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Penelope LivelyDecember 2021The books of my lifePenelope Lively: ‘Beatrix Potter seemed so exotic, unlike my world of palm trees’The author on reading Peter Rabbit in Egypt, the allure of

Lawrence Durrell – and the humour of Stella Gibbons31 Dec 2021 11.00 CETOctober 2021The best original photographs from the ObserverOriginal Observer Photography30 Oct 2021 12.00 CESTBooks

interviewPenelope Lively: ‘I was a traumatised teenager’16 Oct 2021 19.00 CESTApril 2020Tolstoy, Steinbeck, Defoe – why are so many turning to classic novels?As sales of literary

heavyweights soar, Booker winner Penelope Lively says that getting lost in a good book is now more relevant than it has ever been25 Apr 2020 16.05 CEST…… commentsSeptember 2019Books that

made meLemn Sissay: ‘My guilty pleasure is Lee Child’s Jack Reacher – no more films, OK?The author and poet on what he learned from Malcolm X, Ladybird books and the exciting movement in

African sci-fi13 Sept 2019 10.58 CESTAugust 2019The Guardian Books podcastDoes 'the English canon' still shape what we read? – books podcastWriters including Penelope Lively, Caryl Philips,

Howard Jacobson and Yomi Sode explore how this idea has changed over time20 Aug 2019 08.00 CESTDecember 2018The Guardian Books podcastPenelope Lively on MR James' Oh, Whistle and I'll Come

to You, My Lad – books podcastYou’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story, selected by Penelope Lively and read by Simon Callow as part of our

seasonal series of short stories selected by leading novelists24 Dec 2018 13.00 CETAugust 2018Culture webchatsPenelope Lively webchat: on Egypt, Englishness and her first memoryThe

acclaimed author answered your questions about her Booker prize-winning novel Moon Tiger, the state of children’s literature and more1 Aug 2018 18.16 CEST…… commentsJuly 2018Reading groupThe

unfilmable brilliance of Moon TigerPenelope Lively’s novel defeated even Harold Pinter’s attempts to write a screenplay, and it’s not just the narrator’s voice that a camera couldn’t

capture17 Jul 2018 13.59 CEST…… commentsReading groupMoon Tiger: ferociously complicated – and fantastically readablePenelope Lively’s title takes its name from a brand of mosquito coil,

which also suggests its circling narrative and the spiralling nature of memory10 Jul 2018 11.59 CEST…… commentsReading groupPenelope Lively's Moon Tiger is our reading group choice for

JulyWhether it wins this month’s Golden Man Booker prize remains to be seen, but the popular vote here has gone to an underrated classic3 Jul 2018 12.37 CEST…… commentsJune 2018What it is

like to win the Booker prize, by Margaret Atwood, Hilary Mantel, Peter Carey and more30 Jun 2018 10.00 CEST…… commentsLife in the Garden by Penelope Lively review – a rewarding, evocative

ramble8 Jun 2018 15.00 CEST…… commentsMay 2018Hits and surprises as judges reveal the Man Booker’s shortlist of five golden decadesMantel and Ondaatje are in but Rushdie’s out as judges name

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ist for public vote on best novel26 May 2018 20.00 CEST…… commentsDecember 2017The Guardian Books podcastPenelope Lively on MR James's Oh Whistle and I'll Come to you, my lad - short story

podcastYou’ll never sleep in a twin bedroom again after hearing this classic Edwardian ghost story, selected by Penelope Lively read by Simon Callow26 Dec 2017 09.00 CET…… comments'Women are

better writers than men': novelist John Boyne sets the record straightMale authors are always pronouncing their own brilliance – or boasting about not reading books by women. So, after a

lifetime spent writing and attending literary festivals, John Boyne would like to get something off his chest …12 Dec 2017 07.00 CET…… commentsBooks that made mePenelope Lively: my debt to

roasted grasshopper with ladybird sauceThe Booker prizewinner on why Beatrix Potter influenced her writing and how she was defeated by one of the greatest novels of the 20th century1 Dec

2017 11.00 CET…… commentsOctober 2017Book of the dayLife in the Garden by Penelope Lively review – green fingers, silver trowelsDespite its strong focus on gardeners from the upper classes,

Penelope Lively’s horticultural memoir is a book to treasure29 Oct 2017 07.30 CET…… commentsSeptember 2017My writing dayPenelope Lively: ‘One of the pleasures of old age is the thought that

I shall never see Heathrow again’The Booker prizewinning novelist tries to fit in a couple of hours of writing a day, but she no longer feels guilty if she would rather be in the garden23

Sept 2017 11.00 CEST…… commentsJanuary 2017Critical eyeBook reviews roundup: Days Without End; The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories; The Descent of ManWhat the critics thought of Sebastian

Barry’s Days Without End, Penelope Lively’s The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories and Grayson Perry’s The Descent of Man13 Jan 2017 17.00 CET…… commentsAbout 78 results for Penelope

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