Books
Still Alive: A Survivor's Story - Part 4
Pani's six year old son Bun Chna Ra dies when she is out working in the fields. Pani is taken to prison for stealing food and then, in 1978, there's a change in the regime's thinking. They need their… Audio
Still Alive: A Survivor's Story - Part 3
Pani's husband Siphann dies and so do her two daughters, Srey Mom and Vuda. Audio
Still Alive: A Survivor's Story - Part 1
Despite huge loss and hardship, Pani Thomas, now living in Central Otago's Alexandra, survived the Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia. Her story begins in 1975 when she and her family are forced to leave… Audio
Still Alive: A Survivor's Story - Part 2
Pani works for nearly a year in the rice fields with her husband and younger brother, who is taken away after stealing food. She endures even more inhumane actions from the guards. Audio
2012 Janet Frame Lecture by Marilyn Duckworth
Acclaimed New Zealand author Marilyn Duckworth reflects on her own career and the change in the literary scene in New Zealand since she became a published writer. She is introduced by Jenny Pattrick.
…Susan Orlean: Rin Tin Tin
American author of the 2000 best-seller, The Orchid Thief; her new book is Rin Tin Tin: the Life and Legend of the World's Most Famous Dog. Audio
Trapped
Martin van Beynen is an award-winning journalist with the Christchurch newspaper The Press. His book, 'Trapped: Remarkable Stories of Survival from the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake' documents the… Audio
Caroline Moorehead
Caroline Moorehead discusses with Carole Beu her book 'A Train in Winter', which tells the story of 230 women of the French Resistance sent to Auschwitz. Audio
Feature Guest - Robert Shearman
In 2005 multi award-winning fantasy writer Robert Shearman famously returned the Dalek to Doctor Who in an episode viewed by 8.6 million people. As well as screenwriting, Shearman writes plays, audio… Audio
Michael Jackson - An Anthropologist in the Antipodes
Road Markings, an eBook written by expatriate anthropologist Michael Jackson. Audio
Sebastian Barry
Distinguished Irish author Sebastian Barry discusses his work with Jan Cronin. Audio
Anthony McCarten: absent heroes
London-based NZ novelist and playwright whose new book is In the Absence of Heroes. Audio
Marcus Chown:tweeting the universe
Cosmology consultant for the New Scientist, and author many books including Solar System (also an iPhone app), and Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas. Audio
Lance Richdale Biography
The 'father of albatross science' carried out 18 years research on albatrosses and penguins in the 1930s and 1940s Audio
Lance Richdale Biography
The 'father of albatross science' carried out 18 years research on albatrosses and penguins in the 1930s and 1940s
AudioChapter and Verse - Paddy Richardson
Traces of Red: Television ratings have dropped and glamorous television journalist Rebecca Thorne has lost her edge. In a bid to save her flailing career she begins to dig into the case of a convicted… Audio
Banned book raises censorship questions
A book that was banned 40 years ago, has been seized from a second-hand Wellington bookstore, raising questions about the relevance of historic censorship. Audio
Colleen McCullough: thorny life
Australian author, best known for her 1977 novel The Thorn Birds, who has just published a memoir, Life Without the Boring Bits. Audio
