Aug 19

Eli Davies & Rebecca May Johnson: The Spinster Cookbook

The kitchen has always been a complex space for women: a place of labour and gendered expectations, as well as a site of nourishment, care and company. But how does this change when you’re alone, not cooking for family or friends, but simply for yourself? In The Spinster Cookbook ... Show More

53m 31s

Aug 17

Rachel Long & Sarah Howe: Sparrow on the Rooftop

Rachel Long’s debut collection, My Darling from the Lions (Picador), was nominated for the Forward Prize, the Costa, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Sparrow on the Rooftop (Chatto & Windus) is the eagerly-awaited follow-up: Saba Sams has described it as ‘grue ... Show More

49m 49s

Aug 15

Michael Bracewell & Leo Robson: The Smiths

In Michael Bracewell’s new novella The Smiths an anonymous narrator recounts the impact of the iconic pop group on his life. Accompanied by the French actress Carole Bouquet he embarks on a picaresque journey from the old Selfridge Hotel to West Hollywood, via a park bench in Cav ... Show More

51m 49s

May 2020

In Writing: Adam Phillips in conversation with Josh Cohen

In his latest publication In Writing acclaimed psychoanalyst and writer, Adam Phillips celebrates the art of close reading and asks what it is to defend literature in a world that is increasingly devaluing language in this enjoyable collection of essays on literature. Through an ... Show More

1h 20m

Mar 2024

On Giving Up

When is giving up not failure, but a way of succeeding at something else? In his new book, which began as a piece for the LRB, the psychoanalyst and critic Adam Phillips explores the ways in which knowing our limitations can be an act of heroism. This episode was recorded at the ... Show More

54m 38s

Nov 2025

Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace

Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Backbone,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in The New Yorker in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “Hot Pink” and the novels “T ... Show More

1h 8m

Dec 2013

Philip Levine Reads Ellen Bass

Philip Levine reads a poem by Ellen Bass and his own work, and has a discussion with the New Yorker poetry editor, Paul Muldoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21m 40s

Oct 2021

160 - You Are Here (For Now) — with Adam JK

Adam J. Kurtz (aka Adam JK) is a designer, artist, and speaker whose illustrative work is rooted in honesty, humor and a little darkness. In this episode, we welcome Adam back to the show to talk about what it’s like writing a book about optimism when it feels like you’re living ... Show More

1h 15m

Apr 2018

Books and Authors

Phill Jupitus and Robin Ince talk about dada and Russian science fiction.

30m 33s

Nov 2022

Ian McEwan with Nihal Arthanayake

This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal is joined by author, screenwriter, booker winner and one of Britain's best-loved writers, Ian McEwan. He joins us to talk about his brand new novel, Lessons. Ian also discusses the delight of discovery when writing, t ... Show More

47m 18s

Jul 2022

The Book Club: Celebrating Australian literature for the ABC's 90th

Reading Alexis Wright's Carpentaria and Patrick White's The Vivisector with critic Geordie Williamson - and with words from the writers themselves, as well as other voices and commentators from the ABC Archives

54m 7s

Apr 2024

David Bezmozgis Reads Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

David Bezmozgis joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Likes,” by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Bezmozgis is a filmmaker and writer. He has published two story collections and two novels, “The Free World,” which was a finalist for the ... Show More

1h 10m

In Writing: Adam Phillips and Devorah Ba...