What are the best books based on real events? What is one book that you would read over and over again? And if you could be friends with a book character, who would you pick?
On this episode of Ask Penguin, host Rhianna Dhillon is joined by Booker Prize-longlisted author Sophie Mackintosh and our Penguin books colleagues in the studio to answer more of your questions and hand out more book recommendations.
Find all the books mentioned in this episode here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/the-best-novels-about-infidelity-ask-penguin-podcast
Sophie Mackintosh is the author of four novels, including The Water Cure and Cursed Bread. She has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Women's Prize, has won a Betty Trask Award, and has been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. She has been published in Granta, The White Review and TANK magazine among others.
Her new book Permanence follows Clara and Francis – a couple in love, but in secret. When they wake in a strange city, they can finally be together. But as they move between this world and their ordinary lives, cracks begin to show, and they are forced to ask - how long can their love survive?
For more information about the National Year of Reading, click here: https://goallin.org.uk
Ask Penguin is the podcast where your quirkiest, trickiest, and most urgent book questions get answered. Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, we bring bestselling authors and Penguin insiders to explore some of your favourite books and discover new ones that you are yet to read.
Keep up to date and listen to more episodes here: https://podfollow.com/thepenguinpodcast
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0:00 Intro
0:40 What books are based on real events?
03:33 What books can you read over and over again?
07:04 Which book character would you be friends with?
10:26 What are the best short story collections?
12:46 What are the best books where you will hate the main character?
16:24 What are the best books about affairs?
19:36 Outro
Can cheating ever be romantic? What are the best books about infidelity? What’s the difference between flash fiction and short stories? Why are we drawn to literature’s most flawed characters?
Booker Prize-longlisted novelist Sophie Mackintosh joins host Rhianna Dhillon to chat about her new novel Permanence, answer more of your questions, and give out plenty of book recommendations for what to read next.
Find all the books mentioned in this episode here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/the-best-novels-about-infidelity-ask-penguin-podcast
Sophie Mackintosh is the author of four novels, including The Water Cure and Cursed Bread. She has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Women's Prize, has won a Betty Trask Award, and has been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. She has been published in Granta, The White Review and TANK magazine among others. Her new book Permanence follows Clara and Francis – a couple in love, but in secret. When they wake in a strange city, they can finally be together. But as they move between this world and their ordinary lives, cracks begin to show, and they are forced to ask - how long can their love survive?
For more information about the National Year of Reading, click here: https://goallin.org.uk
Ask Penguin is the podcast where your quirkiest, trickiest, and most urgent book questions get answered. Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, we bring bestselling authors and Penguin insiders to explore some of your favourite books and discover new ones that you are yet to read.
Keep up to date and listen to more episodes here: https://podfollow.com/thepenguinpodcast
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Discover the dazzling, sweeping new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Emily Henry, Great Big Beautiful Life.
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How did Marian Keyes inspire Bryony Gordon’s writing? How do you write about family without falling into stereotypes? Which books capture the messy reality of life? And what is your favourite habit to fit reading into your life?
The Ask Penguin team returns with a shelf-load of must-read book recommendations - and we're joined by bestselling author, journalist, and podcaster Bryony Gordon to discuss her debut novel, People Pleaser.
Discover all the books mentioned in this episode here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/must-read-book-to-make-me-laugh-bryony-gordon
The novel follows Olivia Greenwood, a self-confessed people pleaser who, after one chaotic night out, decides it’s time to start living life on her own terms. Bryony Gordon is a columnist, author, and host of the podcast The Life of Bryony. She is the author of several bestselling books, including Mad Girl and You Got This, both Sunday Times No.1 bestsellers and British Book Award nominees, and is a passionate advocate for mental health, founding Mental Health Mates, a global peer support network. People Pleaser is her first novel.
Keep up to date and listen to more episodes here: https://podfollow.com/thepenguinpodcast
For more information about the National Year of Reading click explore
https://goallin.org.uk
Ask Penguin is the podcast where your quirkiest, trickiest, and most urgent book questions get answered. Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, we bring bestselling authors and Penguin insiders to explore some of your favourite books and discover new ones that you are yet to read.
Keep up to date and listen to more episodes here: https://podfollow.com/thepenguinpodcast
0:00 Intro
01:01 Bryony Gordon
38:33 Ask Penguin Questions
56:41 Outro
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