Books
Book Critic - Pip Adam
Reviewing 'Time Travel' by James Gleick, published by 4th Estate. Audio
Book review - Best of 2016 - Hannah August
A Briefcase, Two Pies & A Penthouse by Brannavan Gnanalingam, published by lawrence and gibson. The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, published by Penguin. Animal: The Autobiography of the… Audio
Book review - Best of Summer Family Reading
Stella Chrysostomou from Volume bookstore reviews the Iremonger series by Edward Carey and Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co books. Audio
New Yorker dodges Trump's inauguration with NZ trip
New York man Gary Belis has dodged Donald Trump's inauguration day completely with a little from the international dateline. Audio
The American Way of Death
The US writer Caitlin Doughty is a mortician who is keen to talk about how death can be a positive experience for the bereaved. Providing a fresh perspective on a topic made famous by Jessica Mitford… Audio
What are you reading - Will Mahon-heap
In this instalment of what are you reading, where we ask well known and successful New Zealanders about their reading material over the summer break, we are talking to Will Mahon-heap Audio
What Are You Reading?
Time for What Are You Reading? A regular feature where we ask well-known New Zealanders to share what they're reading with us. Today... columnist, writer, journalist and commentator Deborah Hill Cone… Audio
What Are You Reading?
Auckland City Councillor Efeso Collins tells Jesse about one of his favourite recent reads. Audio
Tala Tusi: The Teller is the Tale
In her lyrical and amusing 2016 Book Council Lecture, poet and academic Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh takes the listener from the book corner of the Avondale Salvation Army shop to Westminster Abbey. Audio
All spun out: spinoffs - the good, the bad and the blah
What makes a spinoff good, bad, or just blah? Can you build something new and glorious around a fan favourite character or will they lose what makes them special, if they take a starring role? Audio
Cheerleading in the Olympics
Could pom poms soon be on the podium? There's been a mixed reaction to the possibility of cheerleading being included in the Olympics. Video, Audio
Home for Christmas - Rebecca Denton
Rebecca Denton is on the cusp of releasing her first book. She's originally from Dunedin and left Logan Park High School with an impressive outstanding 54 detentions. Audio
What are you reading?
Maori Party MP Marama Fox tells us what she has been reading this Summer. Audio
What are you reading? - Gareth Morgan
Philanthropist and businessman Gareth Morgan is reading Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. Audio
Word Christchurch 2016: Nadia Hashimi
Nadia Hashimi's novels highlight the plight of Afghan women under the Taliban, creating vivid, involving characters who win readers' empathy and understanding. When the Moon is Low follows a refugee… Audio
Lashings of satire
In case you hadn’t noticed Enid Blyton’s Famous Five are now all grown up and featuring in a series of new satirical novels. Audio
BookTube and the industry of YouTube authors
You're meandering through a book shop, idling along, checking out what's about past the Crime and Thriller section, when.... a multitude of bright hues catch your unfocused eyes!
These bursts of… Video, Audio
Commissioned: Local Government Commission Chair Sir Wira Gardiner
Sir Wira Gardiner is chair of the Local Government Commission overseeing our 78 local authorities, 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities. Rodney, Waiheke and the Wairarapa could all have… Audio
Charles Dickens' great great great granddaughter
Author and art historian Lucinda Hawksley didn't know that her great great great grandfather was extremely famous until she was at school. She thought Charles Dickens was just someone she was related… Audio
