Damon Galgut with Nihal Arthanayake

Has modern forensics taken away the power of the murder mystery genre? How does a career in corporate finance prepare you to write about a killer? Is narrative voice more important than plot? And is there really such a thing as a reliable narrator? In this episode of Ask Penguin, ...  Show more

What are the best books get you out of a reading slump? How did Snakes on a Plane inspire a literary sensation? What did James Joyce and Pakistani rap teach one of our debut novelists? And does a writer need to be completely delusional to finish writing a novel? This week on Ask ...  Show more

À la fin du XIXe siècle, à Paris, la jeune et belle Mathilde Loisel reçoit une invitation à un bal. Sa vie va alors prendre un virage inattendu ! "La Parure" figure parmi les œuvres incontournables de Guy de Maupassant. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle assez courte, publiée en 1884, et q ...  Show more

Nihal Arthanayake is a broadcaster and author. He is the host of Radio 5 Live’s Afternoon Show and won interviewer of the year at the 2019 BBC Radio and Music Awards. His new book, Let’s Talk: How To Have Better Conversations, investigates the art of good dialogue - a skill that ...  Show more

In this conversation, we talked to Naomi Shihab Nye about her career in prose and poetry writing. Nye is the recipient of numerous honors and awards for her work, including the Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Book Critics Circle, ...

Patrick McCabe is a twice Booker prize nominated Irish novelist, known for 'The Butcher Boy' and 'Breakfast on Pluto', His unique style merges dark comedy and profound emotion, capturing the complexities of Irish rural life and personal identity in modern times. In this podcast w ...  Show more