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Book review - High Wire by Lloyd Jones and Euan Macleod
David Hill reviews High Wire by Lloyd Jones and Euan Macleod, published by Massey University Press. Audio
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Book review - Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
Laura Caygill reviews Grown Ups by Marian Keyes, published by Penguin Books New Zealand. A lighthearted look at family dynamics, marriage and overcoming demons from Ireland's queen of chick lit. Audio
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Chernobyl’s culture of secrecy trumped safety and hastened the end of the Soviet Union
Serhii Plokhy argues that the catastrophe at Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster waiting to happen. He talks to Toby Manhire. Audio
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Book review - One Minute Crying Time by Barbara Ewing
Ralph McAllister reviews One Minute Crying Time by Barbara Ewing, published by Massey University Press. Audio
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Book review - Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Robert Kelly reviews Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Doubleday. Audio
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Book review - Aue by Becky Manawatu
Cindy Kiro reviews Aue by Becky Manawatu, published by Makaro Press. Audio
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Re-reading in lockdown
Claire Mabey has been revisiting some of her favourite books, and devoured some new material. Audio
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Book review - A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler
Anne Else reviews A Good Neighbourhood by Therese Anne Fowler, published by Hachette. Fowler’s new book adroitly weaves together the powerful strands of love, race, class and power shaping the lives… Audio
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The Kiwis who've spent 100 days in lockdown
While most New Zealanders are adjusting to life under alert level 3, some have been caught up in lockdowns here and in China.
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Book review - Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater
Lisa Finucane reviews Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater, published by Simon & Schuster. Audio
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Queensland Premier backs NRL return
The NRL's hopes of restarting on 28 May have had a major boost, with the Queensland Premier clearing the way for the state's three rugby league clubs to host matches and play interstate.
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Book review - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too. This book is published by Scribner, UK. First published in 2016, this slender novel had a profound impact in South… Audio
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Book review - The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett
Harry Ricketts reviews The Burning River by Lawrence Patchett, published by Victoria University Press. Audio
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Review - The Willoughbys
Podcast episode — 29 April 2020Netflix presents this animated adaptation of a well-known children's book, reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Review - The Willoughbys
Netflix presents this animated adaptation of a well-known children’s book, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio
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At the Movies for 29 April 2020
Podcast episode — 29 April 2020Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews Chris Hemsworth starring as Tyler Rake, a mercenary trying to rescue a teenage kidnap victim in Dhaka, Bangladesh in Extraction for Netflix; Beastie Boys Story, an Apple TV+ documentary about the New York hip hop group and The WIlloughbys, an animated adaptation of a well-known children's book.
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At the Movies for 29 April 2020
Dan Slevin is filling in for Simon Morris - and because of the lockdown devoting his attention to home entertainment - and he reviews Chris Hemsworth starring as Tyler Rake, a mercenary trying to… Audio
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Book review - Black Art of Killing by Matthew Hall
Sally Wenley reviews Black Art of Killing by Matthew Hall, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
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The hell of Okinawa: a new book on the last great battle of the Pacific War
A new book on the Battle of Okinawa looks at whether the losses led the White House to contemplate dropping the atomic bomb.
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Catherine Robertson talks books!
Catherine shares her book-related lockdown diary and several reviews. Audio
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Sports' survival in NZ may depend on higher fees
The survival of sport at all levels this year could come down to parents digging deeper into their pockets says an accountant.
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Book review - Defending Trinity College Dublin
Harry Broad reviews Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916: Anzacs and the Rising by Rory Sweetman, published by Four Courts Press. Audio
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Covid-19 stakes higher than rugby - Fiji PM
The people of Fiji have been told the stakes of Covid-19 are higher than any game of rugby.
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Women’s lives in Oman celebrated and explored in Booker prizewinning novel
Jokha Alharthi, the Omani author of Celestial Bodies, talks about her literary world and what winning the Man Booker International prize has meant for Arabic literature and for herself. Audio
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Going virtual: taking parliament onto the holodeck
Along with most everything in New Zealand parliament has gone virtual, and not just the MPs. Audio
