July 2016
This page lists books by writers interviewed on Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, or books discussed by Kim and a guest. Books are usually published in the current year, or the one previous, except where noted. The most recent programme is at the top.
30 July
The Water Book: the Extraordinary Story of Our Ordinary Substance
by Alok Jha
(Headline, ISBN 9781472209559)
Breaking the Ice: How We Will Get Through Australia’s Methamphetamine Crisis
by Matt Noffs
(HarperCollins, ISBN 978-1-4607-5216-6)
Things That Matter: Stories of Life & Death
by David Galler
(Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 978-1-87750-564-5)
Bloomsbury South: the Arts in Christchurch 1933-1953
by Peter Simpson
(AUP, 978-1-86940-848-0)
23 July
GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday From Being Human
by Thomas Thwaites
(Princeton Architectural Press, ISBN 978-1616894054)
16 July
Landmarks
by Robert Macfarlane
(Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 9780241146538)
Poetry with Gregory O’Brien:
Walking to Pencarrow
by Michael Jackson
(Cold Hub Press, ISBN 9780473327811
Thought Horses
by Rachel Bush
(VUP, ISBN 97817776560721)
9 July
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: and Other Lessons from the Crematorium
by Caitlin Doughty
(2014, Canongate, ISBN 9781782111054)
Prosperity Without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow
by Tim Jackson
(Routledge, ISBN 9781138935419)
2 July
Don’t You Leave Me Here
by Wilko Johnson
(Little, Brown, ISBN 9781408708002).
The Snow Farmer: John Lee of the Cardrona Valley
by Sally Rae, photographs by Stephen Jaquiery
(Random House NZ, ISBN 9781775538851)
Futuna: Life of a Building
by Gregory O'Brien and Nick Bevin
(VUP, ISBN 9781776560523)