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Sep 2024
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PENGUIN BOOKS UK
About this episode

The Penguin Podcast is returning 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.


Need help finding your next page-turning read? Are you curious to know what a day in the life of an editor is like? Or perhaps why a small, aquatic, flightless bird became the iconic emblem that adorns Penguin books worldwide?

 

The new series launches on Thursday 3rd October, where we'll be discussing prize-winning novels with award-winning author, and this year's Booker Prize judge, Sara Collins, and provide you with plenty of book recommendations with Publishing Director Simon Prosser.

 

Send us your questions for a chance to be featured by emailing: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk.

 

Don't forget to follow the show, so you never miss an episode!


Find out more: www.penguin.co.uk/podcast


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