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Ask Penguin

Hosted by Penguin Books UK.

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Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Often has guests
85% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
51 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Monthly
266 episodes · last 2026-07-15
Language
English
The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.
Where it's from
United Kingdom
The show names the UK in its title.
Reach
72
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.
Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

What the show says about itself

What should I read next? Ask Penguin is the podcast where your quirkiest, trickiest, and most urgent book questions get answered. Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon, we bring bestselling authors and Penguin insiders to explore some of your favourite books and discover new ones that you are yet to read. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

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  2. Which books help us reconnect with nature? with Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
  3. What's wrong with reading to look smart? with Abir Mukherjee
  4. Which debut novels should you be reading in 2026?
  5. Which books emotionally wrecked you? With Dawn French
  6. What are the best novels about infidelity? With Sophie Mackintosh

This show publishes a contact

We hold the address this show publishes in its own feed. Addresses and drafted pitches are part of a plan. Browsing stays free, and we never send on your behalf.

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