As the author of six critically acclaimed novels, including the 2022 PEN/Faulkner award winning ‘The Wrong End of the Telescope’, Rabih Alameddine is no stranger to the living art of storytelling. His work explores worlds that may seem beyond words, everything from civil war to exile and epidemics, and yet finds the words we need to hear. Now teaching litera ... Show More
Nov 2023
A Word in Your Ear – The Half-Blood
Texas-based Bulgarian writer Miroslav Penkov wasn’t sure if anyone would pay attention to his first English-language novel, Stork Mountain. However, when the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative paired him with The English Patient author Michael Ondaatje, it gave him the boos ... Show More
24m 12s
Nov 2023
A Word in Your Ear – Disquiet
Winner of Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, the late Toni Morrison was one of the all-time great American novelists. For the inaugural Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, she was paired with Australian writer Julia Leigh, who was busy writing her second novel, Disquiet. Hear Kerry ... Show More
19m 11s
Nov 2023
The Master Of Fiction: Ken Follett
This week, Anthony talks with one of the world’s best-loved authors, Ken Follett about his latest book The Armor of Light. Having sold over 188 million copies of his books worldwide, Ken reflects on his decades-long career, sharing why storytelling remains the “core” of his life. ... Show More
41m 31s
Mar 2022
Michael Rosen with Isy Suttie
<p>This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie is joined by national treasure, poet and children’s author, Michael Rosen. </p><br><p>He speaks to Isy about his experiences before and after contracting Covid, how to create more impactful life writing, what he now knows about ... Show More
1h 3m
Dec 2021
Siri Hustvedt on the Value in Embracing Ambiguity
<p>When Siri Hustvedt was 12 years old, she began reading 19th-century novels by Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain that were given to her by her Norwegian mother, and soon developed a passion for literature. She found great satisfaction in how these ... Show More
1h 23m
Jan 2025
671 Shakespeare's Tragic Art (with Rhodri Lewis) | My Last Book with Joel Warner
It is a truth universally acknowledged that tragedy is one of the world's highest art forms, and that Shakespeare was one of the form's greatest practitioners. But how did he do it? What models did he have to draw upon, and where did he innovate? In this episode, Jacke talks to S ... Show More
56m 6s