Books
Book Review: Displaced by Cristina Sanders
Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews the YA debut New Zealand novelist Cristina Sanders' Displaced, published by Walker Books. Audio
Book review: Mrs Death Misses Death by Selina Godden
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop Dunedin reviews Mrs Death Misses Death by Selina Godden, published by Canongate. Audio
Events in the Life of Phillip Tapsell
Jonathan Adams joins us from Copenhagen to talk about his memoirs of Phillip Tapsell (1790-1873), one of the earliest Pakeha-Maori traders and with over 3000 descendants in New Zealand. Born Hans Felk… Audio
Former Elle editor on the darker side of glamour magazines
Former editor in chief of Elle magazine in Australia, Justine Cullen, shares candid stories of life working for a glamour magazine. Audio
Rob Kelly's Book Quiz
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz. Audio
Book review - Unsheltered by Clare Moleta
Luke Finnegan reviews Unsheltered by Clare Moleta, published by Simon and Schuster. Audio
Book Critic - Clare Mabey
Clare Maybe talks about 'Unsheltered' by Clare Moleta; Atua Wahine, a collection created by Awa Wahine, and 'The Mirror Book' by Charlotte Grimshaw. Audio
Navigating cancer diagnosis and treatment
Most people bump into emotions they've never come across before when cancer turns up in their world, says Australian clinical psychologist Dr Toni Lindsay. After working with cancer patients and their… Audio
Book Review - China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
Harry Broad reviews China Room by Sunjeev Sahota, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review: Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien
Laura Caygill reviews Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien, published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Leanne Radojkovich's short stories put people under pressure
The new short story collection by writer and librarian Leanne Radojkovich, hailman, includes some cautionary tales for people facing moral dilemmas. Audio
Poet Siobhan Harvey is haunted by Ghosts
Migration and the ghosts they bring with them from their old homes to their new one - that's the theme of the new poetry collection from Siobhan Harvey. Audio
Dressed - what the well-dressed colonial was wearing
When specialist textile curators at New Zealand museums examine donated garments, often the most fascinating stories come from the signs of stains, repairs and repurposing that they discover. Audio, Gallery
Shaun Bythell: Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell has run Wigtown's The Bookshop since 2001. It's the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland with shelves spanning nearly two kilometres and containing over 100,000 books. His trademark… Audio
Book review: Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
Jenna Todd from Time Out Bookstore reviews Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, published by Transworld. Audio
Book review: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Kiran Dass reviews The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Pan Macmillan. Audio
Confessions of a District Court Judge
Rosemary Riddell is a retired District and Family Court judge whose new book provides a rare insight into the life on the bench. She served 12 years full time on the bench, and says she wrote the book… Audio
Book review: Devil's Trumpet by Tracey Slaughter
Louise O'Brien reviews Devil's Trumpet by Tracey Slaughter, published by VUP. Audio
Michelle Langstone on loss, grief and hope
Come in, we have something we want to tell you. Nothing good ever comes from these words, and for Michelle Langstone, they prefaced the news that her beloved father had cancer. The writer and actress… Audio
Book Critic - Lisa Glass
Today Lisa Glass reviews three books with a gravedigger in them. She talks about, All Our Shimmering Skies, by Trent Dalton, The Year Of The Farmer, by Rosalie Ham and Grave Concerns by Rebecca Tope. Audio
