Books
Best of 2017: great music reads
DJ, writer, and book peddler Kiran Dass reviews the music books she's enjoyed the most in 2017. Audio
The best books of 2017
Laura Kroetsch is director of Adelaide Writers' Week and Kate De Goldi is a fiction writer and book reviewer. The pair discuss their three favourite fiction and nonfiction books of 2017. Audio
Anthony Daniels (aka Theodore Dalrymple) - The Proper Procedure
Theodore Dalrymple is the nom de plume of Anthony Daniels, a physician and psychiatrist who, most recently, practiced in a British inner-city hospital and prison. Dalrymple has written a column for… Audio
Book review - "Talking to My Daughter About the Economy"
Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Talking to My Daughter About the Economy by Yanis Varoufakis, published by Penguin. Audio
Book review - Women in Clothes
Claire Murdoch reviews Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits and Leanne Shapton, published by Blue Rider Press. Audio
Bookmarks with Ellen Read
The National business editor for Fairfax Ellen Read talks about her favourite books and music. Audio
Book review - "A Pleasure To Be Here"
Leah McFall reviews A Pleasure To Be Here: The Best of Clarke and Dawe by John Clarke, published by Text. Audio
Book review - Jarulan by the River by Lily Woodhouse
Carole Beu reviews Jarulan by the River by Lily Woodhouse, published by HarperCollins. Audio
New China Eye Witness
New China Eyewitness tells the story of how Canterbury Museum came to acquire the largest collection of Chinese art in New Zealand after a group of prominent New Zealanders visited the People's… Audio
Book review - The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
Catriona Ferguson reviews The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Taking aim at Australia's hard-line refugee policy
While set in the near future, Jock Serong's polemic on Australia's border protection policies could almost be mistaken as a factual tale. Set in the waters of Indonesia, and in Canberra, On the Java… Audio
BWB Books
Dire predictions about the death of books and of publishing in this country with the advent of e-books and the amalgamation of big publishing houses have proved to be way off the mark. One of the… Audio
Funding Katherine Mansfield Birthplace
The Katherine Mansfield Birthplace in Wellington is Mecca for adoring fans of the New Zealand short story writer. It's also in need of some serious work on the exterior and the gardens. Lynn Freeman… Audio
Children's book review
Sarah Forster from the Sapling reviews It's my Egg (and you can't have it) by Heather Hunt and Kennedy Warne, and Toroa's Journey by Maria Gill and Gavin Mouldey. Both books are published by Potton… Audio
Book review - Drawn Out by Tom Scott
Dean Bedford reviews Drawn Out by Tom Scott, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
Trust in the digital age
Trust is defined as a confident relationship with the unknown, which might also be the perfect definition for almost every interaction we have online. The internet is changing trust in fundamental… Audio
NZ Books review - The Beat of the Pendulum
The Beat of the Pendulum, written by Catherine Chidgey, published by VUP and reviewed by Louise O'Brien. Audio
Book critic Catherine Robertson
Catherine Robertson wonders why so few NZ authors write humorous fiction. Audio
Book review - "Mrs Osmond" by John Banville
Hannah August reviews Mrs Osmond by John Banville, published by Viking. Audio
Anthony Doerr: crafting a best-seller
Anthony Doerr's life turned upside down when his novel, All the Light We Cannot See won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015. He was thrust into the global limelight with his story of two teenagers in the Second… Audio
