Literary power couple Zadie Smith and Nick Laird chat to Nihal Arthanayake about their collaborative project, ‘Weirdo’, a children’s book featuring exquisite illustrations from Magenta Fox. 

In this episode, Zadie and Nick discuss the joy of removing words from their work, the virtues of rawness in writing, and the inspiration they take from the internal life of their ageing pug, Maud. #PenguinPodcast   

‘Weirdo’ is available to buy as an audiobook now - https://apple.co/3eC4wkr

The Penguin Podcast: Zadie Smith and Nick Laird with Nihal Arthanayake

'Tamara’s lovely words just flow in stunning sentences, just a lovely guide back to yourself. I really am impressed with Tamara’s view into the wellness world.' 5/5 stars - Listener review.

The world outside can be brash, loud, and leave us feeling bruised. Affirmation is your spiritual audio guide to quietening external noise, focusing your mind and harnessing your positive energy so you can figure out what you want. And get it. 

Using positive quotes, positive affirmations and mindfulness meditation, Tamara Driessen creates a space to retreat to for moments of calm and self-care throughout your day. 

Affirmation is here to reconnect you with your inner being and learn self-trust, so you can go out into the world with confidence.

Affirmation, read by Tamara Driessen

The intricacy of modern life has created a false dichotomy between things that are 'hard and important' and those that are 'easy and trivial'. Everything has become so much harder than it ought to be. But, Greg McKeown, best-selling author of Essentialism, says, there is a third alternative. In Effortless, he offers practical strategies for making the most vital tasks the easiest ones.

Effortless, written and read by Greg McKeown

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Fantasy Premier League Podcast by FPL gurus Adam Hopcroft and Andy Green discussing the latest hot FPL topics and answer community questions. Hosted by fantasy football all-rounder Andrew Ferguson.

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Body and Soul in Harmony

A stunning, shattering debut novel about two Black artists falling in and out of love - available for pre-order now

Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong, both are now artists - he a photographer, she a dancer - trying to make their mark in a city that by turns celebrates and rejects them. Tentatively, tenderly, they fall in love. But two people who seem destined to be together can still be torn apart by fear and violence.

At once an achingly beautiful love story and a potent insight into race and masculinity, Open Water asks what it means to be a person in a world that sees you only as a Black body, to be vulnerable when you are only respected for strength, to find safety in love, only to lose it. With gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential debut of recent years.

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

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Effortless, written and read by Greg McKeown

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