Books
Rebecca Traister - All the Single Ladies
Women are choosing to stay single or marry later in life. It's a trend in New Zealand and in many parts of the world. Rebecca Traister investigates the reasons for the trend and its implications in… Audio
Book review - A Dying Breed by Peter Hanington
Reviewed by Gail Pittaway and published by Hachette. Audio
Book review - Love as a Stranger
Love as a Stranger by Owen Marshall is reviewed by Sonja de Friez, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Owen Marshall - Love as a Stranger
Owen Marshall is best known, perhaps, as our premier short-story writer, but his range is astonishing. He's an award-winning novelist, a poet, an anthologist - and one of our most distinguished, and… Audio
An uncritical critical culture - Iain Sharp
One of the big cliches about this little country of ours is our Tall Poppy Syndrome - the famous Clobbering Machine that reduces our so-called betters to the mundane and ordinary. To which critic Iain… Audio
Kate's Klassic: Georgy Girl
Guest host Philippa Tolley and Kate Camp discuss the 1965 novel Georgy Girl by English writer Margaret Forster, who died in February. Audio
Miranda McKearney: reading and empathy
Guest host Philippa Tolley talks to British social justice entrepreneur and reading advocate Miranda McKearney who founded The Reading Agency and recently set up EmpathyLab. Audio
Caitlin Moran: class, feminism and dufflecoats
Caitlin Moran talks with Philippa Tolley about her latest book and the risk of making Britain 'stupider as a country' by cutting social services. Audio
Book Review - The Bricks that Built the Houses by Kate Tempest
Unity Books Review - The Bricks that Built the Houses by Kate Tempest, reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Copy of rare Shakespeare's First Folio discovered
One of the world's most sought after books a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, worth millions of dollars, has been discovered in the library of a stately home on a Scottish Island. Audio
The quirky little bird that saved a family
Australian couple Cameron and Sam Bloom tell how nursing a quirky baby magpie helped their family through dark days. The couple was traveling with their three boys in Thailand when a near fatal fall… Audio, Gallery
Book review - Three Words
Louise O'Brien reviews Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/New Zealand Women's Comics edited by Rae Joyce, Sarah Laing and Indira Neville. Audio
Book review - The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin
Reviewed by Elisabeth Easter, published by Macmillan. Audio
Books - Vanda Symon
Vanda Symon is a Dunedin-based crime writer and mother of two, currently studying for a Ph.D. at Otago university. Audio
Book review Much Ado About Shakespeare by Donovan Bixley
Reviewed by Lisa Finucane, published by Upstart Press. Audio
Fiona Pardington: photography, family and objets trouve
Colin Peacock interviews one of New Zealand's most celebrated photographers whose new book, A Beautiful Hesitation, is published in tandem with the largest exhibition of her work to date, currently… Audio, Gallery
Yossi Alpher: Israel's place in the Middle East
Colin Peacock interviews the Israeli writer and consultant who co-founded and edited the Israeli-Palestinian online publication bitterlemons.net. He is the author of Periphery: Israel's Search for… Audio
Children's Book Review with John McIntyre
John reviews 'Enemy Camp' by David Hill, 'The Bakehouse' by Joy Cowley and 'Armistice Day, The New Zealand Story: Why it is and why it matters' by Philippa Werry. Audio
Book review: A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara Brookes
Reviewed by Carole Beu, published by Bridget Williams Books. Audio
