Books
NZ Books review - Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale
Elisabeth Easther reviews Take Nothing With You by Patrick Gale, which is published by Hachette. Audio
Daybreak Book Corner: Beyond the romance and madness of Schumann
"The object of art is not to acquire wealth. Become a great artist and other things will come." Robert Schumann
Book review - Milkman by Anna Burns
Carole Beu from the Women's Bookshop reviews Milkman by Anna Burns, which is published by Faber & Faber. "This remarkable novel, longlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize, is set in an unknown city… Audio
Winners of the Ngaio Marsh Crime Writing Awards
The prestigious Ngaio Marsh Awards for crime writing were announced on Saturday night at the Word Festival in Christchurch. And two novels where children are put at risk - in Havelock North and in… Audio
Writing for freedom
Authors without borders have banded together to write the Freedom Papers. It's edited by Nick Barley who is in New Zealand for the Word Christchurch festival. Audio
Unity Books review - The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews The Silence of The Girls by Pat Barker, published by Penguin Random House "Barker turns her attention to the women featured in the mythical story of the… Audio
Book review - The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Charlotte Graham-McLay reviews The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
"Sonya Renee Taylor looks beyond the ideas of "body positivity" that have been co-opted by corporations to explore the… Audio
Book review - A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes
Holly Walker reviews A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings by Helen Jukes, published by Simon & Schuster.
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings is a memoir of a year of urban beekeeping by young British… Audio
Book critic Laura Caygill
Laura Caygill is the Community Library Manager for the Northcote Library and tells us about a book group with a difference that she set up in Auckland, called Reading Between the Wines. Audio
Book review - The Other Woman by Daniel Silva
Quentin Johnson reviewsThe Other Woman by Daniel Silva, published by HarperCollins. RRP $36.99. Audio
Book review - Never Anyone but You by Rupert Thomson
Jenna Todd from Timeout bookstore reviews Never Anyone but You by Rupert Thomson, published by Little, Brown. Audio
The history of Samoan Tatau - 30 centuries in the making
Thirty centuries of Samoan tattooing have been chronicled in a new book Tatau, released earlier this month. Te Papa curator Sean Mallon and French anthropologist Sebastien Galliot collaborated on the… Audio
Otago University Burns Fellowship turns 60
For 60 years, Otago University's Robert Burns Fellowship has helped dozens of writers take chances and produce significant, unforgettable work. Audio
The rise of Silent Comics and Graphic Novels
We think of great comics and graphic novels as the perfect combination of illustrations and text. But Silent or Wordless comics are becoming increasingly popular. Audio
Bruce Lee biography: Detailed, but falls short of The Dragon
Review - This first authoritative biography of Bruce Lee is a welcome analysis of the making of an icon, whose image has lived on long after his death at 32. It is odd that there haven’t been more… Video
Book review - A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
Stella Chrysostomou from Volume book store reviews A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Radiant Shimmering Light by Sarah Selecky
Catriona Ferguson reviews Radiant Shimmering Light by Sarah Selecky, published by Text Publishing "Radiant Shimmering Light is a sharp analysis of the multi-billion dollar self-help industry. Anyone… Audio
Book review - The Pacific
Lisa Finucane reviews The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios, which is published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book critic Jo Cribb
Jo Cribb from the NZ Book Council talks about the writers in schools programme which has been running since 1972. Audio
Book review - Endeavour
Harry Broad reviews Endeavour - The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World by Peter Moore, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio
