Hannah August

Hannah August reviews Practice by Rosalind Brown published by Orion Publishing Audio

Hannah August reviews The Beautiful Afternoon by Airini Beautrais published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio

Hannah August reviews Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe published by Pan Macmillan Audio

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

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Was Creative NZ really cancelling the Bard? Audio

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

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

Hannah August reviews The Magician by Colm Toibin, published by Macmillan. 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

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

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

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

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.

Hannah August reviews Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey by Homer, published by W. W. Norton & Company. Audio

Women & Power by Mary Beard. Reviewed by Hannah August, published by Profile. Audio

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