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Turning a novel into a script is tricky -there have been some spectacular failures on screen and on stage. But the team behind a stage version of Christine Leunans' Second World War novel Caging Skies… Audio

The Mutiny on the Bounty, where Christian Fletcher offloaded Captain William Bligh and most of his supporters before ending up on Pitcairn Island, has been immortalised in print and on screen many… Audio

Author Fiona Farrell encapsulates our nation's contemporary history into her novel Decline and Fall on Savage Street - and within that novel, a street and a house. If that's not clever enough, the… Audio

Historian Redmer Yska is the author of A Strange, Beautiful, Excitement: Katherine Mansfield's Wellington 1888-1903. While researching the book Yska discovered Mansfield's first published story… Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews 'Anna' by Niccolo Ammaniti, published by Text Publishing. Audio

In 2009, British Warrant Officer Kim Hughes defused 119 Taliban IEDs in Afghanistan, the next year he dismantled seven bombs in a single day. He talks about the confidence and sense of humour it takes… Audio

Lisa Finucane has been reading 'See You in September' by Charity Norman. Published by Allen and Unwin. Audio

Far north school principal Fraser Smith often struggled to find material to engage the Maori children in his rural community, particularly boys. So he did something about it, with his debut novel… Audio

In his memoir Nevertheless, Alec Baldwin spends a great deal of time worrying about money, says Dan Slevin.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews 'Koh-i-Noor: The Story of the World's Most Famous Diamond' by William Dalrymple & Anita Anand. published by Bloomsbury. Audio

David Hill reviews 'The Trip of a Lifetime' by Monica McInerney, published by- Penguin Random House. Audio

Ten finalists have been chosen in the 2017 Surrey Hotel Steve Braunias Memorial Writers Residency. And the winners will be announced today. Spinoff Review of Books literary editor is Steve Braunias. Audio