Hannah August
Book review: The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais
Hannah August reviews The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio
Book review: Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe
Hannah August reviews Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe published by Pan Macmillan Audio
Book Review - Three of the best from 2022: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, Song of Less by Joan Fleming and Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
Hannah August reviews three of her favourite books from last year: Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout, published by Penguin; Song of Less by Joan Fleming, published by Cordite and Portable Magic: A… Audio
The Week in Detail: Climate concerns, funding foibles
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Sheilah Winn saga: Much ado about funding
Was Creative NZ really cancelling the Bard? Audio
Dr Hannah August and the best-selling Elizabethan plays
The only reason any of Shakespeare's plays have survived is because canny publishers saw a market for them amongst a populace hungry for material to read. Dr. Hannah August is the Senior Lecturer in… Audio
Book review: Three of the best from 2021: No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout and The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Hannah August reviews her favourite books from last year: No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood published by Penguin Random House, Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout published by Penguin and… Audio
Book review - The Magician by Colm Toibin
Hannah August reviews The Magician by Colm Toibin, published by Macmillan. Audio
Book review - Best of 2020 - New Zealand books
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
Book review - Come Again by Robert Webb
Hannah August reviews Come Again by Robert Webb, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
Book Review - The Mirror And The Light By Hilary Mantel
Hannah August reviews The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel, published by HarperCollins. The wheel of fortune turns for Thomas Cromwell in this conclusion to Mantel's brilliant trilogy about the… Audio
Will Singles' Day take off in New Zealand?
You may have seen ads popping up for 'Singles' Day', as retailers push for New Zealand shoppers to get on board with what's becoming a new global shopping trend on November 11.
Singles' Day was… Audio
Book review - Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley
Hannah August reviews Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley, which is published by Penguin Books New Zealand. "A beautifully observed study of the shifting tides in long friendships between married couples… Audio
Book review - Nobody's Looking at You: Essays
Hannah August reviews Nobody's Looking at You: Essays by Janet Malcolm, which is published by Text.
"A hodge-podge of interviews, political commentary, and literary criticism - a few gems but overall… Audio
Theatre Critic Hannah August
Dr Hannah August, an English lecturer at Massey University in Auckland is with me in our Auckland studio to talk about the Q theatre's production of Burn Her. Audio
The Pop-Up Globe, Shakespeare, gender, and historical accuracy
English literature lecturer Hannah August joins the programme to offer an academic perspective on the Auckland pop-up Globe's plan to stage all-male performances of Shakespeare plays later this year.
…Book review - The Odyssey by Homer
Hannah August reviews Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey by Homer, published by W. W. Norton & Company. Audio
Book review - Women & Power by Mary Beard
Women & Power by Mary Beard. Reviewed by Hannah August, published by Profile. Audio
Book review - Best of 2017
Hannah August reviews: Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, published by Jonathan Cape. South and West: From A Notebook by Joan Didion, published by HarperCollins Publishers. Winter by Ali… Audio
Book review - "Mrs Osmond" by John Banville
Hannah August reviews Mrs Osmond by John Banville, published by Viking. Audio