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10 myths about authors as explored by...an author.
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Joanna Rossiter is the author of The Sea Change (her first novel). She grew up in Dorset and studied English at Cambridge University before working as a researcher in the House of Commons and as a copy writer. In 2011... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The Penguin Blog
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The journey of 'The Aftermath': From the screen, to the page, and back again
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Will Hammond is commissioning editor at Viking Books, and edited Rhidian Brook's emotional wartime thriller The Aftermath, out today. He assisted Brook during the process of turning his original film script and 60-page treatment into a novel; now, the journey... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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World Book Night 2013: Treasure Island and Me Before You
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Today (April 23rd) is World Book Night, a time for readers and publishers accross the world to come together to celebrate our favourite things: books. As well as live events in London, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Liverpool, World Book Night, along... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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A Q&A with Graeme Simsion, author of 'The Rosie Project'
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The Rosie Project was originally a screenplay. What’s the story there? I’d always wanted to write a novel, but didn’t think I had the ability. When, at 50, I made a mid-life career change, I decided to enrol in a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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10 Tips on How to Stay Sane as a Debut Novelist
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Jennifer McVeigh's debut novel The Fever Tree, the epic tale of a British woman embarking on a new life in nineteenth-century southern Africa, has been critically acclaimed and selected for Richard and Judy's Book Club in March. Here, she reveals... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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EXCLUSIVE: Author Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses Team of Rivals, the book behind the Oscar-winning Lincoln
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To celebrate the Oscar successes of Argo, Lincoln, and Les Miserables, we're offering 50% off the books at Penguin.co.uk for today (February 25) only. To claim your discount, simply enter the coupon code 'readthefilm' at checkout. Doris Kearns Goodwin has... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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Jennifer McVeigh discusses her inspiration for 'The Fever Tree'
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Jennifer McVeigh's debut novel The Fever Tree, the epic tale of a British woman embarking on a new life in nineteenth-century southern Africa, has been critically acclaimed and selected for Richard and Judy's Book Club in March. Here, she discussses... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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Penguin Love Stories: the winner is...
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To celebrate Valentine's Day, this week we held a poll to find the nation's favourite Penguin love story, asking our Facebook fans and Twitter followers to vote for their favourite from a shortlist of ten of our most enduring romantic... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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Our first ever Penguin Chat with Beautiful Creatures authors!
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On Sunday 27th January 2013, we launched the first Penguin Chat (#PenguinChats) with Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia, authors of the fabulous Beautiful Creatures series. #PenguinChats was launched to offer the chance to get an author's undivided attention on Twitter... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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A superstar touches down … roll out the Green carpet by Gemma Green
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It’s an odd and wonderful thing as a bibliophile to be able to work with authors and books. Getting ‘behind-the-scenes’ and helping books find their audience, as a marketer, is often about finding ways to extend your own enthusiasm and... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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Design your own Pride & Prejudice cover
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If you know a love story that's worthy of the Penguin Classics livery - download our template from here and show us on facebook by tagging it @Penguin Books. If you're in need of inspiration, have a look here. Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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It's been 200 years of Pride and Prejudice!
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Despite being 200 years old today, the story of Pride and Prejudice resonates as strongly as it ever did. To those who believe that love will prevail, the love affair between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy has become an archetype for... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2013 at The Penguin Blog
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Dickens - Done! (the final part)
That's it. FINISHED!! We have finally Done Dickens. Over the past year-and-a-bit the tireless trio of Becky, Sam and I (with a few other hardy readers joining us occasionally) have braved 16 novels, countless late nights and over 10,000 pages... Continue reading
Posted Dec 20, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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On the road at the Istanbul Book Fair
Sitting in a café in Istanbul, eating baklava and drinking coffee whilst reading Orhan Pamuk. I am, as a tourist, distinctly unimaginative. But that is how I chose to spend my days off, having spent three days meeting publishers and... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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Doing Dickens – Part 15
I've always wanted to say "We're gonna have to pull an all-nighter!" in the manner of a 70s journalist breaking Watergate whilst eating Chinese food from cartons. Staying up until 3am to finish Our Mutual Friend, the second-to-last novel in... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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All dressed up!
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So now we’re into the final day of the Chicago TARDIS convention and last night was the Masquerade in which all the fans who love the costuming element of Doctor Who strutted their funky stuff, to the adoration of the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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The Con is on!
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Having survived the madness of the Black Friday sales, the Doctor Who convention Chicago TARDIS is now in full swing. But what, you may well ask yourselves, happens at a Doctor Who convention? For the uninitiated, a Doctor Who convention... Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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Black Friday for the Doctor
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Every November for the last few decades, Doctor Who fans have gathered in Chicago to celebrate the world's longest-running Science Fiction TV show. The current incarnation of the event is called Chicago TARDIS and coincides with both the broadcast of... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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Doing Dickens – Part 14
I've finally discovered a greater pleasure than reading Dickens – and that's re-reading Dickens. Great Expectations, the 14th in our epic Dickens readathon, was, shamefully, the only one of his books I'd read properly before (at school), and visiting it... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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Doing Dickens - Part 13
Crying while reading Dickens's novels is getting to be a regular thing with me. Maybe it's because I know we're getting near to the end of our mission to read all his novels, or maybe it's because number 13, A... Continue reading
Posted Oct 31, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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The Anna Karenina Challenge: Part 2
“Each of us has skeletons in his soul, as the English say.” Hello fellow challengers. Well, if you’re anything like us, you’ll have had a busy few weeks, and reluctantly experienced a little bit of a lull in your reading... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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Doing Dickens – Part 12
Well knock me down with a weighty tome, we are officially three-quarters of the way through our mammoth attempt to read all of Dickens! I can’t quite believe so many words have gone into my brain. Our latest is the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 8, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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What is the city but the people?
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In 2012, as the world’s gaze turned on London for the Olympic year, the British Museum explored this capital city from a slightly different viewpoint – by trying to get inside the heads of the people who lived here over... Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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As scene on screen
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O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! If you missed out on a trip to Shakespeare’s ‘wooden O’... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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Wanted: a loving home for an orphaned short story opening
You may already know Five Dials, a (mainly monthly) literary magazine published by Hamish Hamilton, one of Penguin's imprints. If you don't, you probably should - the magazine is free and promotes work from both emerging and established talents. Over... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2012 at The Penguin Blog
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