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Melissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews In the Hollow of a Wave by Nina Mingya Powles, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews Strong Words 4: The best of the Landfall Essay Competition, published by Otago University Press. Audio

Lucy Black reviews Sleep by Honor Jones, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

We're going to talk about books, specifically what our critic Catherine Robertson calls her "to be read pile of shame" books, also known as those books you've bought and haven't yet got around to… Audio

Louise Ward from Wardini Books reviews Invisible Intelligence: Why your child might not be failing by Welby Ings, published by Otago University Press. Audio

In a quest to optimise his own life, writer Josh Drummond has spent years consuming and reviewing self-help books for his Substack The Cynic's Guide to Self-Improvement. He joins Emile Donovan. Audio

Harry Broad reviews An Uncommon Land by Catherine Knight, published by Totara Press. Audio

The latest Marvel comic book adaption is The Fantastic Four: First Steps, it's out today and early reviews are glowing. Dom Corry tells Jesse what he thinks and looks at the I Know What You Did Last… Audio

Laura Caygill reviews Ruins by Amy Taylor, published by Allen & Unwin Audio

Lynn Freeman reviews The Far Side of the Moon by Jana Wendt, published by Text Publishing. Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews Untold Intimacies: A history of Sex Work in Aotearoa by Cheryl Ware, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

Book reviewer Anna Rankin talks to Jesse about her recommendations, Some Helpful Models of Grief, from Compound Press, by Aotearoa writer and artist Hana Pera Aoake and Notes to John by Joan Didion. Audio

Dean Bedford reviews John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie, published by Faber & Faber Limited Audio

Emma Hislop reviews Secret Art Powers: How creative thinking can achieve radical change by Jo Randerson, published by Barbarian Productions. Audio

Literary festival director and music aficionado Kiran Dass plays some favourite tunes and shares what it's like running WORD Christchurch. Audio

Martene McCaffrey from Unity Books Auckland reviews How to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, published by Monoray Audio

Jenna Todd from Time Out Books reviews Endling by Maria Reva published by Virago. Audio

Renata Hopkins reviews I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger, published by Grove Press. Audio