Books
Coining a genre: Wasteland Fiction
Recovering bookseller and RNZ producer Robert Kelly has been thinking about why deserts and frozen wastelands make such good settings for fiction. Audio
Book review - The Mister by E L James
Leah McFall reviews The Mister by E L James, which is published by Penguin Random House. An erotic romance from the author of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. Audio
Book review - Lapse by Sarah Thornton
Laura Caygill reviews Lapse by Sarah Thornton, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio
Book review - The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate
Anne Else reviews The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Book review - Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff
Ralph McAllister reviews Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio
New organisation for New Zealand's book scene
Book and publishing organisations have come together to create The Coalition of Books, an umbrella agency for New Zealand books and writers. Audio
Book review - Whatever it Takes by Paul Cleave
Louise O'Brien from New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Whatever it Takes by Paul Cleave. This book is published by Upstart Press. Audio
Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Claire Mabey reviews Wild Honey, Reading New Zealand Women's Poetry - an anthology by Paula Green. Peat by Lynn Jenner, and Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. Audio
Book review - Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Do Not Feed The Bear by Rachel Elliot
Catriona Ferguson has been reading Do Not Feed The Bear by Rachel Elliot, which is published by Hachette New Zealand. Audio
Bite-sized reading: This isn't your average vending machine
Select an item from this vending machine and you won't get a snack or cold drink. It'll print you a random short story. Video
Book review - Out of Our Minds by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It by Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Published by Oneworld Publications. Audio
Book review - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop in Dunedin reviews 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak. Published by Viking. Audio
Book review - All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos
Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos. Published by Giramondo Publishing. Audio
Alex McClintock: how boxing hooked me
Sports journalist Alex McClintock made a foray into boxing as way to get fit and lose some weight, and it quickly became an obsession. Audio
Celebrated US author Toni Morrison dies
The US novelist was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Book review - Outside Looking In by T.C. Boyle
Jane Westaway reviews Outside Looking In by T.C. Boyle, which is published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Book review - The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves, which is published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Book review - The Bastard Brigade by Sam Kean
Harry Broad reviews The Bastard Brigade by Sam Kean, which is published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Book review - Expectation by Anna Hope
Tamsin Martin of Scorpio Books reviews Expectation by Anna Hope, which is published by Transworld Publishers. A look at the changing friendship between three women as they move from their carefree… Audio
