Books & Authors

Everyone ages. There's a multi billion dollar industry aimed at trying to stop it. Dr Coleen Murphy works to understand it first. Audio

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio

Emma Wright always thought raising children to feel good about their bodies involved teaching healthy eating habits with giving praise for being gorgeous just the way they are. She's written a book… Audio

 Bread Charity was founded in 2017 by then 22-year-old Mustafa 'Mussie' Sheikh, who has just published a kids' book called 'The Boy Who Wasn't Scared To Dream'. Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews 'The Singularity' by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel published by Text Publishing. Audio

This beautiful new collection by Patricia Grace is divided into three sections, each positioned from a different time or context, writes Jade Kake.

A New Zealand researcher found that the desire to show off one's moral beliefs explains why people engage in cancel culture online. Audio

The best gifts require a bit of sacrifice of your time and thought not just a lot of money says Dr Scott Rick who studies the emotions behind our financial decisions. Audio

Life delivers many challenges in your 40s and 50s but it's also when wisdom meets fresh opportunities for growth and change, says writer Chip Conley. He tells Jesse Mulligan how a period of… Video, Audio

Today Pip talks to Jesse about author Thomasin Sleigh, who Pip is talking to for the Aotearoa New Zealand Arts Festival. Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward by Oliver Soden published by Orion Publishing. Audio

Poet Laureate Chris Tse curates a selection of recent books by Aotearoa’s East and South East Asian writers to mark Lunar New Year.

When Rebecca K Reilly wanted to get her novel published overseas, editors raised questions around the relatability of some of the book's New Zealand quirks. Audio

Paul Diamond reviews Introducing Te Tiriti o Waitangi by Claudia Orange; Edited by Jared Davidson published by Bridget Williams Books. Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books reviews Tremor by Teju Cole published by Faber & Faber. Audio

Social scientist Brian Klaas finds it uplifting to recognise how much of his own life is the result of random chance. "It liberates me to say maybe there's no cosmic purpose to my life and what I'm… Audio

Forget about the fashionable, flashy air fryer is the humble slow cooker or crock pot has outlasted many a kitchen gadget and has lasted the distance. Today we speak to Sally Wise, she's authored… Audio

Laura Caygill reviews Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood published by Allen and Unwin Audio