Penguin In Conversation

Nassim Nicholas Taleb bestselling author of The Black Swan, explains the concept of his new book, Antifragile and how we can thrive in a world that is unpredictable, chaotic and full of shocks.

Javier Marías talks about...

In this video Javier Marías, author of A Heart So White, reads from his new book The Infatuations (published in March 2013) and talks to us about writing and the importance of the themes often covered in his novels.

15 January 2013
Richard Sennett in conversation with Alice Rawsthorn at Conway Hall at 7pm
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17 January 2013
Sanjeev Sanyal talks about Land Of Seven Rivers at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE at 6.30pm
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24 January 2013
Halik Kochanski talks about Poland and the Poles in the Second World War at the National Army Museum at 12.30pm
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28 January 2013
Otto Dov Kulka talks about Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death at the Old Theatre, LSE at 6.30pm
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02 February 2013
Christopher Clark talks about The Sleepwalkers at the Southbank Centre from 10am
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» Naomi Alderman Q&A

» Naomi Alderman: The Lessons Q&A

» John L Allen: Opus Dei Q&A

» Catherine Alliot: Video

» David Almond: The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean - Video

» 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

» 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 Stalingrad to Berlin

» Antony Beevor Q&A

» David Bellos: Video

» Richard Benson: The Farm Q&A

» Daniel Bergner: Soldiers of Light Reflections

» Alison Bond: Favourite Things

» 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

» Colin Brush (Senior Copywriter) Q&A

» Terry Brighton: Hell Riders Q&A

» Andrew Britton: Heart of Betrayal Q&A
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» Amanda Brookfield A letter

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» Elizabeth Buchan Q&A

» Tom Bullough – Reading List

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» Jason Burke: On the Road to Kandahar

» Jimmy Burns: When Beckham Went to Spain

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» Jesse L. Byock: The Sagas Q&A

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» Alexandra Cambell: Remember This Q&A

» Christopher Caldwell on Immigration

» Jeremy Clarkson: Round the Bend video

» Ian Clayton Favourite Fictional Character

» Johnathan Coe: The Rotters Club Q&A

» Graham Coleman On bereavement

» Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw: The Quantum Universe - video

» Robert Crawford: Scotland's Books Q&A

» Brian Christian: Q&A

» Greg Critser: Fat Land Q&A

» David Crystal On How Language Works

» Boris Cyrulnik Editor's Note

» Saul David: All the King's Men Video.

» 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

» Jimmy Doherty Q&A

» Lawrence Donegan On the American dream

» R.S. Downie On Ruso

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

» Bill Duncan Q&A

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» Joe Dunthorne: Wild Abandon video

» Barry Eisler: The Last Assassin

» Lee Evans: video

» 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

» Andrew Feinstein Shadow World Video

» 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

» Joshua Foer: Moonwalking with Einstein video

» Stephen Fry Planet Word Video

» Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw: The Quantum Universe - video

» Felix Francis On Dead Heat

» Caro Fraser Q&A

» Nicci French Q&A

» Anna Funder: Video

» Venice A. Fulton - Six Weeks to OMG Video

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

» Katy Gardner Q&A

» Martin Gayford Q&A

» David Gentleman London, You’re Beautiful Video

» 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

» 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

» Jane Green Q&A

» Jane Green: The Patchwork Marriage interview

» Paul Greenberg: The Fish on Your Plate

» Brian Greene Q&A

» Susan A. Greenfield On science

» John Gribbin: The Universe Q&A

» Kevin Guilfoile A funny anecdote

» Jonathan Haidt The Righteous Mind Interview

» Hollis Hampton-Jones: Comes the Night Audio

» Hollis Hampton-Jones: Interview

» 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

» John Hooper: The New Spaniards Q&A

» Rebecca Hunt: Mr Chartwell Q&A

» David Ireland On how to rescue a house

» Virginia Ironside Q&A

» 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

» Franz Kafka Publisher's note

» Daniel Kahneman Q&A

» 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

» Jeff Kinney: Wimpy Kid film trailer video

» Katie Kitamura 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

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

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

» David Lawrence Q&A

John le Carré: Our Kind of Traitor video

» 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

» Marina Lewycka Various Pets Alive and Dead Video

» Toby Litt On hospitals

» 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

» 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

» Madonna Q&A

» Karen Maitland: The Gallows Curse Video

» 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

» Alex McBride: Defending the Guilty Video

» Neil McCormick Q&A

» David McCullough A timeline of 1776

» Cammie McGovern: Eye Contact

» Patrick McGrath Q&A

» Emma McLaughin: The Nanny Diaries Q&A

» 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

» Fiona Neill: What the Nanny Saw - video

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

» Sandra Newman: Western Lit Survival Kit Interview

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

» Elizabeth Noble: Between a Mother and Her Child video

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

» Philip O Caellaigh Q&A

» John Oldale - Who, or Why, or Which, or What…?: Q&A

» Jamie Oliver: Jamie’s Great Britain - Video

» Jamie Oliver Food Guide app: Video

» 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

» Sharon Owens Q&A

» Rui Paes On working with Madonna

» Mark Pagel: Wired for Culture interview

» Janet Paisley: White Rose Rebel Q&A

» Adele Parks Q&A

» Chris Patten Favourite Places

» Claudia Pattison, The Fat Chance Guide to Dieting Q&A

» Jeremy Paxman: Empire - video

» Lesley Pearse's Minisite

» Lesley Pearse Q&A

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

» 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

» Jesse Prinz Beyond Human Nature

» 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

» Steve Roud On New Year

» Tony Russell 10 unusual blues records

» 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

» Ruta Sepetys: Video

» Rufus Sewell On James Bond

» Alexandra Shulman Can We Still Be Friends Video

» 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

» Art Spiegelman: Understanding Maus - Video

» Chris Stringer

» John Standage Q&A

» David Stephenson Q&A

» Joseph Stiglitz On Gloablization

» Nick Stone On writing

» Carsten Stroud: Cobraville Q&A

» William Sutcliffe Q&A

» Plum Sykes Q&A

» Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The Black Swan Q&A

» Dana Thomas Q&A

» Colin Thubron Q&A

» Charles Timoney: Pardon My French Q&A

» Colm Toibin Penguin Shorts Podcast

» Simon Tolkein Q&A

» Claire Tomalin: Charles Dickens Video

» 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

» David Vann: Legends of a Suicide Q&A

» Geza Vermes On Jesus

» Barbara Vine: The Blood Doctor Q&A

» Sue Walker Truth, lies and interviews

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

» Sarah Weinman On blogging

» Tim Weaver – Vanished Video

» Francesca Weisman: Nowhere's Child Q&A

» Stanley Wells: Shakespeare and Co. Q&A

» Thomas De Wesselow The Sign interview

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

» Curtis White On elections

» Susan Williams On Botswana

» Simon Winchester Q&A

» Aggie MacEnzie and Kim Woodburn Q&A

» John Worthen Q&A

» Chris Yates On fishing

» Thomas Freedman and Fareed Zakaria Q&A

» Lila Azam Zanganheh: The Enchanter Q&A