Books

The 78-year-old justice reform advocate Sir Kim Workman has been knighted for his services to prisoner welfare and the justice sector. He talks with Kathryn Ryan about what he's seen and his hopes for… Audio

Stella Chrysostomou from Volume bookstore reviews The Long Take by Robin Robertson, which is published by Pan Macmillan. Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Australian writer and book reviewer Michael McGirr says is the author of bestsellers like "Snooze: The Lost Art of Sleep", and "Things You Get for Free" and his latest book is "Books That Saved My… Audio

Dr Barbara Plester is an expert on workplace humour and when it's a good or bad idea. The University of Auckland professor in management and international business has spent 14 years studying the… Audio

 Who killed Pamela Werner? A new book on a murder mystery of old Peking, takes a new direction and casts doubt on a previous reconstruction of the 1937 killing.

Victory at Gate Pa? is the first account of its kind where the battle at Gate Pa is expertly examined and written about from both perspectives of Maori and Pakeha.  Audio

Phil Vine has been reading Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan. The novel was shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize. Audio

Harry Broad reviews Black Boots New Zealand Rugby Legends. It is written by Phil Gifford, with photographs by Barry Durrant, and is published by Bateman Publishing. Audio

Peter FitzSimons is Australia's best-selling non-fiction writer, and for the past 30 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald. He is the author… Audio

Kerry-Anne Walsh was in the Canberra press gallery for 25 years, occupying senior posts in print, radio, and TV. She has now left reporting to write books and consult. Her latest book, Hoodwinked: How… Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Women Talking by Miriam Toews, which is published by Faber. Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce by Colm Toibin, which is published by Macmillan. Audio

Lynn talks with neuroscientist Dr Maryanne Wolf, director of the center for dyslexia, diverse learners and social justice, at UCLA whose research looks at how the brain takes on knowledge. She says… Audio