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Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Joan by Katherine Chen, published by Hodder Martene says Chen's Joan is a retelling of a familiar figure in European history. The novel is a… Audio

David Hill reviews Vienna Behind the Facade by Jennifer Haworth, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing. Audio

On At the Movies, Dan Slevin reviews three new releases that are all adapted from books: the romantic drama Where the Crawdads Sing set in 1950s North Carolina; Netflix's biggest budget blockbuster… Audio

The Gray Man is Netflix's biggest budget feature film ever and is a globetrotting spy action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio

Joanna Ludbrook from Chicken and Frog Books in Featherston reviews The Wrong Weather, a 6 - 10 year old chapter book in the Princess Olivia Investigates series by Lucy Hawking. Published by Penguin… Audio

Harry Broad reviews Giving for Good: The History of the J R McKenzie Trust by Stephen Clarke, published by J R McKenzie Trust. Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio

An effort to shield the under-fire All Blacks coach from a media mauling last weekend fired up commentators already cranky about the high-handedness of rugby bosses. But given the intensity of some… Audio

Holly Walker reviews The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

Phil Vine reviews No Other Place to Stand: An Anthology of Climate Change Poetry from Aotearoa New Zealand, Edited by Jordan Hamel, Rebecca Hawkes, Erik Kennedy and Essa Ranapiri, published by… Audio

Academy Award winner Mark Rylance starring as the real life "worst golfer in the world" in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (reviewed by Dan Slevin). Video, Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz, published by Text Publishing. Audio

Mellissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen, published by Queensland University Press. Audio

Paul Diamond reviews Between Me and Myself: A Memoir of Murder, Desire and the Struggle to Be Free by Sandra Willson, published by Text Publishinglson. Audio

Nicky Walker reviews The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde, published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

Kiran Dass reviews Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe. Audio

Air New Zealand is warning there could be more disruptions to come as wild weather, sickness and engineering issues have already disrupted some school holiday travel.

The airline has brought back its… Video, Audio

Catriona Ferguson reviews The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio

Emma Hisiop reviews The Hitchhiker by Gerwin van der Werf (translated from the original Dutch by David Colmer), published by Text Publishing Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews Back in the Day by Melvyn Bragg, published by Hachette NZ. Audio