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Here you'll find our archive of exclusive video and written interviews with a whole host of top Penguin authors, from Nick Hornby, William Gibson and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, to Pat Barker, India Knight and Nicci French.

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» Naomi Alderman Q&A

» Naomi Alderman: The Lessons Q&A

» John L Allen: Opus Dei Q&A

» Anne Applebaum: Guladg Q&A

» Simon Armitage: Little Green Man Q&A

» John Armstrong: The Secret Power of Beauty Q&A

» Paddy Ashdown Q&A

» Michael Asher: The Regiment Q&A

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» Melissa Bank: The Wonder Spot Q&A

» Laura Barber: Penguin's Poems for Life Poetry prescriptions

» Laura Barber: Penguin's Poems for Love Choosing a love poem

» Ann Louise Bardach: Cuba Confidential Q&A

» Pat Barker Q&A

» Anne Bartlett Q&A

» Antony Beevor: Stalingrad to Berlin

» Richard Benson: The Farm Q&A

» Daniel Bergner: Soldiers of Light Reflections

» Daniel Bergner: The Other Side of Desire Q&A

» Alison Bond: Favourite Things
» Alison Bond: The Truth about Ruby Valentine Q&A

» Alain de Botton: The Art of Travel Q&A

» William Boyd: Any Human Heart Q&A

» John Boyn: On Next of Kin

» Jason Bradbury: Dot Robot Video

» Dr John Briffa: Guide to Nutrition for Kids

» James Bruges: The Big Earth Book Q&A

» Colin Brush (Senior Copywriter) Q&A

» Terry Brighton: Hell Riders Q&A

» Andrew Britton: Heart of Betrayal Q&A
» Andrew Britton: Assassin Q&A

» Amanda Brookfield A letter

» Elizabeth Buchan Q&A

» Melvin Burgess Q&A

» Jason Burke: On the Road to Kandahar

» Jimmy Burns: When Beckham Went to Spain

» Bryan Burrough: Public Enemies

» Jesse L. Byock: The Sagas Q&A

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» Christopher Caldwell: On Immigration

» Ian Clayton Favourite Fictional Character

» Marilyn Chin Q&A

» Alexandra Cambell: Remember This Q&A

» Johnathan Coe: The Rotters Club Q&A

» Graham Coleman On bereavement

» Robert Crawford: Scotland's Books Q&A

» Greg Critser: Fat Land Q&A

» David Crystal On How Language Works

» Charles Cumming: Typhoon

» Boris Cyrulnik Editor's Note

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» Rosemary Davidson: The Great Big Glorious Book For Girls Editor's note.

» Paul Davies: How to Build a Time Machine Q&A

» Daniel C. Dennett On religion

» Jared Diamond: Collapse

» Jimmy Doherty Q&A

» Lawrence Donegan On the American dream

» R.S. Downie On Ruso

» R. S. Downie Q&A

» Margaret Drabble Q&A

» Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. Levitt: Freakonomics Q&A

» Bill Duncan Q&A

» Sarah Dunn Q&A

» Joe Dunthorne A Valentine's Day poem

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» Barry Eisler: The Last Assassin

» Lissa Evans Q&A

» Bernadine Evaristo: Blonde Roots Q&A

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» Jane Fallon Q&A

» John Fasman: The Geographer's Library Q&A
» Jon Fasman: On the importance of place in crime fiction

» Joshua Ferris: Then We Came to the End Q&A

» Niall Ferguson: The War of the World Q&A

» Charles Fishman: The Wal-Mart Effect Q&A

» Tim Flannery: The Weather Makers Q&A

» Felix Francis On Dead Heat

» Caro Fraser Q&A

» Ru Freeman: A Disobedient Girl Q&A

» Nicci French Q&A

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» George Galloway: I'm Not The Only One Q&A

» Katy Gardner Q&A

» Martin Gayford Q&A

» Nicci Gerrard: Q&A with one half of Nicci French

» William Gibson: Pattern Recognition Q&A

» Miep Gies On Anne Frank

» Nick Gifford: Piggies On writing for young adults

» Malcolm Gladwell: What the Dog Saw Video
» Malcolm Gladwell : Outliers Video

» Gabriella Goddard: Gulp Q&A

» Johnathan Goldberg Q&A

» Johnathan Gornall: Microwave Man Q&A

» Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers: River Classic Italian Cookbook Video

