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We talk to Christchurch novelist Charlotte Randall about her new work, Hokitika Town. Audio

Buddhist Rain is the name of a new CD of Bill Manhire's poetry set to music by Norman Meehan. Audio

Expat Stephen Daisley redefines heroism and traitors in his debut novel 'Traitor', set both in New Zealand and in Gallipoli during World War One, and published by Text Publishing. Audio

Tina Makereti gives Maori legends a contemporary spin in her short story collection, 'Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa'. Audio

Karen Zelas talks about setting her novel 'Past Perfect' in Akaroa and France in the 19th and 21st centuries. Audio

Penelope Todd has moved easily from writing for young adults to their parents with 'Island' Audio

Deborah Challinor has brought out the third in her series about the feisty Kitty who gives up life on board ship to look for gold across the Tasman in lawless Ballarat. Audio

Today's featured writer is Pat White (below) who's busy working on a biography of his old teacher, mentor and mate, West Coast writer Peter Hooper. Audio

Poet Anna Livesy on her first published collection since 2003 when she won a fellowship to study at the Iowa Writers Workshop in the American Midwest. Audio

Kyle Mewburn has won the top children's book prize for 2010 with his story Old Hu Hu, a character who dies on the first page. He tells how the story relates to his own grandfather. Audio

Tatau, Samoan Tattoo Art - a new book documenting Samoan tattooing in photographs, Mark Adams talks about his 30-year project. Audio

Dunedin poet and integral part of the city's underground music scene in the '80s and '90s, Gaylene, on gifting her papers to the Hocken Library. Audio

As well as mining his memories and experiences, Harvey has used his garden and his thoughts on aging, through to politics and terrorist attacks, as starting points for his latest poetry collection… Audio

Laurie Chittenden Executive Editor of William Morrow/ HarperCollins in the US, and Derek Johns whoÂ's a literary agent and Director of AP Watt UK talking about publishing in the 21st century. Audio

Marco Sonzogni is editor of the new 'Lost in Translation' anthology which looks at the ambiguity of words. Audio

Christchurch crime novelist Paul Cleave has sold almost three quarters of a million books around the world. Audio

We find out what it takes to organise the country's biggest literary event, with Laura Kroetch and talk to author Paddy Richardson about her latest novel, Hunting Blind. Audio

Bryan Walpert's two books are Ephraim's Eyes published by Pewter Rose Press and Etymology, published by Cinnamon Press. Audio

Louise Wallace and Victoris University Press has published her debut poetry collection, Before June. Audio

The Trouble Lamp by Richard Langston is out on the Fitzbeck Publishing label. Audio

We explore Canterbury's landscapes and people in a new anthology of prose and poetry, Crest to Crest. Audio

Crime writer Vanda Symon continues her detective series starring Sam Shephard and unleashes another lot of murders on Dunedin. Audio

Novelist Jenny Haworth has set her new novel in Paris just after the Armistice. Audio

Ann Mallinson talks about starting her publishing career in the 1960s, founding her company, signing up Lynley Dodd of Hairy Maclary fame, and why she's decided to sell the company. Audio

Laura Soloman releases her latest novel about a giantess, 'An Imitation of Life', and New Zealand writers share some of their childhood memories in a book edited by Graeme Lay called 'Way Back When… Audio