Eleanor Catton
When you win a Booker Prize, you start to believe in its value – Shehan Karunatilaka
Three Booker Prize winners, Eleanor Catton, Bernardine Evaristo and Shehan Karunatilaka share their experience of being awarded the world's most esteemed literary prize with Karyn Hay at the 2023… Audio
Book review: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Louise O'Brien reviews Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Audio
'Going online is not an innocent act' - Eleanor Catton on how technology is changing us
It's been a decade since New Zealand author Eleanor Catton's novel The Luminaries won the Man Booker Prize, making then 28-year-old Catton the youngest author ever to win the award. This week she… Audio
The Luminaries - A right pair: shoes fit for a lead role
Christchurch based Flora Knight is a shoe maker whose boots are getting a run on Eleanor Catton's sunday night TV ONE adaptation of her Booker Prize-winning The Luminaries. The costume team gave Flora… Audio, Gallery
The Luminaries, The Great, The Vast of Night
Film and TV reviewer James Croot looks at the TVNZ-BBC production of Eleanor Catton's award-winning novel The Luminaries, a hilarious new look at Catherine the Great from the co-writer of The… Audio
Eleanor Catton pens film adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Emma'
New Zealand’s Eleanor Catton has written the screenplay for the latest version of Jane Austen’s much-adapted Emma. Video, Audio
'I think it's going to look very beautiful onscreen'
Novelist-turned-screenwriter Eleanor Catton has been at work adapting her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Luminaries for the small screen. A six-part TV miniseries is due to start shooting in 2017… Audio
Francis Spufford: the 18th century novel
Francis Spufford is a British writer whose books include The Child That Books Built (2002), Red Plenty (2010) and Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising… Audio
Artists Sign Letter for Freedom of Speech
Artists are expressing their concerns about the government's "neo-liberal" values. It's a continuation of the feelings expressed by author Eleanor Catton. Writer Gordon McLauchlan joins the Panel to… Audio
Anna Smaill: music and memory
English literature and music graduate whose debut novel, The Chimes, is set in a future Britain where people's memories are controlled by music. Audio
Cattongate: Let the book do the talking
With "Cattongate" in full swing, Radio New Zealand's Glen Scanlon allows Eleanor Catton's prize-winning novel to speak for its author. Audio
Catton dismays book judge, disappoints PM
A New Zealand Book Award judge has joined a chorus of people including the Prime Minister dismayed at Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton's criticism. Audio
Author Eleanor Catton's favourite song
As she takes a break from a hectic time of book promotions, events and media interviews - she's been listening to music - and one song in particular. Audio
Big Year interview - Eleanor Catton
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton whose second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Man Booker Prize. Audio
NZer takes home prestigious Booker Prize
The New Zealand author, Eleanor Catton, has become the youngest person ever to win the prestigious Booker Prize. Audio
Eleanor Catton on winning the Man Booker Prize
Eleanor Catton on the phone from London after having been announced as the winner of the Man Booker Prize. Audio
Playing Favourites with Eleanor Catton
Graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and now lecturer in creative writing at the Manukau Institute of Technology, whose second novel, The Luminaries, has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Audio
The Musical Pen
Publisher and jazz reviewer Fergus Barrowman explains why putting music into words is probably the hardest form of writing there is; jazz pianist Norman Meehan explains why it helps to be a musician -… Audio
Feature Guest - Eleanor Catton
Young NZ author who has spent the year as an adjunct professor at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, while continuing to pick up literary awards for her debut novel,"The Rehearsal". She has also… Audio