Episode 4: Spooky reads with Daisy Johnson
Ask Penguin
Penguin Books UK
4.1 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Looking for a book that will keep you up at night? If you enjoy that tingling sensation down your spine while reading something on the spookier side then you're in the right place. In this episode, we explore the best horror and ghost stories perfect for Halloween. Alongside filling your book pile with terrifying but page-turning recommendations, we sit down with Booker-shortlisted author, Daisy Johnson to talk about her new collection of ghost stories, The Hotel.
Books and authors mentioned in this episode:
Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
For the full list of books plus transcript visit: Episode 4: Scary reads
Send us a question: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk.
Website: www.penguin.co.uk/podcast
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Rihanna Dillon. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome to the Penguin podcast. |
| 0:11.2 | In honour of the season, this is a special Halloween episode of Ask Penguin, |
| 0:17.2 | where we're celebrating all things ghoulish and ghastly. Love this time of year, |
| 0:22.9 | and I love a frightening read. But if you've got a fright-free question for us, please do get |
| 0:27.9 | in touch, and we'll try and answer it for you in a future episode. You can email the podcast |
| 0:32.6 | at penguinpodcast at penguin randomhouse.co.uk, or click the link in the show description to go straight to |
| 0:39.3 | the podcast page. I'll be joined on the podcast today by award-winning author of Fenn and Everything |
| 0:45.5 | Under, Daisy Johnson, to talk about her new work, The Hotel, a haunting collection of stories |
| 0:51.6 | that it all take place in an imposing hotel that looks over the dark |
| 0:55.9 | fens, built on cursed land, and has a history of violent death, but exerts a magnetic pull that |
| 1:03.2 | is impossible to resist, much like the book itself. I'll be putting some of your listener questions |
| 1:09.4 | to one of the team here at Penguin Books. |
| 1:11.6 | It seems like loads of you really enjoy a creepy, spooky read. |
| 1:15.6 | We've had so many questions about Halloween recommendations, so we're going to do our best to suggest the ultimate scary reading list for you. |
| 1:24.6 | To help me with that list, I'm delighted to welcome Sarah McKenna to the podcast. Hi Sarah. Hi, Rihanna. Hi. So apart from just |
| 1:33.1 | generally making our lives incredibly easy and being so brilliant at dressing our gorgeous studio with all |
| 1:39.4 | of these books, what is your actual role at Penguin? So my role is a digital content manager in the brand department, which means that I think |
| 1:48.6 | about lots of different things that we can engage our audiences and readers with so that they |
| 1:54.2 | get the best book recommendations. |
| 1:56.0 | Now, I feel like I know the answer to this question, but are you a Halloween fan? |
| 1:59.6 | Well, that's correct. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Penguin Books UK, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Penguin Books UK and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.