Search Results

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore with her top picks from 2020's books: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (Granta Books, $33), In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado (Serpent's Tail Limited… Audio

Elisabeth Easther with her favourite reads of 2020: Aue by Becky Manawatu (Mākaro Press, $35), The Heavens by Sandra Newman (Allen & Unwin, $32.99) and The Overstory by Richard Powers (Penguin Books… Audio

As international travel continues to look like a distant prospect, Consumer New Zealand is calling for Air New Zealand to be clear with customers about its travel credit and refund policy. Since covid… Audio

Dean Bedford selects his three favourite books from 2020: Audience of One - Donald Trump Television and the Fracturing of America by James Poniewozik (WW Norton & Co, $42) Bill Birch - Minister of… Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews her favourite reads from last year: A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Tramp Press), How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang (Little, Brown Book… Audio

Book critic Pip Adam recommends three books about writing. Audio

Kiran Dass with her top books from 2020: Funny Weather: Art in An Emergency by Olivia Laing (Picador) Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Daunt Books) A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux (Fitzcarraldo Editions). Audio

Phil Vine reviews his top reads from last year: Summer by Ali Smith (Penguin Books, $34), Normal People by Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber, $33) and Adults by Emma Jane Unsworth (HarperCollins, $33). Audio

Four of the world's keenest crime readers came together for a live podcast recently, called Four Critics Four Continents, where they reflected on the best books in the genre for 2020. With the… Audio

Book reading has been on a high during the pandemic, with sales of historical fiction in particular soaring. Novelist Kate Mosse's new book, The City of Tears, has been gaining rave reviews. Kate… Audio

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books with her top picks from 2020: Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis, Bodley Head paperback Upriver: from the Sea to the Southern Alps by Colin Heinz Upstream on the… Audio

Ralph McAllister with his top three reads of 2020: Honeybee by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin, $36.99) JFK by Fredrik Logevall (Penguin Books, $40) Mr Wilder and Me by Jonathan Coe (Penguin Books, $37) Audio

Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, with her three favourite books of last year.  Audio

Claire reviews The King's Nightingale by Sherryl Jordan, Tokū Pāpā by Ruby Solly, and Magnolia by Nina Mingya Powles. Audio

Hannah August shares her favourite reads from 2020, three New Zealand books: Sprigs by Brannavan Gnanalingam (Lawrence & Gibson, $35), Rat King Landlord by Murdoch Stephens (Lawrence & Gibson, $20)… Audio

Dan Slevin describes Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland as “a kind of miracle”. Video