Books
Book Review: Whizzing All Over the Place
'Whizzing All Over the Place: A Foreign Correspondent's Memoir' by David Barber, Steele Roberts Publishing. Reviewed by Gyles Beckford. Audio
Book review: Tender Machines by Emma Neale
'Tender Machines' by Emma Neale, reviewed by Elisabeth Easther and published by University Press. Audio
Book review: Rugby: A New Zealand History by Ron Palenski
Reviewed by David Hill and published by Auckland University Press. Audio
Childrens book review - Ben Thatcher
Reviewing 'Star Wars The Jedi Academy - Jedi Search' by Kevin J. Anderson. Audio
Book review - Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain. Published by Little Brown RRP$37.99. Reviewed by Jane Westaway. Audio
The Catalogue of the Universe by Margaret Mahy - Part 2
Angela's friend Tycho and his brother Richard are relieved their sister Africa is not returning home to live with her baby. Angela visits Tycho. She has a plan. Audio
Two extra poems by Morgan Bach
Morgan Bach reads two additional poems, 'Instructions for Herbovores' and 'Raw Ginger' from her new poetry collection, Some of Us Eat the Seeds. Audio
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien: Morgan Bach
Painter, poet, curator and writer discussing the new collection by Morgan Bach, Some of Us Eat the Seeds, and anticipating National Poetry Day. Audio
Lisa Reihana: pursuing Venus
Artist of Nga Puhi descent who works in multimedia, photography and sculpture, discussing her 26-metre-long video projection, In Pursuit of Venus [infected], depicting British explorers and Pacific… Audio
The Catalogue of the Universe by Margaret Mahy - Part 1
Angela wakes to find her mother Dido scything the grass in the moonlight. She questions her about her father whom she's never met. Audio
Book review: Animals by Emma James Unsworth
Reviewed by Kiran Dass. 'Animals' by Emma James Unsworth, published by Canongate. Audio
Book review: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J Ryan Stadal
Reviewed by Sonja de Friez, Published by Headline. Audio
Children's book about sex and drugs gets censor's approval
Auckland librarians have won their battle to put a controversial award winning children's book about bullying, sex and drug-taking back on their shelves. Audio
Book review: The Land Ballot
Reviewed by Harry Ricketts. Fleur Adcock's latest collection of poems, The Land Ballot exploring her ancestors and their early experiences in New Zealand. Audio
Books
An amazing invention that combines a book and a water filter and the perfect story to make kids nod off. Audio
Book review: Bullrush by David Slack
Bullrush by David Slack. Published by HarperCollins and reviewed by Crystal Beavis Audio
Does sexism exist in publishing?
Using a pen name is not new, Mary Ann Evans aka George Elliot did it back in the 1800s. In 2015 Catherine Nichols also became 'George' out of frustration at the response from publishers to her new… Audio
Book review with Pip Adams
Pip Adams looks at Bound: An Ode to Falling In Love? and Pukeahu: An Exploration. Audio
Book review: 'Johnny Enzed '
'Johnny Enzed The NZ Soldier in the First World War 1914-1918' Edited by Glyn Harper. Published by Exisle Publishing RRP$55.00. Reviewed by Gail Pittaway. Audio
