16 Jan 2026

Book Recommendations to start the year with Lisa Adler

From On the Air - Mā runga iarere, 2:05 pm on 16 January 2026
New Zealand's Best Emerging Bookseller Lisa Adler holds a selection of books in a boook store

After a career in palliative care nursing Lisa Adler decided she wanted a change of scenery and she is New Zealand's Best Emerging Bookseller Photo: Vic Books

Lisa Adler is a former palliative care nurse, an English lit major and a voracious reader. In 2018 she changed chapters and began book selling in 2018, and a few years later in 2022 became the Best Emerging Bookseller at the industry awards.

Lisa joins Maggie Tweedie and Mark Williams on the show with some book recommendations for the new year.

Lisa's Books:

  • Family Lexicon, The Road to the City, and All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg

  • National Dish by Anya von Bremzen

  • What Feelings Do When No One's Looking by Tina Oziewicz