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How do you adapt East of Eden for screen?

How can I help someone fall in love with reading? with Nadia Shireen and Jonathan Douglas

Which books help us reconnect with nature? with Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

What's wrong with reading to look smart? with Abir Mukherjee

Which debut novels should you be reading in 2026?

Which books emotionally wrecked you? With Dawn French

What are the best novels about infidelity? With Sophie Mackintosh

What is a must-read book to make me laugh? With Bryony Gordon

Why I wanted to adapt Wuthering Heights with Emerald Fennell

What secrets does Jane Austen's house hold?

What were the best books of 2025?

What makes a setting feel so vivid it becomes a character? With Paula Hawkins

What is the best translated fiction to read?

Why are generations at war with each other? With Zadie Smith

Is never growing up the secret to great storytelling? With Philip Pullman

Is Jane Austen's legacy more than just romantic love?

Why Do we Still Laugh When Times are Hard? With Ocean Vuong

Which Penguin books shocked society and became cultural icons? With Jack Edwards and Penguin Editor, Simon Prosser

Live at Latitude: Irvine Welsh and Derek Owusu

The Penguin Podcast Special: How Penguin turned the UK into a nation or readers