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The Penguin Podcast is returning with a brand new series called Ask Penguin. In each episode, we will take you inside Penguin Books to meet some of the incredible authors we publish as well as the people who work here, to get answers to all of your book-related questions. Do you need to find your next page-turning read? Are you curious about what a day in the life of an editor is like? Or perhaps why a small, aquatic, flightless bird became the iconic emblem that adorns Penguin books worldwide?

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Episode 7

Historical fiction with Jodi Picoult

Join us as we time-travel through our bookshelves as we recommend must-read historical fiction in answer to your reading requests. Plus, bestselling author Jodi Picoult shares her theory on the true author behind Shakespeare's plays that inspired her new novel, By Any Other Name.

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Books discussed on Episode 7: Historical Fiction

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Books discussed on Episode 6: Books to Screen

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Books discussed on Episode 5: Crime and Mysteries

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Books discussed on Episode 4: Spooky reads

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Books discussed on Episode 3: The Classics

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Books discussed on Episode 2: Black History Month

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Books discussed on Episode 1: Prizewinners

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