Interviews
Find out more about Mary Watson’s new novel The Cleaner (Plus: Listen to an excerpt!)
Mary Watson’s addictive, page-turning new thriller The Cleaner is out now from Penguin Random House SA!
‘The story started bending genres by itself’ – Charl-Pierre Naude chats about his new novel The Equality of Shadows
Charl-Pierre Naudé chats about his genre-bending new novel, The Equality of Shadows, the importance of titles and how every language has its own personality.
[Watch] Rosie Hewlett introduces Medea, a fascinatingly complex, staggeringly powerful woman
Penguin Random House has shared a video of author Rosie Hewlett introducing her new novel Medea, a breathtaking tale of loyalty, persecution and betrayal.
‘Many people forget that I am separate from Tannie Maria’ – an interview with Sally Andrew on her brand-new cookbook
Sally Andrew, creator of the bestselling Tannie Maria series, has published a cookbook with Penguin Random House!
Five minutes with Sven Axelrad on his new novel God’s Pocket
Sven Axelrad is seldom seen without his dog. His dog and a pen and piece of paper. How else will he be able to write down what is happening in the town of Vivo?
‘Great fiction, of any type, is always about mystery and surprise’ – In conversation with Jonathan Kellerman
It’s Jonathan Kellerman’s curiosity that drives the exploration of human behaviour in his novels.
‘It isn’t always advisable to write things which are better left unsaid’ – Five minutes with CA Davids
How to Be a Revolutionary was recently awarded the 2023 Sunday Times Fiction Prize. The Penguin Post asked the author, CA Davids, some questions on her novel and the win.
To shock and surprise – Alex Michaelides chats about his gripping new psychological thriller The Fury
Lauren Mc Diarmid chatted to Alex Michaelides about how he goes about crafting these twists and turns, and the creative process behind his new thriller, The Fury.
Five minutes with Lauren Beukes on her new novel Bridge
Bursting with humour, action and reality-bending experiences, Bridge is Lauren Beukes at her finest.
‘Most families are bound not just by blood but by secrets’ – Abraham Verghese on his masterful new novel The Covenant of Water
From Abraham Verghese, author of the bestselling novel Cutting for Stone, comes a stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith and …
Shari Lapena chats about her unputdownable new thriller Everyone Here is Lying
Author Shari Lapena chats to The Penguin Post about her thrilling new novel, Everyone Here is Lying, and what draws her to writing about domestic bliss gone wrong.
‘I’ve been betrayed by people a few times, and it hurts’ – In conversation with Lesley Pearse on her new novel, Betrayal
Lesley Pearse worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of 49, she became a published writer.
Five Minutes with Douglas Kruger on his new psychological thriller Character Scan
Read an interview with Douglas Kruger on his new novel Character Scan!
‘We all see the world slightly differently, and that’s a glorious thing’ – In conversation with Holly Smale on her new novel The Cassandra Complex
Holly Smale’s adult debut novel, The Cassandra Complex, is a unique, heartwarming and life-affirming novel about one woman’s unlikely journey through love, again and again …
‘I put a little bit of myself into every character’ – Emily Henry chats about her new novel Happy Place
Set over one sizzling summer, Happy Place is the new chemistry-filled ‘second chance love’ romcom from Tiktok sensation, Emily Henry.
In conversation with Jenny Jackson on her debut novel Pineapple Street – a witty exploration of family, money, love and heartbreak
Pineapple Street is an unputdownable debut, following three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one who wants to give it all away.
Where there’s Smoak, there’s fire – Gregg Hurwitz chats about his bestselling Orphan X series
Author Gregg Hurwitz on the formidable Evan Smoak, a trained government assassin who’s on a personal mission to help those with nowhere to turn, and the bad-ass hero of the Orphan X series.
Five minutes with David Viviers, author of the debut novel Mirage
You may know the face. David Viviers is one of our well-known actors, but now he is a published author as well. And his writing is every bit as good has his acting.
‘Daar is rowwe goed wat in my lewe gebeur het’ – Herman Lategan gesels oor Hoerkind: Die memoires van ’n randeier
Lees Ingrid Heÿdenrÿch se offbeat-en-glad-nie-fokken-mainstream-nie onderhoud met Herman Lategan in Klyntji.
Five minutes with author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s debut novel turned out to be the first in a trilogy. Not that she planned it that way. But now, she’s just written the last, The Quality of Mercy.