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Sep 2022
29m 52s

Gabrielle Zevin with Athena Kugblenu

PENGUIN BOOKS UK
About this episode

 This week on the Penguin Podcast, our new host Athena Kugblenu talks to bestselling author and screenwriter, Gabrielle Zevin.

 

Gabrielle joins us to discuss her latest novel, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

 

They also discuss literature and gaming, why we need to merge our online selves with our real-life selves, the importance of love in friendships, how our identities shift depending on where we are and who we're talking to, and the importance of failure when it comes to creativity. 


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