Books

Anne Else reviews On Fire by Naomi Klein, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Chris Tse reviews Craven by Jane Arthur, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

The media often goes to astounding lengths to remove the responsibility for violence from men, says Australian journalist Jane Gilmore. So, for the past three years, Gilmore has made it her mission to… Audio

The Booker prize is coming up in 3 weeks, so maybe WHAT book do YOU think should have won a Booker Prize? Audio

It's time our Tuesday book critic and RNZ producer Robert Kelly is here to have another go at making up a genre. This week - murder most foul in historical and fantasy worlds. Audio

Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Lost and Somewhere Else by Jenny Bornholdt. Published by Victoria University Press. Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews This Is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield, published by Text Publishing. Audio

The Rugby World Cup kicked off in Tokyo on Friday night, so it is apt that Calling Home is heading there for the first time this weekend. We're joined by ground-breaking Kiwi lawyer Catherine… Audio

Novelist, travel writer and academic, Sarah Moss is earning rave reviews for her latest novel Ghost Wall. It's been described as a Brexit-inspired parable, populated by characters plotting a path… Audio

The new biography of Rewi Alley has novelist Elspeth Sandys examining the life and family history of 'Uncle Rewi'.

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, which is published by Bloomsbury. Set in an otherworldly house, a family and their two children are bound together by the… Audio

Sally Wenley reviews Killer Instinct by James Patterson, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Louise O'Brien from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox. This book is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews Rise and Fall by Paul Strathern, published by Hachette NZ. Audio

The incredible work done to make Hauturu (Little Barrier Island) predator free and an internationally recognised conservation success has been laid out in a book. Hauturu: the history of, flora and… Audio

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss, which is published by Granta. Audio