Books

Ground breaking sci fi novel Dune is nearly 50 years old. Audio

We're talking about the new craze of colouring-in books for adults. It's a phenomenon that's taking off in New Zealand and throughout the world. Two of the top ten places in Amazon's best seller book… Audio

Reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Published by Random House, $27.99. Audio

Reviewed by Rae McGregor, published by Headline. Audio

Reviewed by Leah McFall, published by Orion. Audio

PediaPress is a German company producing Wikipedia articles as on-demand books, co-founder Christoph Kepper on why demand is growing for this user-edited encyclopaedia to return to the medium that it… Audio

Reviewing 'The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh' edited by Charlotte Mosley and 'A Game of Hide and Seek' by Elizabeth Taylor (not the actress). Audio

Reviewed by Lisa Finucane, published by Hachette. Audio

Grunge, The Golden Dagger, Jeremy Clarkson, and a recently departed New Zealand author are all in the news. Audio

A crime novel with a crime writer as the protagonist is the latest intriguing spin offered up by Christchurch writer Paul Cleave. In Trust No One, Jerry Grey is battling dementia, confusing what… Audio

The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for New Zealand writers which was at risk of ending after 45 years is tantalisingly close to being saved. Since sponsorship dried up,18 months of fundraising… Audio

Kate Camp has published five collections of poems, most recently Snow White's Coffin. She discusses Joan Didion's 2005 memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. Audio

Australian children's book author and comedy writer whose books include The Day My Bum Went Psycho, and the Just! series with illustrator Terry Denton. His latest series with Denton started in 2011… Audio

Reviewed by Kiran Dass, published by Viking. Audio

Whether New Zealand's first banned book in 20 years remains off-limits to teenagers could be decided today. Audio

There have been hundreds of relocations of animals for conservation reasons in New Zealand and Australia - so what lessons have we learnt Audio

By Alan F. Mark. Reviewed by Harry Broad, published by Otago University Press Audio