Books

Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books; published by AUP. Audio

Gerri Kimber, the scholar who discovered nearly 30 unknown poems by Katherine Mansfield in a US library, which reveal much about the most painful periods of her life. Audio

'The English Spy' by Daniel Silva, published by HarperCollins. Reviewed by Harry Broad. Audio

Reviewing 'Gangsta Granny' by David Walliams. Audio

Reviewing 'My Brilliant Friend' by Elena Ferrante. Audio

'The Water Knife' by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Little Brown, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Audio

You don't need a referee, you don't need a whistle, and you don't need a ball. It's dangerous, it's exciting, and often it's been banned - it's Bullrush. David Slack has written a book about this… Audio

Dr Paul Moon discusses his new book Face to Face - featuring conversations with 12 remarkable New Zealanders including Sir Bob Jones, Sir Richard Hadlee, Patricia Grace and Michael Houston. Audio

Ghoulish Get-Ups: How to Create Your Own Freaky Costumes by Fifi Colston; Māori Art for Kids by Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke; Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill by Debbie McCauley; The Book of Hat by Harriet… Audio

Author of Wulf, which won Best First Book of Fiction at the 2012 New Zealand Book Awards. His new book, The Pale North, is set in 1998 Wellington, after it has been devastated by a series of… Audio

Hoiho Paku by Stephanie Thatcher; Ngā Ki by Sacha Cotter and Joshua Morgan; Construction by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock; I Am Not a Worm by Scott Tulloch; Jim's Letters by Glyn Harper and Jenny… Audio

John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington reviews: 'Bye-Bye Grumpy Fly' by Ruth Paul, published by Scholastic. 'Yak and Gnu' by Juliette MacIver illustrated by Cat Chapman, published by… Audio

The Predictions by Bianca Zander.Published by Little Brown, RRP$29.99. Reviewed by Lynne Browning Audio

New Zealand author Anna Smaill has been long-listed for this year's Man Booker prize. Audio

'The Song Collector' by Natasha Solomons, published by Hodder, RRP$37.99. Reviewed by Gail Pittaway. Audio

'The Dust that Falls from Dreams' by Louis de Bernieres, published by Harvill Secker. Reviewed by Anne Else. Audio

Some school libraries are blaming social media and computer games for big drops in the number of books teens are reading. Audio

'Lost and Gone Away' by Lynn Jenner. 'Miss Dust' by Johanna Aitchison. Audio

Rae McGregor reviews 'The Good Doctor' by Lance O'Sullivan, Published by Penguin. Audio

Join the audience gathered in Christchurch to hear choreographer Louise Potiki Bryant, landscape designer Megan Wraight and singer-songwriter Dudley Benson discuss differences and similarities in… Video, Audio