Books
Book review - Best of 2017
Laura Caygill reviews: The Power by Naomi Alderman, published by Penguin. Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie, published by Bloomsbury. Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Recipes and ideas for a calmer way of life
Eleanor Ozich set out to enjoy a much calmer way of life after moving to the outskirts of the city with her husband and young family. Shedding unnecessary clutter and adopting a simpler style of… Audio
Book Review - Best of 2017
Louise Ward from Wardini Books reviews: Moonrise by Sarah Crossan, published by Bloomsbury, RRP $19.00 The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, published by Simon & Schuster Ltd RRP $37.99 The Traitor and… Audio
Lloyd Jones: The Cage
Lloyd Jones' latest book, while compelling, is a deeply unsettling read. The Cage has two strangers turning up to a hotel. No one knows where they come from. Who are they? What catastrophe are they… Audio
Megan Dunn - Tinderbox
Megan Dunn has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Auckland University. From 1996 - 2000, she co-directed the artist-run space Fiat Lux. She lived in London from 2001 and worked at Borders bookstores until… Audio
Unity Books review - Best of 2017
Kiran Dass reviews: This is Memorial Device by David Keenan, published by Faber. The New Animals by Pip Adam, published by VUP. Tinderbox by Megan Dunn, published by Galley Beggar Press. Audio
Book Review - Best of 2017
Rachel Eadie from Scorpio Books reviews: Aotearoa - The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop, published by Penguin. Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend, published by Hachette NZ. Norse Mythology by Neil… Audio
US fantasy author Ursula Le Guin dies
Award-winning US science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K Le Guin has died, aged 88, her family said.
NZ Books Review - Best of 2017
Louise O'Brien reviews: The Beat of the Pendulum by Catherine Chidgey, published by VUP. A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave, published by Upstart Press. Marlborough Man by Alan Carter, published by… Audio
Book critic Elizabeth Heritage
Elizabeth Heritage tells us about real person fanfiction. Audio
Book review - Best of 2017
Hannah August reviews: Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, published by Jonathan Cape. South and West: From A Notebook by Joan Didion, published by HarperCollins Publishers. Winter by Ali… Audio
Book Review - Best of 2017
Ralph McAllister reviews : The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman The North Water by Ian McGuire Audio
The snowballing power of fanhood
Without her fans, holographic pop star Hatsune Miku would literally be nothing. It's now the same story for organisations, says Zoe Fraade-Blanar. Audio
The reign of business bullshit
What happened to reading in NZ?
New Zealand came 30th out of 50 OECD countries in a recent study of childhood reading comprehension. The NZ Book Council's Jo Cribb says we're letting Kiwi kids down if we don't take action. Audio
The desperation of India's scammers
The scammers trying to convince you your computer has a problem may well have been conned themselves, Delhi journalist Snigdha Poonam says. Audio
Nabakov's future dreams
What if your dreams could tell the future?
Famed Russian-American author Vladimir Nabakov tested just that theory by keeping a dream diary documenting 64 dreams over 80 days and ordering them with… Audio
When is dubbed better than subbed?
Overdubbed films have a bad reputation in the English-speaking world, but if done well can be superior to subtitled films, says a former Studio Ghibli producer. Video, Audio
Entertainment: Books with Pip Adams
Book critic Pip Adams joins Megan in the studio to talk about the Icelandic tradition of giving books on Christmas eve and why the longstanding exchange was cemented during World War Two. She then… Audio
