What are the best Winter reads? with Jeanette Winterson

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<p>Why do people of all cultures have ghost stories? Can love truly survive death? Will artificial intelligence be the new ghosts of ghost stories? And what makes <em><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/184003/a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens/9780141389479" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Christmas Carol</a></em> the perfect read for Christmas?</p><br><p>This week on <em>Ask Penguin</em>, Rhianna is joined by critically acclaimed and bestselling writer <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/165166/jeanette-winterson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jeanette Winterson</a> to talk about <em><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451954/night-side-of-the-river-by-winterson-jeanette/9781529922912" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nightside of the River</a></em>, her genre-bending collection of ghost stories inspired by the supernatural, the unexplained and her own eerie encounters.</p><br><p>Together they explore everything from Chinese ghost traditions to the spirits Jeanette believes share her woodland home.</p><br><p>Explore the full list of the books discussed on this episode and the transcript by visiting:<a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2024/12/episode-11-the-penguin-podcast-winter-reads?utm_campaign=PodcastEpisode11&amp;utm_source=acast&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Episode 11: Winter Reads</a></p><br><p>Send us a question: penguinpodcast@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/podcast?utm_campaign=PodcastEpisode3&amp;utm_source=penguinwebsite&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_camteam=penguin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.penguin.co.uk/podcast</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>