Books & Authors

Women are more likely to face over testing, over diagnosing and over treatment than men when visiting the doctor's office.  Audio, Gallery

You've probably heard of Sci-fi and YA genres of books but what about Cli-fi? Climate fiction is a new category of speculative fiction, born out of climate change concern.  Audio

Jenna Todd has been reading Furious Hours by Casey Cep. This book is published by Penguin. Audio

This week's guest in the Musical Chair is renowned chef Bridget Davis who's just won the award for the Best Breakfast Cookbook at the prestigious World Gourmand Cookbook Awards in Macau.  Audio

Professor AC Grayling joins the show to discuss his latest offering, The History of Philosophy, which covers more than two millennia of philosophical ideas.  Audio

Writer Nancy Atkinson talks to Jim about her latest book, Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions, which features the untold stories of engineers and scientists behind the Apollo… Audio

A biography of Sir Ernest Hyam Davis - brewery baron, anti-prohibitionist, Mayor of Auckland and Newmarket, and passionate sailor and philanthropist among many other roles - has just been released. Audio

Ian Telfer reviews Buddhism for Meat Eaters by Josephine Moon, which is published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

In the 1960s a group of new-age thinkers in the US had athletes and coaches convinced that with no more than the power of their own minds they could be bigger, faster and able to control their… Audio

Barry Crump was the original Good Keen Man, the humorous and care-free archetype of the New Zealand bloke. H Audio, Gallery

Chris Tse reviews The Art of Beer by Garage Project, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

The ability to get the weather right is getting better all the time with advances in computer simulations, satellites and cooperation. But the outlook for access is not so sunny. Audio

What makes a really good brand - and which Kiwi companies have nailed it? Steve Bayliss should know - he's been involved in marketing for years for some of New Zealand's highest-profile companies -… Audio

Louise O'Brien, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Moonlight Sonata by Eileen Merriman. This novel is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Much loved British author of nineteen novels, and BAFTA winning screenwriter, the talent behind the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Deborah Moggach OBE tells Kathryn Ryan about her latest novel, The Carer… Audio

The Lately Book Club is a way to explore the world with writers through their work. Tonight poet and critic Steven Toussaint talks about something very interesting that is going on in New Zealand… Audio

Each of us has a story written in our DNA. But that's only part of the puzzle. Researching the family tree is one of those projects that starts but never quite finishes. Audio, Gallery

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

A New Zealand scholar has discovered what could be a previously unknown short story by Katherine Mansfield.

Dr Martin Griffiths was writing an article for the Katherine Mansfield Society's newsletter… Audio