Books

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

A new book surveys the confrontations in the South China Sea. Jeremy Rees reviews Asian Waters: The struggle over the South China Sea and the strategy of Chinese expansion by Humphrey Hawksley.

Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore reviews In the City Of Love's Sleep by Lavinia Greenlaw, which is published by Faber. Audio

Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books, reviews Off the Road with Sam Hunt by Colin Hogg, which is published by HarperCollins NZ. Audio

Tilly Lloyd reviews In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary by Jan Morris, which is published by Faber. Audio

Roald Dahl stories seem, if anything, even more popular since he died, and they're used by NZ educators. Audio

Catriona Ferguson reviews The Wych Elm by Tana French, which is published by Penguin Random House.

"An apparently random burglary turns Toby Hennessy’s life upside down. Beaten and bruised he… Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Lost Man by Jane Harper, which is published by Macmillan. Audio

Niki Ward from Ekor books has been reading The Bomb by Sacha Cotter, which is published by Huia Publishers. Audio

Gina Rogers reviews Better Than a Bought One by Jo Seagar, which is published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio

After a messy break up writer Janice wants to find a new home for her beloved fridge before she takes up an arts fellowship in Antarctica. Janice may be on the brink of success, but her chaotic… Audio

Journalist and author Colin Hogg is a long-time friend of New Zealand poet Sam Hunt. He's now written a book - his second about Hunt, the first was Angel Gear - that's a tale of friendship between two… Audio

Louise Ward from Wardini books reviews Inside the Villains by Clotilde Perrin, and Rivers: A visual history from river to sea by Peter Goes. Both are published by Gecko Press.

"Rivers by Peter Goes… Audio