Books

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

Quentin Johnson reviews Cari Mora by Thomas Harris, which is published by Penguin Random House. Full of dry, cynical humour and set in Florida, this is Harris' fourth book on Hannibal Lecter. Audio

Douglas Coupland sometimes misses the time before the dawn of the internet, but says once you get addicted to any increased level of speed of information you can never go backwards. Mixing the bizarre… Audio

Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country by Simon Winder. Following bestsellers Danubia and Germania, this book is the third and final instalment in… Audio

Rae McGregor reviews Conventional Weapons by Tracey Slaughter, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

Robert Kelly pops in to take us on a tour through the works of surrealist fiction author Jasper Fforde and investigate how the absurd can provide a way to look at our present. Audio

Donald Trump cheats at golf, and lies about his handicap. Why does it matter? Former Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly talks about the President he says is as rotten as a year-old banana. Audio

Its Mother's Day, and a mother is the inspiration behind a new book of essays just out this week. In an era of endless blogs, tweets and posts, what room is there for the personal published essay… Audio, Gallery

Gina Rogers reviews Frankissstein, by Jeanette Winterson, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

RNZ has released a new children & young adults collection called Storytime.  Audio

Leah McFall reviews How to Raise Successful People by Esther Wojcicki, which is published by Penguin Random House. "Despite the marketing, I found nothing revolutionary here but rather a mash-up of… Audio

Kathryn talks with historical novelist and poet Rosetta Allan about her new book The Unreliable People, which tells the story of the ethnic Koreans who migrated to Soviet Russia, and were expelled en… Audio

Dan Slevin recommends John Reid’s superb history of Pacific Films and John O’Shea, Whatever It Takes.

Lisa Finucane reviews Hush Hush by James Patterson and Candice Fox, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Jenna Todd from Time Out Bookstore reviews The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See, published by Simon and Schuster. Audio