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A poem is a Pot Noodle at the stroke of midnight

Why do we take poems so damn seriously? They can be quick, filthy, naive, sullen, sweet or downright dangerous argues Vanessa Kisuule.

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Image: Ryan McEachern/Penguin

How reading Malcolm X changed my life
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Dolly Alderton on life and friendship in your 30s
Arranging your bookshelves according to Georges Perec

How to sort your books according to Georges Perec
Lockdown measures: Penguin authors on looking after their mental health this winter

Authors on looking after their mental health this winter

Brilliant novels for Black History Month

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Barack Obama's recommended reading list

To mark the upcoming release of A Promised Land, here's a guide on where to start reading like a president.
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Celebrating the untold stories of Windrush

West Indian culture has helped to shape modern Britain. We shouldn't lose sight of the people behind the scandal.
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The best last lines in literature

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston and Cormac McCarthy sure knew how to sign off a story.

Essential non-fiction for Black History Month

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Books with Black heroes every child should read

From tender tales that celebrate individuality to stories that offer new perspectives on history
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Brilliant books for young feminists

These books will help inspire, inform and galvanise anyone joining the fight for gender equality.
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Beautiful books for Christmas gifts

Give them something special with one of these gorgeously illustrated stories, clothbound classics or photography collections.

Books everyone is talking about

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P. G. Wodehouse quotes to cheer you up

Few writers of the 20th century had a rummier knack for a one-liner than the Jeeves and Wooster creator.
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How the Penguin logo has evolved through the years

It's one of the best known brands in the world, but as Penguin celebrates its 85th birthday, what exactly is the story behind the iconic bird?
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“Illuminating and heartbreaking”

WWhy Angela Davis’s Women, Race & Class still resonates half a century on.

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Author interviews

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Howard Jacobson: 5 books that changed my life

The Booker Prize-winning author on taking refuge in Dickens, bringing Austen to Australia and having a highly disappointing encounter with Philip Roth.
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Claudia Rankine on talking to strangers about white privilege

The author, poet and playwright talks about Just Us, and the 'experimental' conversations that informed her work.
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James Rebanks: 'Don't give up on us'

The author of English Pastoral on the future of farming, and following up his bestselling debut book.

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Essays from our authors

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How my love for photography helps me be a better writer

Ahead of the release of his debut novel 'Open Water', Caleb Azumah Nelson reflects on how taking portraits nourishes his fiction.
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Suicide is not inevitable: we can reduce it to zero

Cheer The F**k Up author Jack Rooke on the model and training that could radically tackle our mental health crisis.
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Johny Pitts on 'An African in Greenland'

The author of Afropean on the book that turned him into a travel writer.

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