Books

The classic fairy tale of a prince or princess meeting a peasant boy or girl and falling in love has been given a makeover in a new book for children. Audio, Gallery

Kate Camp has published five collections of poetry, and a sixth collection, The internet of things will be published by VUP in March. She is the recipient of the 2016 Katherine Mansfield Menton… Audio

Devoney Looser is a professor of English at Arizona State University and author or editor of six books on literature by women. Her new book, The Making of Jane Austen, will be out in June 2017… Audio

Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. She has just released a comprehensive book on Turkey's capital, entitled Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities. Her previous books… Audio

The 2017 season of Wellington Summer Shakespeare has kicked off with a performance of All's Well That Ends Well and a book has been published to commemorate 34 years of this event in the capital. Kim… Audio

Auckland librarian Karen Craig joins the discussion on what books are mostly borrowed from our libraries compared with the UK. Audio

Reviewed by Anne Else. Audio

We tend to hear about young up and coming writers being discovered, but Patricia Langford was in her early 70s when she took up creative writing and caught the eye of her tutors. Award-winning poet… Audio

Richard von Sturmer made his name in the late 70s New Zealand punk scene, performing at the Nambassa Music Festival in 1979, and co-writing the famous anti-Muldoon song 'There Is No Depression in New… Video, Audio

A service has been held for Benjamin the cat, who called the Deveonport Library home for more than 15 years. Locals say he'd visit their houses for sleepovers and was always up for a pat. Video, Audio