Books
Book review - My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy
Phil Vine has been reading My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy. Audio
Sharing stories beyond the book shelves: 'Borrowed'
'Borrowed' from Brooklyn Public Library in New York shares the stories happening between the shelves that hold the more than 4 million books in its collection. Like any good library it has reading… Audio
Book review - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press. A stunning novel in the form of a letter; Vuong paints an authentic picture of… Audio
Writers worried they won't get paid under new copyright law
Authors and publishers fear a bill that makes it easier for disabled people to access their work will mean they won't get paid for it. The Marrakesh Treaty, which New Zealand agreed to sign in 2017… Audio
Book review - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Laura Caygill reviews An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, which is published by Oneworld Publications. A lyrical and moving story of injustice in the American South. Winner of the Women's Prize for… Audio
Book review - Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself
David Hill reviews Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945 by Florian Huber, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio
Book critic: Pip Adam
Pip has been thinking about books and war, after she saw bill-boards for a new television adaptation of Catch 22. She reviews Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019) by Ocean… Audio
Book review - The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
Sonja deFriez reviews The Parisian by Isabella Hammad, which is published by Jonathan Cape. Audio
Raising empowered children
Leading educator and journalist in the US Esther Wojcicki believes parents need to empower their children by giving them responsibilities at a young age. It’s how she raised her own children and… Audio
Book review - Leading the Way
Harry Broad reviews Leading the Way: 100 Years of the Tararua Tramping Club by Shaun Barnett and Chris Maclean. Telling the story of New Zealand's first tramping club, the book is published by the… Audio
Wellington Central Library's rare book collection gets new home
The rare book collection at Wellington Central Library is set to get a new home at the City Archives building.
Kate's Klassics: James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk
Author and reviewer Kate Camp talks about James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk, the story of young black couple in Harlem in the 1970s whose lives are torn apart by a false criminal accusation… Audio
Arundhati Roy on writing and politics
Indian author Arundhati Roy is a vocal critic of Hindu-nationalism and recently re-elected prime minister Narendra Modi, who she says was re-elected after an "orgy of nationalism." Roy who catapulted… Audio
Book review - Chanel's Riviera by Anne de Courcy
Jane Westaway reviews Chanel's Riviera by Anne de Courcy, which is published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Book review - Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
Sally Wenley reviews Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh, which is published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Stephenson talks to Taliban, retracts 'Hit & Run' claim
One of the authors of Hit & Run, the book that criticised an SAS raid in Afghanistan, has retracted one of the key claims.
Jon Stephenson says he now believes armed insurgents were in a village… Audio
Book review - West Island by Stephanie Johnson
Louise O'Brien, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews West Island: Five Twentieth-Century New Zealanders in Australia by Stephanie Johnson. This book… Audio
What do we really do while we're sleeping?
Our feature guest this morning is neuroscientist Dr Guy Leschziner who's written a fascinating book about what we do while we're sleeping - it's called the Nocturnal Brain, and covers everything from… Audio
Harriet Shawcross: The power of silence
Silence is powerful. But it's often lost in the white noise of emails and texts and constant connection. Too much noise is deafening but silence can be dangerous too. Audio
Book critic: Claire Mabey
Claire explores the themes of awkwardness and anxiety as she reviews novels by two New Zealand authors: Rufus Marigold by Ross Murray and A Mistake by Karl Shuker Audio