Books

Bulibasha by Witi Ihamaera reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books. Audio

Sam Sommers' new book is called This Is Your Brain On Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon Audio

Dawn McMillan writes children's books and educational readers. She has published more than 140 educational readers which are used in schools in Australasia, the US and Canada. Many of her books have a… Audio

Reviewed by Paul Diamond. Audio

Poet Diane Brown has made good use of her private life in her writing over the years - much to her mothers' chagrin, who probably wouldn't appreciate her new book much, either. Taking My Mother to the… Audio

Kate discusses six board books for babies and toddlers: The Pencil by Paula Bossio, The Noisy Book by Soledad Bravi, What's your Favourite Animal? by Eric Carle and Friends, and My New Zealand ABC… Audio

Publisher at Bridget Williams Books who has been developing their digital publishing programme, including The Treaty of Waitangi Collection, the first in a new series of online resources. Audio

John McIntyre from the Children's Bookshop in Wellington with books about different families. Heather Has Two Mummies by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Laura Cornell, published by Walker Books Happy in… Audio

The variety of forms of fan mania that have evolved in response to Peter Jackson's films of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit - with A.Prof Lorna Piatti-Farnell from the Popular Culture Research Centre… Audio

Reviewed by Lisa Finucane, published by HarperCollins. Audio

Coast. Country. Neighbourhood. City. Edited by Michael Barrett, reviewed by Mark Amery, published by Six Point Press. Audio

For the Most Beautiful. Written by Emily Hauser, reviewed by Anne Else and published by Double Day. Audio

The Vegetarian by Han Kang and Out on the wire by Jessica Abel. Audio

Harry Broad reviews The Death Ray Debacle by David McGill. Audio

Pete Carter is a poet, a short story writer and a keen rambler. His latest book, Buddy's Brother, follows his month-long journey along Britain's' South West Coast Path, a walk keenly associated with… Audio

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books talks about A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale Audio

Are we protecting our children from life, rather than preparing them for it? Audio