Books
Book review - Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Kiwi School Days: Interviews and Memoirs
Leilani Tamu reviews Kiwi School Days: Interviews and Memoirs 1927-2019. A multi-cultural perspective, Volume 3 by Ross Sutton. Published by Ross Sutton. Audio
Author leaps barriers to write bestsellers
Kaipara author Steff Green discovered a way to live her dream writing bestselling paranormal, romance and fantasy novels Audio
Kate's Klassics: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
"I am an invisible man....I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids- and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see… Audio
Book review - When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
Sally Wenley reviews When She Was Good by Michael Robotham, published by Hachette. Audio
Book review - A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne
Elisabeth Easther reviews A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Tamsin Martin of Scorpio Books, Christchurch, reviews Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Pip Adam - books on the complexity of love
Pip Adam reviews three books that demonstrate how complicated love and compassion can be, particularly within families. Audio
Book review - Lost Souls by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman
Quentin Johnson reviews Lost Souls by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Christopher McDougall - running with donkeys
Christopher McDougall is best known for his super-popular book Born to Run about the natural joy of running, the science of sport and super athletes. Audio
Book review - Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
John King reviews Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, published by Hachette NZ. Audio
NZ's first sci-fi WorldCon goes virtual this week
It reads like a classic sci-fi scenario - a deadly pandemic strikes just as an massive international convention is about to open in New Zealand, throwing everything into chaos. Audio
A new novel about the early settlers of the Far North
Life was extremely tough for isolated settlers trying to survive in the kauri forests of the Far North. This is where Joanna Orwin has set her latest novel, Shifting Currents, bringing together two… Audio
Reimagining the American West: How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
C Pam Zhang has produced a brilliant debut novel which imagines the American West through the story of a Chinese gold mining family.
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Book review - The Dominant Animal by Kathryn Scanlan
Hera Lindsay Bird of Unity Books reviews The Dominant Animal: Stories by Kathryn Scanlan. Published by Faber Factory. Forty surgically concise short, short stories fold neatly into this gorgeous new… Audio
Book review - A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville
Anne Else reviews A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville, published by Text. Audio
Afternoons Book Quiz with Robert Kelly for 22 July 2020
Afternoons Book Quiz with Robert Kelly. Audio
Book review - The Quick and the Dead by Cynric Temple-Camp
Harry Broad reviews The Quick and the Dead: True stories of life and death from a New Zealand pathologist by Cynric Temple-Camp. Published by Harper Collins. Audio
Claire Mabey on books
Claire Mabey reviews Sprigs by Brannavan Gnanalingam and Handiwork by Sara Baume. Audio