Bookmarks

Our Bookmarks guest today may be a familiar face to many - Kiri Hannifin from Countdown Supermarkets. She joins Jesse today to share her favourite songs, books, movies and TV shows. Audio

The Bookmarks guest today is Rebecca K Reilly, a writer from Tamaki Makaurau who has just released her debut novel Greta and Valdin. Audio

Auckland-based poet, author and playwright Dominic Hoey joins us for Bookmarks this week. Audio

Helen Yeung is a Hong Kong-Chinese New Zealand writer, feminist, community organiser, and zine-maker. She shares some of her favourite things with us.  Audio

Our Bookmarks guest today is Iranian-New Zealand writer and filmmaker Ghazaleh Golbakhsh. Her first book 'The Girl From Revolution Road' was released in September last year and she's currently working… Audio

This week's bookmarks guest is Dr Lucy Hone is the director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience, an author, and a senior adjunct fellow at the University of Canterbury. Audio

It's time to get some picks from this week's Bookmarks guest! Ema Tavola is an independent curator and director of Vunilagi Vou gallery in south Auckland. Audio

Crime writer and keen frisbee thrower Paul Cleave joins Jesse for today's bookmarks feature.  Audio

Master of fusion food and culinary pioneer Peter Gordon joins Jesse to talk about what he listens to, reads and watches when he's not being creative in the kitchen or finding more ways to support… Audio

For Bookmarks today we have Julia Marshall. She's the founder of the children's book publisher Gecko Press in Wellington. She talks about what she likes to read, watch and listen to in her down time.

Today's Bookmarks guest is writer and former model Jenna Sauers, a "New Yorker and New Zealander via Iowa".  Audio

We're talking to short fiction writer and poet, Tracey Slaughter, for Bookmarks this week. Tracey is the editor of Poetry New Zealand's Yearbook 2021 and also has a book of short stories 'Devil's… Audio

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger is today's Bookmarks guest. He was the PM from 1990 to 1997 and has recently published a book, Fridays with Jim: Conversations about our country with Jim Bolger, with… Audio

Today's Bookmarks guest is recently retired Christchurch drama teacher David Chambers. He spent four decades teaching drama to young people, and was recently made a Drama New Zealand Life Member. Audio

Today's Bookmarks guest is the talented Libby Hakaraia, a filmmaker, tumu whakarae* of Māoriland, and director of the Māoriland film festival in Ōtaki. Audio

Our guest on Bookmarks today is the multi-talented Rose Lu - a software developer and published author with a degree in mechatronics engineering. Lu's 2019 essay collection All Who Live on Islands … Audio

Dr Nina Scott was a junior doctor working in paediatrics when she became frustrated at seeing the same children admitted to hospital. She's nowthe Waikato DHB clinical director of Māori health. She's… Audio

Claire Citham shares some of her favourite books, movies, podcasts and more. Audio

Chloe Gong is a Kiwi author who had her first adult novel published just last year, at 19 - and it made the New York times best sellers list! She talks to Jesse about her favourite books, movies… Audio

The University of Auckland's director of the Master of Creative Writing, associate professor Paula Morris chats about her favourite books, a much-loved K-Pop group, K-dramas on Netflix and Sonya… Audio