Launched in January 2021, Speakers for Schools partnered with Penguin to deliver a series of Virtual Penguin Talks, with authors streamed live to thousands of young people at school and at home across the UK.
Penguin Talks is a programme of free, creative talks for young people, giving them the opportunity to both hear from, and directly question, a world-renowned thinker, writer or influential figure from our family of authors.
The aim of Penguin Talks is to help equip young people for the future by introducing a new generation of readers to new ideas and perspectives, and broadening their understanding of issues which speakers feel to be particularly prevalent for this generation.
Want to host a Penguin Talk in your school? Find out more here.
Teaching resources for Key Stages 3-5 have been created for each talk and cover topics across the Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) curriculum. All resources are free to download and link directly to the PSHE Association Programme of Study for PSHE education, to support your teaching of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education.
The resources include clips of the talks, lesson plans, lesson slides and activity sheets, with challenge questions for every activity.
Further talks and resources are released throughout the school year.
Let’s Talk Money with Bola Sol – #Merky Books & HSBC UK Broadcast Bola Sol & Emm...
Not Giving Up with Bernardine Evaristo and Vee Kativhu Bernardine Evaristo and Vee Kativhu Age: Key ...
Black Joy with Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Timi Sotire Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and Timi Sotire Age: ...
Climate Change and Capitalism with George Monbiot and Alice Aedy George Monbiot and Alice Aedy Age: ...
Why Books Create Belonging with Hafsa Zayyan and Zawe Ashton Hafsa Zayyan and Zawe Ashton Age: Key S...
Barack Obama and Marcus Rashford on their Love of Reading and Realising Your Full Potential In May 2...
How to Dare to Change Your Life with Lawrence Okolie and Harry Pinero Lawrence Okolie and Harry Pine...
Why Empire is Relevant Today with Sathnam Sanghera and Zawe Ashton: Lit in Colour Sathnam Sanghera a...
How to Motivate Yourself with Adrienne Herbert and Alice Liveing Adrienne Herbert and Alice Liveing ...
How to Achieve Anything with Gareth Southgate and Sharky Gareth Southgate and Sharky Age: Key Stages...
Why Poetry Belongs To All Of Us with Caleb Femi and Zawe Ashton: Lit in Colour Caleb Femi and Zawe A...
How to be a Climate Optimist with David Wallace-Wells and Lily Cole Age: KS 4 – 5 / S5 – 6 Subje...
How to Get into Publishing with Simon Armstrong and Hannah Chukwu Simon Armstrong and Hannah Chukwu ...
How to be Creative with Marlon James and Ekow Eshun Marlon James & Ekow Eshun Age: KS 4 – 5 / ...
How to Believe in Yourself with Big Narstie and Ciaran Thapar Big Narstie and Ciaran Thapar Age: KS ...
How to Embrace your Intersectionality with Mohsin Zaidi and Jessica Kellgren-Fozard Mohsin Zaidi and...
How to build confidence with Maya Jama and DOM&INK Maya Jama and DOM&INK Age: KS 5 / S4 – ...
How to Challenge Inequality, with Elif Shafak and Afua Hirsch In June 2020, award-winning British-Tu...
How to Talk to Strangers with Malcolm Gladwell and Emma Dabiri Malcolm Gladwell, Author, How to Talk...
How to Prepare for the Squiggly World of Work with Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper Helen Tupper and Sar...
How To Boss Your Mood with Chloe Brotheridge and Sara Milne Rowe Chloe Brotheridge, Clinical Hypnoth...
Marie Forleo and Cash Carraway on Success In February 2020, Marie Forleo, entrepreneur and author o...
Stormzy and Merky Books Authors on Finding Your Voice and Using It In November 2019, Stormzy, inter...
Margaret Atwood and Ash Sarkar on Activism Fresh from her joint Booker win, in October 2019, Margar...
Scarlett Curtis & Saoirse Ronan on Feminism In May 2019, Scarlett Curtis, author of Feminists ...
Michelle Obama On Education & Self-Belief In December 2018 and to mark the publication of her me...
Yuval Noah Harari and Russell Brand on the future of work In the inaugural Penguin Talk, in Septembe...
