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10 myths about authors as explored by…an author.
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...
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Giovanna Fletcher presents: A day in the life of me…
Author, actress and freelance journalist, Giovanna Fletcher is married to Tom Fletcher from McFly. She grew up in Essex with her Italian dad Mario, mum Kim, big sister Giorgina and little brother...
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Living The Old Ways: A Q&A with Sarah Thomas, our Penguin Wayfarer
Earlier this summer we ran a competition around Robert Macfarlane’s THE OLD WAYS for one lucky wayfarer to follow in his footsteps and win a summer trekking around the UK and blogging about their...
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365 words on 365
James Robertson writes 365 words on his remarkably ambitious new short story project: 365. You’ll be able to read a new installment of 365 every day over at Five Dials from January 1st 2014. The...
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The Mile Long Bookshelf’s Young Adult books of 2014
Earlier this year Penguin Random House UK worked with The Guardian and children’s marketing agency SuperAwesome to help find the UK’s best young blogger as one of the sponsors of the inaugural Future8...
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An interview with Jennifer Niven #AllTheBrightPlaces
In the second of her guest blog posts, Future8 award winner Amber Kirk-Ford of The Mile Long Bookshelf interviews author Jennifer Niven. Niven’s first YA novel, All The Bright Places, boldly addresses...
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Louis de Bernières’ journey into The Dust that Falls from Dreams
Louis de Bernières discusses that journey that led him to writing his latest work, The Dust That Falls from Dreams, an epic story of love and war, and of England in the first half of the twentieth...
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The story behind… The Fox and the Star
Best known for designing the iconic covers for the Penguin Clothbound Classics, illustrator Coralie Bickford-Smith has now created her first tale. Here she tells us the story behind becoming an author...
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Robin Stevens on Agatha Christie at 125
In the week of the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth, Robin Stevens explains why the Queen of Crime’s books are perfect reading for sleuths big and small. Robin Stevens It’s no secret that...
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A.L. Kennedy on Writing
An accomplished novelist and short story writer, and a professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick, A. L. Kennedy understands the perils of relying on real life to draw your fictional...
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Sally Gaminara on Editing
In a career spanning almost forty years, Transworld Publishing Director Sally Gaminara has worked with authors including Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Nick Robinson. Exclusively for Think...
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Fiona Barton on The First Chapter
Fiona Barton, author of 2016’s compelling new thriller The Widow, discusses the process of writing that crucial first chapter, and bringing Jean’s voice to life. My First Chapter I could see my first...
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