Books

UK woman reads 'Go Set a Watchman' in 25 minutes. A British speed reader has finished Harper Lee's novel in less than half an hour. Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks to Dutch-Australian writer about her book Wild Boys, which explores the challenges of 'tough love' from a mother's perspective and offers an intimate insight into reconnecting… Audio

Published by Hodder, RRP$37.99. Reviewed by Elisabeth Easther. Audio

Reviewed by Lisa Finucne. Published by Mysterious Press. Audio

John Wilson was a keen climber both here and in America and Peru from the 1950s to 1970s. He lives surrounded by mountains in Arthurs Pass, having retired from a career writing - he was the founding… Audio

Wendyl Nissen reviews 'Mislaid' by Nell Zink, and 'Sicily' by John Julius Norwich Audio

'The Quality of Silence' by Rosamund Lupton. Published by Little Brown, RRP$37.99. Reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Audio

The much anticipated new book by the revered author of To Kill A Mocking Bird has received mixed reviews. Book reviewer Graham Beattie tells the Panel if Harper Lee's legacy will have been sullied by… Audio

Black Sheep: The Secret Benefits of Being Bad by Dr Richard Stephens, Published by Hodder, RRP$37.99 Audio

A "golden" Koran and Arabic manuscripts - Religious treasures from Auckland City Libraries Audio

In front of a Wellington audience, composer Ross Harris, film-maker Louis Sutherland and poets Geoff Cochrane and Bill Manhire discuss differences and similarities in their approaches to creativity… Video, Audio

Famed writer of the seminal Foreskin's Lament with his new work The Antipodeans chronicling three generations of a New Zealand family and their interactions with three Northern Italian families. Audio

Professional dominatrix (as Mistress Mariah) who since 2006 has owned one of New Zealand's most successful fantasy and full-service brothels, and author of Some Kind of Fantasy: the Amazing Life Story… Audio

Former bookseller in Titirangi, Auckland, and founder and programme director of the Going West Books and Writers Festival, celebrating its 20th anniversary. Audio

'Age of Earthquakes' by Douglas Coupland, Shumon Basa and Hans Obrist. Published by Penguin, RRP $26.00. Reviewed by Briar Lawry. Audio

'The Lives of Colonial Objects' Edited by Annabel Cooper, Lachy Paterson and Angela Wanhalla. Published by Otago University Press, RRP$50.00. Reviewed by Paul Diamond. Audio

Biographer Piers Dudgeon explores the lives of Michael Llewelyn Davies and his brothers, the siblings who were the inspiration behind the tales of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan; Pier's latest book is 'The… Audio

Published by Auckland University Press, RRP $39.99. Reviewed by Louise O'Brien, co-editor of the quarterly review, New Zealand Books. Audio

Two new books to help children still struggling to manage anxiety after the Canterbury earthquakes are being provided to more than twenty-thousand children for free. Audio

Graham Beattie reviews 'The Bookshop Book' by Jen Campbell, and 'The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend' by Katarina Bivald. Audio