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Sir John Kirwan's book updated
When rugby legend Sir John Kirwan first released his memoir in 2010 detailing his struggle with mental illness, it was groundbreaking. Now 13 years later, he's updated the book. It's called All Blacks Don't Cry A Story of Hope. Audio
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Age old puzzle back to baffle a new generation
1:15 pm today'Cain's Jaw Bone' is a complex literary puzzle that was originally published in 1934. Now UK-based Kiwi publisher John Mitchinson has brought it back, and it's… Audio
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Sebastian Faulks: On being Homo sapiens
3 Dec 2023Sebastian Faulks, worldwide bestselling author of Birdsong, is back with a new thriller, inspired, he tells us by a tweet from Richard Dawkins. Audio
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Linda Bryder: the best country to give birth?
2 Dec 2023In The Best Country to Give Birth? medical historian Linda Bryder explores how New Zealand came to develop its unique approach to the role of midwives in… Audio
Sir John Kirwan's book updated
When rugby legend Sir John Kirwan first released his memoir in 2010 detailing his struggle with mental illness, it was groundbreaking. Now 13 years later, he's updated the book. It's called All Blacks… Audio
Age old puzzle back to baffle a new generation
'Cain's Jaw Bone' is a complex literary puzzle that was originally published in 1934. Now UK-based Kiwi publisher John Mitchinson has brought it back, and it's been a surprise hit. Audio
Sebastian Faulks: On being Homo sapiens
Sebastian Faulks, worldwide bestselling author of Birdsong, is back with a new thriller, inspired, he tells us by a tweet from Richard Dawkins. Audio
Linda Bryder: the best country to give birth?
In The Best Country to Give Birth? medical historian Linda Bryder explores how New Zealand came to develop its unique approach to the role of midwives in childbirth. The 1990 Nurses Amendment Act… Audio
Book on helping people process the emotional coaster of life
Dr Carrie Hayward is a Melbourne based clinical psychologist who specialises in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She speaks to Jesse. Audio
Book review: Secret Gardens of Aotearoa by Jane Mahoney and Sophie Bannan
Sonja de Friez reviews Secret Gardens of Aotearoa by Jane Mahoney and Sophie Bannan published by Allen and Unwin Audio
Book review: Rugby League in New Zealand: A People's History
Dean Bedford reviews Rugby League in New Zealand: A People's History by Ryan Bodman published by Bridget Williams Books Audio
Tom O'Connor on his new book series The Irish Convict
Tom O'Connor is a former Maori affairs journalist turned author of historical fiction. His latest series the "Irish Convict" was released earlier today. The five books explore the history of… Audio
David Brooks: how to know another person
Sociologist David Brooks used to think wisdom was the ability to utter life-changing maxims like Dumbledore or Yoda. Now he believes it's about deeply seeing someone else's experience. "I think wisdom… Video, Audio
Book review: Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe
Hannah August reviews Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe published by Pan Macmillan Audio
Ireland: punching above its literary weight?
The Booker Prize was announced earlier this week - it went to Irish writer Paul Lynch for his dystopian novel "Prophet Song" - but Paul Lynch wasn't the only Irish writer shortlisted for the award. In… Audio
Book Critic: Dominic Hoey
Today Dominic talks to Jesse about Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Audio
Book review: The Stirrings by Catherine Taylor
Kiran Dass reviews The Stirrings by Catherine Taylor published by Weindfeld and Nicholson Audio
A new theory in the JFK Assassination, Mary Haverstick's book
60 years on from the assassination of US President John F Kennedy, and there are still so many questions about that shocking day. Mary Haverstick never set out to look at the killing, but came across… Audio
Book review: The Conversion by Amanda Lohrey
Bel Moneypenny from Scorpio Books in Christchurch reviews The Conversion by Amanda Lohrey published by Text Publishing Audio
Winner of the Booker Prize to be announced
The winner of the 2023 Booker Prize will be announced this morning - with the ceremony in London starting at 10am.
From a civil war in Ireland, to the son of Jamaican immigrants in Miami and a remote… Audio
Read all about it: The 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist
Devoted reader Jeremy Rees read all the books in the 2023 Booker Prize shortlist (so you don't have to). Here's what he and the judges have to say about the six novels on this year's shortlist.
Richard Flanagan: chain reactions
Booker Prize-winning Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan's new novel looks at the choices we make and the chain reaction that follows. By way of a literary love affair through nuclear physics to… Audio
Adrian Edmondson: 'The more you hurt yourself, the more people laugh'
British comedian, actor and writer Adrian Edmondson found fame in the 1980s, playing anarchic medical student Vyvyan alongside Rik Mayall in The Young Ones. They also starred together in Bottom and in… Audio
Michael Rosen: Getting over it, and getting through it
"Passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish" is a judge's description of this year's PEN Pinter prize winner, Michael Rosen. The British poet, author and… Audio