Books

Trevor Reekie talks to Hello Sailor's Graham Brazier and Harry Lyon about life with - and without - Dave McArtney, as well as McArtney's posthumous autobiography Gutter Black - A Memoir. Audio

Gregory O'Brien discusses the work of artist and poet John Puhiatau Pule; his 1985 epic love poem The Bond of Time is now available in a new edition from Canterbury University. Audio

A Corner of a Foreign Field -The illustrated Poetry of the First World War, selected by Fiona Waters, published by Atlantic World, ISBN 978-1-909242-05-0. Audio

Huw Lewis-Jones is an exploration historian, award winning author and amateur adventurer. Audio

Stevan Eldred-Grigg, whose book Diggers, Hatters and Whores: The Story of the New Zealand Gold Rushes is being re-released after Eleanor Catton acknowledged it as a major source of inspiration for The… Audio

In his book 'Happy City, Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design' Charles Montgomery argues that cities can be happy places to live. With the world's urban population forecast to nearly 5 billion… Audio

He's a rare breed - a New Zealand Air Force fighter pilot. Iggy Woods tells us about the stories from his adventures, and his new book 'Iggy's Air Force Tales'. Audio

British writer whose books include the memoir The Child That Books Built, the novel Red Plenty, and non-fiction books Backroom Boys: the Secret Return of the British Boffin, and Unapologetic: Why… Audio

Australian TV producer on making soap operas in Kabul. Audio

Written by Rana Dasgupta, reviewed by Quentin Johnson and published by Text. Audio

Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig whose work depicts the fragility and follies of the human condition - and our relationship with the natural world. His latest book The Essential Leunig: Cartoons… Audio

Written by Tilar J. Mazzeo, published by HarperCollins, reviewed by Rae McGregor. Audio

Since 2010 Witi Ihimaera has been a part of the faculty at The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada. The Creative incubator attracts up to eight thousand students from around the world. As part of the… Audio

Crime pays for a growing number of New Zealand writers. Dr Jenny Lawn has read more Kiwi crime stories than most, and she says it's darkly funny and ingenious in the way people get knocked off here… Audio

Kate discusses The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, Flora and Ulysses by Kate di Camillo, and Dappled Annie and the Trigrish by Mary McCallum. Audio

Nigel Beckford: mementos and sagas Wellington writer and publisher (The Wellington Book, The NZ Book), and leader of Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga, who recently released a 50-track album on… Audio

What happened at Gallipoli is familiar to New Zealanders, but some aspects of the story have been challenged by a leading military historian. Glyn Harper is a professor of war studies at Massey… Audio

Lance Wiggs reviews Minecraft by Linus Larsson & Daniel Goldberg, published by Virgin, RRP$34.99. Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews Jennie Rooney's Red Joan which is published by Vintage. Audio

In various forms, Parsons Books and Music has been a cultural landmark on Wellington's Lambton Quay since 1948. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky called it 'the most beautiful bookshop in the world'… Audio