Biography
Anna Cahill -The life and times of Douglas MacDiarmid
Anna Cahill is a Auckland-born writer based in Brisbane. She has just published a biography of one of New Zealand's most well-known expatriate artists, Douglas Kerr MacDiarmid, called Colours of a… Audio
Dylan Jones on David Bowie
'David Bowie - A Life' is an exhaustive oral history of the rock legend by British journalist Dylan Jones, editor of GQ Magazine. Jones talked to Bowie's childhood friends, groupies, and stars. As a… Audio
A. Scott Berg: The story of Max Perkins
After graduating from Princeton University in 1971, American author A. Scott Berg expanded his senior thesis on famed editor Maxwell Perkins into a full-length biography, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius… Audio
Elizabeth Salmon on Peter Godfrey
'Peter Godfrey: Father of New Zealand Choral Music' is written by Elizabeth Salmon, and chronicles the conductor's life and work in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. She describes Godfrey's approach… Audio
Canadian author and biographer Rosemary Sullivan
Rosemary Sullivan talks about her love of biography and her works Stalin's Daughter: the Extraordinary Times and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva and Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape and a… Audio
A biography of Jack Body
Co-editors of Jack!: Celebrating Jack Body composer discuss the book which will launch this evening in Wellington. Audio
Chef Al Brown
Many in Wellington will know him as co-founder of Logan Brown, included in a list of Trip Advisor's world best restaurants at number 10. His new book is Depot: The Biography of a restaurant - which… Audio
Access All Areas: Bert Berns
Trevor Reekie talks with author and music journalist Joel Selvin about Bert Berns, the producer and songwriter whose catalogue includes 'Twist & Shout', 'Piece of My Heart', and 'Here Comes the… Audio
The Michael King Memorial Lecture – Judith Thurman on biography
"Some glittering, eventful lives are in fact, repetitive and depressing… It's the drama of individuation which gives a biography its suspense, and cuts through the trivia of life to its vital… Audio