Books
Biographer Joanne Drayton takes on Hudson & Halls
Biographer Joanne Drayton is on a residency at the Carey Institute for Global Good in New York State.
The Auckland English teacher and author of biographies of crime writer Ngaio Marsh, painters… Audio
Book review - "Moonglow" by Michael Chabon
Reviewed by John King, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book reviewer, Pip Adam
Pip Adam, from the podcast "Better Off Read" is talking Cook Books today, specifically "World Vegetarian" by Madhur Jaffrey and "Diet for a New America" by John Robbins. Audio
How Treaty settlements shape Maori traditions
Kathryn Ryan talks with Carwyn Jones, senior law lecturer at Victoria University about how Maori self-determination has been, and is being, shaped by the Treaty settlement process. His new book is… Audio
Book review - "Gwen" by Goldie Goldbloom
Reviewed by Gina Rogers, published by Fremantle Press/Penguin Random House. Audio
Visual Language Games - 101 years of artist Michael Nicholson
He was a pioneer in using machines to turn music or sound into visual images like film and video, even computer graphics.
Wellington painter, printmaker, sculptor and video artist Michael Nicholson… Audio, Gallery
Authors and family in the 19th century
William Wordsworth borrowed from his sister Dorothy's diary to create one of the most famous poems in English. Charles Darwin's grandfather Erasmus wrote poetry.
Having a famous relative is a double… Audio
Children's Book Review - Best of 2016 - John McIntyre
'Beck' by Mal Peet / Meg Rossoff, published by Walker. 'The Road to Winter' by Mark Smith, published by Text. Audio
Book review - Best of 2016 - Ralph McAllister
Keeping on Keeping on by Alan Bennett, published by Faber, Days Without End by Sebastian Barry, published by Viking and All That Man Is by David Szalay, published by Jonathan Cape. Audio
Bookmarks - Steve Thomas
Steve Thomas is known as the bard of Christchurc. He is a poet and promoter of the Arts- responsible for touring many local music acts to smaller towns and out-of-the-way places throughout New… Audio
NZ Book review
The best of 2016 reviewed by Louise O'Brien. Black Ice Matter by Gina Cole, published by Huia. Deleted Scenes for Lovers by Tracey Slaughter, published by VUP. My Father's Island: A Memoir by Adam… Audio
Book review - Best of 2016 - Holly Walker
'Swing Time' by Zadie Smith, published by Penguin. 'The Mandibles' by Lionel Shriver, published by HarperCollins. 'The Bone Sparrow' by Zana Fraillon, published by Hachette. Audio
Sex in the (18th century) City
What was sex like in 18th-century England? It was a time when you could be hanged for homosexuality yet gentlemen had penis-shaped shrubs in their gardens, says Julie Peakman. Audio
Best books of 2016 - Charlotte Graham
Stand-outs of last year include: The Sellout by Paul Beatty, The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson and Can You Tolerate This? by Ashleigh Young. Audio
New website for kids books
Book lovers Sarah Forster and Jane Arthur are determined to get people talking more about children's literature.
They're in the last stages of setting up an online magazine - The Sapling - all about… Audio
Aurora Australis- the first polar printed book
A curator at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington is asking for your help to find out the fate of book presses taken to Antarctica by explorer Earnest Shackleton.
The first book ever printed… Audio, Gallery
Book review - Best of 2016 - Cassie Richards
Cassie Richards of Unity Books shares her picks of the best books from 2016. ' Pond' by Claire-Louise Bennett, published by Picador. 'The Vegetarian' by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith… Audio
Book review - Best of 2016 - Laura Caygill
'The Wish Child' by Catherine Chidgey, published by VUP. 'The Dry' by Jane Harper, published by Pan Macmillan. 'Eligible' by Curtis Sittenfeld, published by HarperCollins. 'Help me Jacques Cousteau'… Audio
Book review - Best of 2016 - Catriona Ferguson
'Red Herring' by Jonathan Cullinane, published by HarperCollins. 'Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family & Culture in Crisis' by JD Vance, published by HarperCollins. Audio
