Books
The tattooist of Auschwitz
For 60 years, Lale Sokolov kept a secret about his time at Auschwitz concentration camp. When he decided to tell his secret, he chose Heather Morris, a screenwriter from Te Awamutu, living in… Audio
Book review - Best of 2018
Holly Walker shares her picks for the best Non fiction/memoir books of 2018: The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein, Educated by Tara Westover, and We Can Make a Life by Chessie Henry. Audio
The Beekeeper of Sinja: Saving Yazidi women
We hear the compelling story of a man who saved the lives of Yazidi women who were captured by Isis fighters in 2014. As they escaped, they were put in touch with Abdulla Shrem who used his networks… Audio
Male Book Clubs
Last week we spoke to the New Zealand Book Council about its new initiative to find out why so many men aren't interested in reading books - a group of reluctant male readers are going to meet in a… Video, Audio
Getting on the map - places from New Zealand books
Aotearoa New Zealand's towns and cities, rivers and mountains, buildings and monuments - a map is being complied of these landmarks but this time, when they're mentioned in a book. It's the latest… Audio
Manus Island refugee wins top Australian literary prize
A refugee stuck on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island has won Australia's richest literary prize for a book he wrote in detention on his phone.
Book review - Best of 2018
Niki Ward from Ekor books shares her picks for the best books of 2018: The Mental Load: A feminist comic by Emma, The Working Mind and Drawing Hand by Oliver Jeffers and The Moomin Craft Book. Audio
Tales from inside the bookshop
I can't remember the title but the cover is blue, is a new book by Sydney bookseller Elias Greig. He talks to Lynn about the interpretative powers customers expect him have to track down a book on the… Audio
Book review - Best of 2018
Stella Chrysostomou from Volume bookstore shares her picks for the best books of 2018: The Long Take by Robin Robertson, Census by Jesse Ball, and Women in the Field, One and Two by Thomasin Sleigh… Audio
Book review - Best of 2018
Louise O'Brien with her favourite books from last year: French Exit by Patrick deWitt, The New Ships by Kate Duignan, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker and Circe by… Audio
Book critic Jo Cribb
Jo Cribb of the NZ Book council tells us about some recent research into the best ways to get boys to read more. Audio
Book review - Best of 2018
Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore shares two of her "best books of 2018": Normal People by Sally Rooney, and This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman. Audio
Book review - Best of 2018
Robert Kelly shares his picks for the best books of 2018 which include; Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne, Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi. Audio
Young People of the Future - Brin Murray
Over the summer, producer Mark Amery's teenagers devoured the first two great books in a new series for young adults - and their parents - Children of the Furnace. They're by a Nelson author Brin… Audio, Gallery
Wanted. Men!
A shout out from the New Zealand Book Council for men who're not interested in books, is getting lots of applicants. That ties in with research indicating that men are more reluctant readers and are… Audio
Exhibiting Scarface
Hairy MacLary's nemesis, Scarface Claw has an exhibition dedicated to this rough tough feline that's been a Kiwi kids favourite for decades. We've spoken to his creator, Dame Lynley Dodd on Standing… Audio, Gallery
The Reading
'TipFace Bunyan' written by Suzie Pointon read by Judith Gibson. (Part 5 of 5) Audio
Book review - Best of 2018
Charlotte Graham-McLay shares her picks for the best books of 2018: Less by Andrew Sean Greer, He's So MASC by Chris Tse, and Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Audio
'A story’s going to find me, it always does'
Fiona McIntosh writes unashamedly commercial fiction, plenty of it, and her books are flying off the shelves. Fiona McIntosh is one of Australia's best-selling fiction writers - selling as many books… Audio
NZ's first crime writing festival - Rotorua Noir
The country's first crime writing festival, Rotorua Noir is on this weekend. Participants will hear from international and local crime writers and gain more clues along the way about the elements of… Audio
