Books
Book Critic: Lisa Glass
Today Lisa talks to Jesse about three non-fiction books which are loosely connected on the basis of the worst possible things happening. The books are: When The Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope, Doom… Audio
Dr Carol Shand: 5 decades championing women's health
Dr Carol Shand has spent her professional life advocating for women's health. She was a GP in Wellington for 56 years and in that time devoted herself to fighting for change - to maternity care… Audio
Book review: The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
Catriona Ferguson reviews The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
Book review: The Hitchhiker by Gerwin van der Werf
Emma Hisiop reviews The Hitchhiker by Gerwin van der Werf (translated from the original Dutch by David Colmer), published by Text Publishing Audio
Book review: Back in the Day by Melvyn Bragg
Ralph McAllister reviews Back in the Day by Melvyn Bragg, published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Crime novelist Tess Gerritsen on best selling "Rizzoli & Isles"
Bestselling Crime novelist Tess Gerritsen has sold millions of books around the world. Her popular duo of homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are back after a five-year… Audio
Book review: Winter Time by Laurence Fearnley
Bronwyn Wylie Gibb of University Bookshop, Dunedin reviews Winter Time by Laurence Fearnley, published by Penguin NZ. Audio
Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Book critic Claire Mabey reviews 'THEY' by Kay Dick, 'Small Things Like These' by Claire Keegan, and 'Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donn' by Katherine Rundell. Audio
Book review: The Tip Shop by James Brown
Harry Ricketts reviews The Tip Shop by James Brown, published by Te Herenga Waka Press. Audio
Book review: Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietila
Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books in Nelson review Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietila For 26 summers, Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books, and her partner Tuulikki… Audio
In her deeply personal memoir Faking It, Kyle Mewburn recounts a life in transition
Well-known children's author Kyle Mewburn talks with Jane Arthur about her life, which has recently changed radically. (A highlight from the 2021 Verb Readers and Writers Festival in Wellington) Audio
Book review: Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh
Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, published by Jonathan Cape Audio
Book Review - Notes on Womanhood by Sarah Jane Barnett
Hannah August reviews Notes on Womanhood by Sarah Jane Barnett, published by Otago University Press Audio
Cultural Evolution: What China is reading and why it matters
Megan Walsh maps the diversity and division among writers in modern China in her exuberant short book, The Subplot: What China is Reading and Why it Matters.
Coming up
Book Critic: Catherine Ross
This week librarian at Diocesan School for Girls, Catherine Ross, looks at books for younger readers with an LGBTQIA+ theme. The theme coincides with the past fortnight when libraries have been… Audio
Wellington writer Clare Moleta explores the dark side of motherhood in her debut novel
Unsheltered is the riveting story of one mother’s search for her child across a climate-ravaged continent in a dystopian future. Clare Moleta talks with Pip Adam about her inspirations. Audio
Book review: Explore the Cemeteries of Westland and Buller by John Stewart
Robyn Cuff from Take Note bookstore in Hokitika reviews Explore the Cemeteries of Westland and Buller by John Stewart, plus others from their specialist rare West Coast books collection Audio
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
Michelle Rahurahu reviews The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach, published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip talks about Jane Austen books which have been turned into films. She gives her take on Fire Island, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. She also has a special mention of Pride and Prejudice and… Audio
