Books

Stella Chrysostomou reviews Now, Now, Louison by Jean Fremon, which is published by Les Fugitives. Audio

Award winning writer Markus Zusak speaks to Jim ahead of his appearance at the Auckland Writers' Festival. Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Heavens by Sandra Newman, which is published by Granta. Kate and Ben fall in love at a New York party, where everyone is interning at the UN, the year is… Audio

Jonathan West reviews Slippery Jim or Patriotic Statesman? James Macandrew of Otago by R.J. Bunce, published by Otago University Press. Audio

Why is 1984 still relevant in 2019? It is question that Robert Hassan from Melbourne University thinks can be answered by looking at words.  Audio

Stuck in between books? Wondering what to read next? RNZ Concert's morning music programme Daybreak put the question to listeners: "What's the book you can read over and over again?" and created this… Video

Sonia deFriez has our review today, she's been reading The Baker's Companion by Allyson Gofton. Audio

Known as the "limping lady", Virginia Hall became one of the most feared spies during World War II.  Audio, Gallery

Holly Walker reviews Unconditional Love: A Memoir of Filmmaking and Motherhood by Jocelyn Moorhouse, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Artemis Cooper is the author and co-editor of a wide of non-fiction titles including three major biographies: on the author, scholar and adventurer Patrick Leigh Fermor, novelist and wife of Sir… Audio

In the wake of the Mueller Report, an "impeachment enquiry" into American president Donald Trump is the wisest course of action, according to political columnist and author Jonathan… Audio

Louise O'Brien from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews One Single Thing by Tina Clough. This book is published by Lightpool Publishing. Audio

Chris Tse reviews Other by Christchurch poet Ruth Hanover. Audio

Privacy issues aren't just a feature of the digital age; a new book by labour historian, Jared Davidson, hows how pervasive military censorship was in the wartime years from 1914 to 1920. Dead… Audio

What is burnout and what does the patriachy have to do with the way women experience it? Audio

Elizabeth Calder emigrated from England to NZ with her family in 1949 and returned in 1958 after graduating with a BA in English literature from the University of Canterbury. This week she was awarded… Audio