Books

Long-time conservationist who has written (with Tony Lindsay and Janet Hunt) the history of New Zealand's wildlife sanctuaries, Paradise Saved. Audio

Kiran Dass reviews 'Nobody is Ever Missing' by Catherine Lacey published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Audio

Military historian Christopher Pugsley talks with John McCrystal about his career, the business of writing about the First World War, and it contemporary resonances. Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer discussing the Parkin Drawing Prize that he judged, and "difficult" poetry with reference to the collection Heartland by Michele Leggott. Audio

Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University, whose first novel, The Naturalist, is based on the life of Dr Ernst Dieffenbach, the German naturalist who voyaged to New Zealand in 1839. Audio

Kate Camp discusses The Storm of Steel, the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War. Audio

Founder of American group Throwing Muses, solo musician, and author of the memoir Paradoxical Undressing, who is visiting New Zealand for spoken word and singing events. Audio

Reviewed by Tilly Lloyd, published by Granta. Audio

The eminent historian Professor Margaret MacMillan explores the origins of the First World War, and the contemporary parallels to what happened a century ago. With Kate Hunter in the chair, this… Audio

Former advertising agency owner, political strategist, environmental campaigner, television producer, mayor, and subject of the new biography, Wild Westie. Audio

Professor of Creative Writing at University of Bath Spa, and author of short stories, non-fiction and seven novels, most recently the novel, The Emperor Waltz. Audio

John discusses the resurgence of publishing Children's books in Te Reo. Audio

A book shop with a difference - on a floating barge in the UK The title of the book is: The Bookshop that Floated Away, published by Constable and Robinson. Audio

In a very wide-ranging conversation Diarmaid MacCulloch talks with Peter Biggs about religious belief in the modern world. As well as authoring a number of award-winning books- including Reformation… Audio

New Zealand writer discussing The Simple Things by Bill Condon, Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell, and One Year in Coal Harbour and Everything on a Waffle, both by Polly Horvath. Audio

American novelist, talking about his new book Wayfaring Stranger, set against the oil business of the 1930s and 40s. Audio

New York writer who has written her first novel, Delicious, after a series of memoirs, and will be a guest at the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival in August. Audio

One man remembers a trip to South Africa forty years ago, which had a life-long impact on his career. Audio

Listen to author Sarah Quigley discussing her collection of short stories, Tenderness. Audio

Kate Camp discusses For the Term of His Natural Life, the nineteenth-century novel by Australian writer Marcus Clarke. Audio