Author Interview

Even as a four-year-old, Di Morris felt drawn to the writing desk at her great-aunt Marjorie's house.  Audio

New Zealander Tom Neale spent a total of 16 years living alone on a remote atoll in the Cook Islands. The newly republished edition of his book includes his daughter Stella's side of the story. Audio

Sacha Coward has run LGBTQ+ focused tours for museums, cemeteries, archives, and cities around the world. Now, his new book profiles queer icons from mythology. Audio

You're never going to sort your life out says best-selling author and journalist Oliver Burkeman. Audio

Author of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” Mark Manson, talks to Guyon about the potential upsides of AI therapy and the reasons so many Americans idolise Trump. Plus, he reveals how his life… Video, Audio

The much-anticipated follow-up to Chelsea Winter's #1 bestselling plant-based cookbook, Supergood, is here!  Audio

Susie Dent is perhaps best known on this side of the globe as the resident word expert on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She joins us to talk about her career and her debut murder mystery novel … Audio

Rebecca Sharrock, who can remember every experience, thought, dream, and feeling since she was a baby has since written a book about her extraordinary life called My Life as a Puzzle. Audio

Leslie Adkin was a geologist, ethnographer and father living in Levin whose legacy of self-taught photography left an incredible record of family life in Aotearoa. Audio

Underneath the niceness society expects of women is a fiery independent nature that's buried deep says Lisa Marchiano. She's a licensed social worker, podcaster and author. She says traits like… Audio

Vincent is one of New Zealand's leading historians and co-founder and research director of HistoryWorks. He's written extensively on our colonial history, the relationship between Maori and Pakeha… Audio

They're not dealing drugs, they're dealing eels. Audio

People are fundamentally good and the internet can be a tool to unite people rather than divide them. That's not just wishful thinking for Gabe Reilich and Lucia Knell. They work for a media platform… Audio

Our guest on the RNZ Mixtape is broadcaster, singer and author Anika Moa. Starting her music career over 20 years ago, Anika is one of Aotearoa's most loved musicians. She has written some of our… Audio

Best-selling author, Rumaan Alam, is turning the spotlight on wealth in his new book Entitlement. This follows his pandemic hit, Leave the World Behind, which was shortly followed by a movie… Audio