Books

Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2019. Edited by Jack Ross, this collection is published by Massey… Audio

Alexander McCall Smith, Kate Atkinson and Jeanette Winterson are just some of the writers taking inspiration from the world of opera in the collection of short stories Midsummer Nights, Tales from the… Audio

'Words To That Effect' looks at how some big ideas enter the popular imagination through books and film. Zombies, overpopulation, steampunk and imaginary countries are just some of the topics covered… Audio

'Backlisted' takes neglected books and gives them new life for the modern reader. It's a bit like a clever book club where everyone does all the reading! The show's hosted by Andy Miller and John… Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin reviews Walking on the Ceiling by Aysegül Savas, which is published by Riverhead Books. A young woman wanders Paris in the company of an older writer, who shares anecdotes from her… Audio

Everything In Its Place by Oliver Sacks, reviewed by David Hill, published by Macmillan. Audio

Elisabeth Easther reviews Little Darlings by Melanie Golding, which is published by Harlequin. Audio

Catriona Ferguson reviews Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Holly Walker reviews Shirley Smith: An Examined Life by Sarah Gaitanos, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

Ruby Porter's debut novel Attraction is about three women on a North Island road trip, "navigating the motorways of the North Island, their relationships with one another and New Zealand’s colonial… Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Attraction by Ruby Porter, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Phil Vine reviews Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson, which is published by HarperCollins. Audio

Journalist and author Meredith May was just five when her parents divorced and her mother took them to live with her grandparents. As her mother retreated into herself, Meredith spent much of her time… Audio

Louise O'Brien from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews The Unreliable People by Rosetta Allan, which is published by Penguin Books New Zealand. Audio

Award winning writer Stephanie Johnson talks with Kathryn Ryan about her new non-fiction book, West Island, a portrait of five twentieth-century New Zealanders who found fame and notoriety in… Audio

Sonja de Friez reviews When We Remember to Breathe by Renee Liang and Michele Powles , which is published by Magpie Pulp. Audio