Books

Author Seth Grahame-Smith has combined Jane Austen's original novel with new scenes of zombie action. Audio

Chris Humphrey's book 'Vlad, the Last Confession', is about the historical figure and inspiration for the vampire, Dracula. Audio

Phillip Mann is the author of the Paxwax science fiction series. Audio

Budden's Book Shop in Motueka will ring up its final sales at the end of March. Audio

Discussing four books by American science fiction and fantasy writer Madeleine L'Engle, including the classic A Wrinkle in Time. Audio

Australian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist, talking about her first novel for 15 years. Audio

Ecologist Colin Miskelly and marine biologist David Schiel discuss a newly revised landmark book about the Chatham Islands. Audio

Ian Brodie was the founding director of the New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum (later re-named Warbirds and Wheels Museum) in Wanaka and author of several books including A Journey through New Zealand… Audio

Paddy Richardson talks about her psychological thriller, A Year To Learn A Woman Audio

Travel was once seen as a rite of passage for New Zealanders, but today's decision to get on an aeroplane is not so simple. Graeme Lay, Lloyd Spencer Davis and Thomas Kohnstamm explore areas in common… Audio

In this second of a series of panel discussions recorded in May, Joan Druett, Mary McCallum, and Barbara Else talk with Graham Beattie about how the ocean around New Zealand connects some very… Audio

Acclaimed British crime writer (her latest is When Will There be Good News?), visiting NZ for the Christchurch Writers Festival. Audio

Music 101 presenter Kirsten Johnstone has an on-air ukulele lesson with Mike Dickison, author of Kiwi Ukulele. Audio

Lynn talks to Eleanor Catton about her book, 'The Rehearsal'. Audio

Kate Camp discusses the 1897 novel Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker, which served to popularise the idea of the vampire. Audio

Part five of the Writers and Readers week discussions. Panellists Patricia Grace, David Mitchell and Alexis Wright take part in a discussion chaired by Jane Stafford. Patricia Grace, winner of the… Audio

Former journalist and lecturer who has won five Ned Kelly Awards for crime fiction, most recently for The Broken Shore. Audio

According to the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, the war in Iraq will become the world's first three trillion dollar war. He joins cartoonist Garry Trudeau, novelist and journalist… Audio

"After a couple of hours at their desks, on September 12, 2001, all the writers on earth were reluctantly considering a change of occupation" (Martin Amis). In this programme three very different… Audio

"Two World Wars and one World Cup," chant English football supporters at their German counterparts. On the pitch and elsewhere, the repercussions of World War II continue. In this programme three… Audio