» Simon Winder (Publisher): Great Journeys series Q&A

» David Pearson: (Designer): Great Loves series On cover design

» Jane Green Q&A

» Brian Greene Q&A

» Susan A. Greenfield On science

» Alan Greenspan vs. Naomi Klein: Video interview

» John Gribbin: The Universe Q&A
» John Gribbin: In Search of the Multiverse Q&A

» Neil Griffiths On meeting the real mafia

» Kevin Guilfoile A funny anecdote

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» Jenny Han: The Summer I Turned Pretty Q&A

» The Hairy Bikers: Dave Myers Q&A

» The Hairy Bikers: Si King Q&A

» Tom Hendra: Father Joe Q&A

» Veronica Henry Q&A

» Philip Hensher Q&A

» Rosemary Hill Q&A

» E. J. Hobsbawn Q&A

» Jilliane Hoffman Q&A

» Nick Hornby Q&A
» Juliet Naked video interview

» Rebecca Hunt: Mr Chartwell Q&A

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» David Ireland On how to rescue a house

» Virginia Ironside Q&A

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» Albert Jack On Nursery Rhymes
» On Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep An introduction

» Dan Jacobson: All for Love Q&A

» Michele Jaffe: Bad Kitty Q&A

» Martin Jarvis On reading for audiobooks

» Tahar Ben Jelloud: This Blinding Absence of Light Q&A

» Lisa Jewell Tips on writing a novel
» Lisa Jewell On her favourite things

» Jane Johnson: The Salt Road On travel, research and writing

» Rachel Johnson Q&A

» Steven Johnson: Emergence Q&A

» Colin Jones On Paris

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» Franz Kafka Publisher's note

» John Kay On Globalisation

» Stefan Kanfer On Groucho Marx

» Samuel D. Kassow: Who Will Write Our History? Q&A

» Johnathan Kellerman Q&A

» Jim Kelly On the infamous James Hanratty case
» The Skeleton Man Reflections and Q&A

» Christobel Kent Q&A

» Ross Kemp Video

» Frank Kermode On Shakespeare

» Ian Kershaw Q&A

» Marian Keyes Minisite

» Martin Kin: Asshole Q&A

» Katie Kitamura Q&A

» India Knight Q&A

» Roger Knight: The Pursuit of Victory On Sailing

» Rebecca Kohn On Seven Days to the Sea

» Nicole Krauss: The History of Love Q&A

» Hari Kunzru: The Impressionist Q&A

» Chris Kuzneski On becoming a writer

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» Martin Langsfield: The Secret Fire On researching his second novel

» Jaron Lanier: You Are Not A Gadget Q&A

» Asa Larsson: Savage Alter A letter to readers

» David Lawrence Q&A

» Elmore Leonard Q&A

» Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Q&A

» Superfreakonomics The authors answer your questions

» Paul Levy on Lytton Strachey

» Kevin Lewis Q&A

» Marina Lewycka Readers' Group Q&A

» Toby Litt On hospitals
» Toby Litt : Corpsing On adapting for the screen.

» James Lovelock Q&A

» Penelope Lively: Editor's note

» A House Unlocked Q&A

» Julie Llewellyn On If I Were You

» Tim Lott Q&A

» Joanna Lumley Q&A

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» Ellen MacArthur Q&A

» Aggie MacEnzie and Kim Woodburn Q&A

» Rory MacLean Q&A
» Rory MacLean: Magic Bus On Travelling

» Alison MacLeod On The Wave Theory of Angels

» Kevin MacNeil: The Stornoway Way Q&A

» John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt: The Israel Lobby Q&A

» Andrew Martin: Funny You Should Say That On editing

» David Mattingly: An Imperial Possession On Roman Britain

» Neil McCormick Q&A

» David McCullough A timeline of 1776

» Marion McGilvary Q&A

» Cammie McGovern: Eye Contact

» Patrick McGrath Q&A

» Emma McLaughin: The Nanny Diaries Q&A

» Anna McPartlin: No Way To Say Goodbye Video

» Alison Miller Q&A

» Anna Minton: Ground Control Q&A

» Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman: How NOT to write a novel Q&A

» George Monbiot Q&A

» Glyn Moody Q&A

» Chris Mooney On crime writing

» Charlotte Moore: Sister Victora On trust

» Lucy Moore Q&A

» Eleanor Moran Q&A

» Sinead Moriarty Q&A

» Joanna Murray-Smith Q&A

» Paul Murray: Skippy Dies Q&A

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» Patrick Neate: Jerusalem Q&A

