Author Interview

Jono Lancaster was only 36 hours old when his parents abandoned him in a hospital Yorkshire.  Audio

This week marks forty years since Robert Muldoon's now-notorious, inebriated, snap election announcement which set in motion a seismic chain of events in New Zealand politics, the impacts of which… Audio

Former FBI director turned crime writer, James Comey, takes readers into the world of high finance and corporate espionage in his new thriller Westport. Audio

With the exponential growth of AI-based technology many people are left wondering if their jobs will exist in the not-too-distant future. Audio

Craig Foster is the Academy Award-winning director of the documentary My Octopus Teacher and talks to Nights about 'Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World'. Audio

Every year the literary powerhouse Harper Collins throw an exclusive summer garden party in London.This year for the first time author and Dunedin secondary school teacher Samantha Montgomerie has… Audio

The 80's are known as the decade of the Yuppie, obsessed with money, status and materialism in their expensive clothes Perrier. The choices they made then set the stage for the cultural division and… Audio

Nick Hunt is a travel writer who has published three books about walking in various parts of Europe. Audio

A "miserable" moment on the banks of Lake Wakatipu was the initial inspiration for Matt Heath's new book A Life Less Punishing: 13 Ways To Love the Life You've Got. The radio host and writer… Audio

Bob Calkin considers himself a lucky man. Too young for both world wars and entering the workforce in the '50s and '60s, New Zealand gave working-class men like him tremendous opportunities. Audio

Work isn't working. We are so busy staying busy, with constant emails and new message apps, we end up exhausted says professor Cal Newport.  Audio

Professor of Classics at Victoria University in Wellington Jeff Tatum, has released a new book, called A Noble Ruin, which examines Mark Antony's life and career and a pivotal time in history.  Audio

Having grown up in Missouri, Jake Adelstein moved to Japan at age 19 to study Japanese literature. A few years later, he became the first non-Japanese staff writer at Yomiuri Shimbun, one of the… Audio

From ancient Roman attempts to define the edge of civilisation to European powers drawing straight lines on maps, borders have shaped the modern world, writes British journalist Jonn Elledge. