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Parliament has given the green light to a new independent sport integrity commission focussed on athlete wellbeing and protection. MPs voted unanimously on Wednesday backing the creation of the… Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead published by Hachette. Audio

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is the story of the doomed ship that carried Dracula to England. Starring Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) and Corey Hawkins (Straight outta Compton). Video, Audio

Lynn Freeman reviews Far North by David White with Angus Gillies published by Upstart Press Audio

Gina Rogers reviews House of Longing by Tara Calaby published by Text Publishing Audio

David Hill reviews Erebus The Ice Dragon: A portrait of an Antarctic volcano by Colin Monteath published by Massey University Press Audio

A new history of modern China offers an alternative view on its meteoric economic rise. Frank Dikotter's China after Mao: The rise of a superpower builds its picture from the ground up.

Foreign correspondent Tania Branigan explores how the Cultural Revolution continues to shape China in her new book, Red Memory

Melanie O'Loughlin reviews So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo; translated Yarri Kamara published by Titled Axis Press. Audio

Kiran Dass reviews Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton Audio

Sonja de Friez reviews We Need to Talk about Norman by Denis Welch published by Quentin Wilson Publishing

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Laura Caygill reviews Penance by Eliza Clark published by Allen and Unwin Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews Old Boy: My Dads Story of Addiction, Resurrection, Dumb Luck and Love by Georgia Tree published by Fremantle Press Audio

Roger Christensen of Unity Books Auckland reviews Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan published by Walker Books. Audio

A new Member's Bill looks to fix a 40-year-old outcome of the anti-Pacific racism of the Dawn Raids era, restoring the right to New Zealand citizenship for a generation of Samoan people. Audio

Dean Bedford reviews Why is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV by Rob Burley published by HarperCollins Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews The Trackers by Charles Frazier published by HarperCollins Audio

MetService and NIWA are both government agencies. Why are they competing with one another? Audio

Carole Beu from the Women's Bookshop reviews Dice by Claire Baylis published by Allen and Unwin Audio

Sally Wenley reviews The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz published by Penguin Random House Audio