Podcasts

The Penguin Podcast: 2014 Highlights

This has been a hugely exciting and busy year for us penguins, and we wanted to share with you our favourite moments from 2014.

We have had prize-winning and record-breaking books, from Richard Flanagan to Youtube sensation Zoella, fantastic new releases from much-loved authors, as well as a whole host of wonderful debuts. We think we’ve got something for everyone, and hope you’ve enjoyed our literary adventures as much as we have!

31 December 2014

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan

How to be Both

Ali Smith

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

Joshua Ferris

The Lives of Others

Neel Mukherjee

The Virgin Way

Sir Richard Branson

Elizabeth is Missing

Emma Healey

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Features

The best books about the climate crisis – and how to fight it

Temperatures, sea levels and anxiety about the future of the planet are all on the rise. But how do you separate fact from fiction, and what can you really do to make a difference? This Earth Day, here are the books you need to read about tackling climate change.

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Features

Lightbulb moments: Catherine Menon on writing Fragile Monsters

The author of Fragile Monsters on the real-life history that informed her celebrated debut novel about trauma, the nature of storytelling and the things we leave unsaid.

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Features

‘I hid from Zadie Smith’: 21 Questions with Emma Straub

The author of All Adults Here on discovering poetry as a teenager, strong tea, and the fear of being a bad parent.

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