Books
Book review - Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun
Charlotte Graham-McLay reviews Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun, published by WW Norton & Co. Audio
Deborah Cadbury: Queen Victoria's matchmaking
Queen Victoria was a formidable monarch who ruled Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. By the 1890s she had over thirty grandchildren and she made it her business to try to… Audio
Book review - This I Would Kill For
Holly Walker reviews This I Would Kill For: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist by Anne Buist, published by Text Publishing. Audio
Novelist Stephanie Parkyn's wild colonial adventure
Expat Kiwi writer Stephanie Parkyn's new novel Into the world is so exotic it can only be based on real life! It's the story of a Frenchwoman who disguised herself as a man to escape the French… Audio
Unity Books review
Feel Free by Zadie Smith. Reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Hamish Hamilton. Audio
Book review - The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson.
The Sealwoman's Gift by Sally Magnusson. Reviewed by Gail Pittaway, published by Hachette. Audio
Jonathan Franzen has gone to the birds
Literary luminary Jonathan Franzen doesn’t care that his his love of birds is uncool. They’re amazing, he says, and they matter. Audio, Gallery
Bookmarks: Ruth Paul
Wellington author and illustrator Ruth Paul talk to Jesse about jellyfish, goats and zumba. Audio
NZ Books review - "Anchor Stone" by Tony Beyer
Anchor Stone by Tony Beyer. Reviewed by Harry Ricketts, published by Cold Hub Press. Audio
Book critic, Catherine Robertson
Author and critic Catherine Robertson looks ahead to the NZ Festival's Writers and Readers. Audio
Book review - Women & Power by Mary Beard
Women & Power by Mary Beard. Reviewed by Hannah August, published by Profile. Audio
Book review - The Atomic City Girls: A Novel
The Atomic City Girls: A Novel by Janet Beard. Reviewed by Anne Else. Published by HarperCollins. Audio
AJ Finn: editor turns best-selling thriller writer
The hype around A J Finn's new psychological thriller, The Woman in the Window, is extraordinary. Stephen King calls the book "remarkable", and Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn says it's "astounding"… Audio
Shaun Bythell - Diary of a bookseller
Shaun Bythell lives in Wigtown, Scotland, where he runs The Bookshop - the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland. It contains over 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving along twisting… Audio
Book review - Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, reviewed by Stella Chrysostomou. Published by Granta Books. Audio
Book review - "The Immortalists" by Chloe Benjamin
Lisa Finacane reviews The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, published by Hachette. Audio
White Chrysanthemum's 'Comfort Women'
In 2002, Mary Lynn Bracht visited her mother's childhood village, and first learned of the Korean sex slaves set-up for the Japanese military during WWII. It was to be the inspiration for her debut… Audio
Book review - Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Claire Murdoch reviews Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Are books forever?
Most Afghans can't read but their book trade Is booming.
Meanwhile a Gallup poll shows North Americans are reading books as much as they were in 2002 despite the advent of social media and… Audio
Book review - "How to be a Human" by Ruby Wax
Phil Vine reviews How to be a Human by Ruby Wax, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
