Books

Teachers from Czech schools around the country have produced the bilingual book Annie and Johnny’s Diary: A Year in New Zealand to help Czech-Kiwi kids connect to their European heritage. Audio, Gallery

Louise Ward from Wardini books reviews Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic NZ Women by Barbara Else, published by Penguin Random House NZ and Grace & Katie by Susanne Merritt & Liz Anelli, published by… Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Harry Broad reviews Dancing with the King: The Rise and Fall of the King Country, 1864-1885 by Michael Belgrave, published by Auckland University Press. Audio

True-crime writer and journalist Kathryn Bonella has travelled the world to collect unprecedented, first-person testimony from an international network of drug smugglers and their bosses, as well as… Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews Never Greener by Ruth Jones, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

New Zealanders started hearing things in new ways when new audio technologies arrived from overseas in the late 19th century. From the first public demonstration of a phonograph in a Blenheim hall in… Audio

Lisa Finucane reviews Macbeth by Jo Nesbo, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Our school system needs an urgent update – not only to help kids thrive in a transforming world but so our species can survive, says UK educator Valerie Hannon. Audio

Since the 1880s hard-working Chinese have been at the heart of the fruit and vege business in New Zealand. That history has been captured in a new book, including the story of 80-year-old Nancy Young… Audio, Gallery

Melanie O'Loughlin reviews House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara, published by One World. Audio

The University of Auckland says no books will be burned if proposed library closures go ahead but some may face the shredder. A staff member who helped close down the engineering library over a year… Audio

Jane Westaway reviews The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman, published by Text Publishing. Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews How We Met by Michele A'Court, published by HarperCollins. Audio

Aida Edemariam's grandmother was born in Ethiopia around 100 years ago. She was married very young (aged 8) and lived through remarkable changes in the country's history. From a deeply religious… Audio

Australian writer, broadcaster, podcaster, director and satirist Lorin Clark talks with Kathryn Ryan about her multiple projects, and the artistic collaboration she had with her late father, John… Audio