» Lydia Newhouse: What Alice Forgot On where she was 10 years ago

» Neris and India's Diet proof Cookbook Juliet Annan on editing

» Charles Nicholl Video

» Julian Norridge: Can We Have Our Balls Back, Please? Q&A

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» Philip O Caellaigh Q&A

» Jamie Oliver Q&A
» Jamie Oliver Video
» Jamie Oliver Answers your question

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» Gilda O'Neill: The Good Old Days Q&A

» Richard Overy Q&A
» Richard Overy : The Morbid Age Q&A

» Sharon Owens Q&A

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» Rui Paes On working with Madonna

» Janet Paisley: White Rose Rebel Q&A

» Adele Parks Q&A

» Chris Patten Favourite Places

» Lesley Pearse's Minisite
» Lesley Pearse Q&A

» Penguin Guide to Employment Rights

» Gervase Phinn Q&A

» Steven Pinker: The Blank Slate Q&A

» Roy Porter Q&A

» Julie Powell Q&A

» John Preston Q&A

» Francis Pryor: The Making of the British Landscape Q&A

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» Caro Ramsey : Absolution On her debut crime novel

» Saskia Reeves Q&A

» David Reynolds Q&A

» Ken Robinson Video and Q&A

» John Rickards Q&A

» Michael Ridpath: On The Edge Q&A

» Liz Rigbey: Summertime Q&A

» James Robertson: The Testament of Gideon Mack Q&A

» Mark Roseman: The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting Q&A

» Meg Rosoff Q&A
» Meg Rosoff : The Bride's Farewell Video

» Steve Roud On New Year

» Tony Russell 10 unusual blues records

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» Johnathan Safran Foer On vegetarianism

» James Salter Geoff Dyer recalls

» Phillipe Sands: Lawless World Q&A

» Sathnam Sanghere: The Boy with the Topknot Q&A

» Jonathan Schell On war

» Eric Schlosser: Fast Food Nation Q&A

» Will Self : How The Dead Live Q&A
» Will Self: Catastrophe Books Will introduces
» Will Self Answers your questions

» Rufus Sewell On James Bond

» Hampton Sides: Hellhound on his Trail Q&A

» Daniel Silva : The Rembrandt Affair Q&A
» Daniel Silva : The Secret Servant Q&A

» Jacqueline Simpson and Jennifer Westwood: The Lore of the Land

» Robyn Sisman Q&A

» Matthew Skelton Q&A

» Ali Smith Q&A

» Keri Smith: Wreck This Journal Q&A

» Zadie Smith Q&A and A-Z

» Murial Spark Interview

» Chris Stringer
» Chris Springer: Homo Britannicus Q&A

» John Standage Q&A

» David Stephenson Q&A

» Joel Stickley Q&A

» Joseph Stiglitz On Gloablization

» Nick Stone On writing
» Nick Stone: Mr Clarinet Q&A

» Carsten Stroud: Cobraville Q&A

» William Sutcliffe Q&A

» Plum Sykes Q&A

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» Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Black Swan Q&A

» Dana Thomas Q&A

» Colin Thubron Q&A

» Charles Timoney: Pardon My French Q&A

» Simon Tolkein Q&A

» Claire Tomalin On Thomas Hardy
» Claire Tomalin: Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self Q&A

» Samuel Tooze: The Wages of Destruction Q&A

» P J Tracy Q&A

» William Trevor Editor's note

» Colin Tudge: So Shall We Reap Q&A

» Chris Tyerman: God's War Editor's note

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» David Vann: Legends of a Suicide Q&A

» Geza Vermes On Jesus

» Barbara Vine: The Blood Doctor Q&A

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» Sue Walker Truth, lies and interviews

» J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt: The Israel Lobby Q&A

» Hugh Warwick: A Prickly Affair Q&A

» Sarah Weinman On blogging

» Francesca Weisman: Nowhere's Child Q&A

» Stanley Wells: Shakespeare and Co. Q&A

» Jacqueline Simpson and Jennifer Westwood: The Lore of the Land

» Curtis White On elections

» Susan Williams On Botswana

» Paul Wilson: Calm Mother, Calm Child On parenting

» Simon Winchester Q&A

» Aggie MacEnzie and Kim Woodburn Q&A

» John Worthen Q&A

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» Chris Yates On fishing

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» Thomas Freedman and Fareed Zakaria Q&A

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