Books
Book review: 'Original Rockers' by Richard King
Published by Faber, reviewed by Kiran Dass from Unity Books. Audio
Book review: 'Girl at War' by Sara Novic
Published by Hachette, reviewed by Carole Beu. Audio
Patricia Grace - first novel in 10 years, 'Chappy'
Patricia Grace has published six novels and seven short story collections, as well as a number of books for children, and non-fiction. She won the New Zealand Fiction Award for Potiki in 1987, and was… Audio
Book review: 'Flood of Fire' by Amitav Ghosh
Published by Hachette, reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Audio
Book review with Cushla McKinney
Cushla McKinney reviews "Find Me" by Laura van den Berg, and "The Dead lands" by Benjamin Percy. Audio
NZ Literature review - A Place To Go On From
'A Place To Go On From: The Collected Poems of Iain Lonie', published by Otago University Press, edited by David Howard and reviewed by Harry Ricketts. Audio
Book review: Tightrope by Simon Mawer
Published by Hachette, reviewed by Sonja de Friez. Audio
Reverend Bob Scott - In The Middle Of It
Colourful and candid Christian campaigner for the cowed, with his new memoir 'In The Middle Of It'. Audio
Vincent O'Sullivan: poets and poetry
Dunedin novelist, biographer, playwright, short story writer, and New Zealand Poet Laureate, whose new collection, Being Here: Selected Poems, covers the range of his poetry from 1973 to new work… Audio
John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop in Wellington
'Nanotech' by Denis Wright, published by Submarine, and 'Lullaby' by Bernard Beckett, published by Text Publishing. Audio
Lydia Bradey the first New Zealand woman to climb Mt Everest
Getting to the top of Mt Everest was for our most famous New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary, the making of a legend. But the same feat for Lydia Bradey, the first New Zealand woman to get to the top of… Audio, Gallery
Book review: 'Early Warning' by Jane Smiley
Published by Macmillan, reviewed by John King. Audio
A new James Bond book
The new James Bond book is called Trigger Mortis. The Panel talks about some ingenious book titles. Audio
Book review: 'What She Left' by T R Richmond
Published by Penguin Random House, reviewed by Lynne Browning. Audio
Muay Thai in New Zealand - Leon Rose
Auckland photographer, Leon Rose, has spent ten years looking at Muay Thai boxing in New Zealand. He's just released a book about it, called Live, Train, Fight Like Thai. Audio
Book review with Wendyl Nissen
Wendyl Nissen reviews war photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir 'It's What I Do'; and 'The Diet Myth' by Paul Campos. Audio
Book review: 'Church of Marvels' by Leslie Parry
Published by Hachette, reviewed by Lisa Finucane. Audio
Rodney Laredo - To Hell with Poverty
Canterbury-based author Rodney Laredo on his new book 'To Hell with Poverty' a modern day Downton Abbey tale of a Kiwi couple working downstairs in an English stately home. Audio
Pasta, Prayer and Promise
Karen Price and Karen Stade's book Pasta, Prayer and Promise, the story of Nelson's Italian Community 1860-2014 explores the history and the people of 'The Wood'. They describe countless hours… Audio
Paula Morris On Coming Home
What is it like moving back to New Zealand after decades living abroad? Award-winning author Paula Morris's new book 'On Coming Home' asks where, "where do you truly belong?" Audio