Books

Lee Child is the man behind the Jack Reacher character. He has a new book, another in the Jack Reacher series, called Personal. Reacher is on a mission to hunt down a sniper, who he put away in prison… Audio

Throwing Muses' lead singer/songwriter Kristin Hersh performs a live solo session for Music 101. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 30 August 2104. Audio

Poet, novelist, translator, anthologist, publisher, and author of the new book, The Novel: A Biography, visiting New Zealand as a guest of the NZ Centre for Literary Translation, in association with… Audio

Publisher and Multimedia Manager at Te Papa whose biography by Jill Trevelyan, Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer, won best overall book at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book… Audio

British journalist and author whose new book is How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say - and What They Really Mean. Audio

'Ten Cities That Made an Empire' by Tristram Hunt, reviewed by Tilly Lloyd, published by Allen Lane hardback. Audio

Coral Atkinson is appearing at WORD Christchurch in a session about historical ghost stories called Beyond the Veil with Diane Setterfield and Rosetta Allan… Audio

In something of an upset, the little known story of a Wellington art dealer has upstaged the high profile Man Booker Prize winner The Luminaries to claim the New Zealand Post Book of the Year title… Audio

By Dinah Holman, reviewed by Gail Pittaway, published by Ravensbourne Books Ltd. Audio

More than one person has called Aussie, John Ahern crazy. He quit his corporate job, and with his wife and two kids under the age of five, took off in a slightly-used campervan for a year-long holiday… Audio

'The Facades' by Eric Lundgren. Audio

American writer Cheryl Strayed's memoir Wild, about hiking 1,700 kilometres up the Pacific Crest Trail in the aftermath of her mother's sudden death, became a New York Times bestseller.

A movie… Audio

Australian author, screenwriter and journalist known for her novels and non-fiction works, the latest of which is This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial. Audio

Mrs Mo's Monster by Paul Beavis, published by Gecko Press, Construction by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock, Walker Books Audio

Ngai Tahu author Nic Low on writing short stories about the themes of our times, and leading a roving writers' festival 2,000kms across India, by train. Nic is an author and artist of Ngāi Tahu and… Audio

Five days on from the release of Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics, the Prime Minister has told Morning Report he is standing behind his staff and ministers. Audio

Writing her first novel Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings was a means of Tina Makereti understanding her daughters Moriori identity and in the telling of the story giving voice to the relationship between… Audio

Professor of Sociology at King's College, London, whose research concerns biological and genetic psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience. He is visiting New Zealand to talk at the Competing… Audio

Writer on historic and contemporary China whose first book is The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of the World's Greatest Invention. Audio