Books

Chris Tse reviews AUP New Poets 6 by Ben Kemp, Vanessa Crofskey and Chris Stewart. This collection is published by Auckland University Press. Audio

Kiwi Bookstores and authors are being hit hard by closures and cancellations due to the pandemic.  Audio

John King reviews Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, Text Publishing. Audio

The Auckland Writers Festival has announced this year's programme. Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews Indelicacy by Amina Cain, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Poet and writer Kate Camp returns for the latest instalment of Kate's Klassics. This week she reviews Maya Angelou's autographical work from 1969, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, a celebration of the… Video, Audio

Publisher Jeremy Sherlock joins the discussion on Hachette staff walking out over the company's plans to publish Woody Allen's memoirs. Audio

David Hill reviews Blueberries by Ellena Savage, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Unity Books Auckland has won "International Bookshop of the Year" at the London Book Fair. RNZ producer and former Unity Books Wellington bookseller Robert Kelly is here to sing the praises of… Audio

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Weather by Jenny Offill, published by Granta. Audio

Sally Wenley reviews Amnesty by Aravind Adiga, which is published by Pan Macmillan. This novel follows the journey of an illegal immigrant in Australia, weaving mystery, culture and wit into the… Audio

This week on Lately Book Club Dr Carolyn McKay speaks with Karyn Hay from Sydney about the colour green and its close association with crime books. Audio

Harry Ricketts reviews Landfall 238 Journal, Spring 2019, which is published by Otago University Press. Audio

The controversy over cancelled plans by Hachette to publish Woody Allen's memoir. Audio

Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books, Nelson, reviews Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah. Published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Rajorshi (Raj) Chakraborti is an Indian-born novelist, essayist and short story writer. He has also lived and studied in Canada, England and Scotland, and now lives with his family in Wellington. Audio

Damian Barr is an award-winning Scottish writer whose 2013 coming of age memoir Maggie & Me (about growing up gay in Thatcher-era Scotland), was The Sunday Times' Memoir of the Year. Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Figuring by Maria Popova, which is published by A&U Canongate. From the creator of the award-winning brainpickings.org comes more cultural and historical… Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, published by Bloomsbury. Audio