Penguin

254 Episodes

1. Why are generations at war with each other? With Zadie Smith

   Published: 06/11/2025
2. Is never growing up the secret to great storytelling? With Philip Pullman

   Published: 30/10/2025
3. Is Jane Austen's legacy more than just romantic love? With Andrew Hunter Murray and Gill Hornby

   Published: 15/10/2025
4. Why do we still laugh when times are hard? With Ocean Vuong

   Published: 01/10/2025
5. Which Penguin books shocked society and became cultural icons? With Jack Edwards and Penguin Editor, Simon Prosser

   Published: 03/09/2025
6. Youth culture, love and music with Irvine Welsh and Derek Owusu

   Published: 05/08/2025
7. How Penguin Books turned the UK into a nation of readers

   Published: 29/07/2025
8. S2 E6: Summer Reads with Anthony Horowitz

   Published: 19/06/2025
9. S2 E5: Queer Literature with Charlie Porter

   Published: 05/06/2025
10. S2 E4: Book Club Books with Yrsa Daley-Ward

    Published: 22/05/2025
11. S2 E3: Debut Books with Catherine Airey, William Rayfet Hunter and Fiza Saeed McLynn

    Published: 08/05/2025
12. S2 E2: Love and Romance with Emily Henry

    Published: 24/04/2025
13. S2 E1: Children's Books with Greg James and Chris Smith

    Published: 10/04/2025
14. Ask Penguin Series 2 Trailer

    Published: 03/04/2025
15. Jodi Picoult on the theory behind Shakespeare’s plays

    Published: 24/01/2025
16. A day in the life of a Publicist with Alison Barrow

    Published: 23/01/2025
17. The human experience and AI with Jeanette Winterson

    Published: 22/01/2025
18. A day in the life of a Books Editor with Simon Prosser

    Published: 21/01/2025
19. How to tackle reading the big Classics with Henry Eliot

    Published: 20/01/2025
20. Episode 12: Best books of the year

    Published: 19/12/2024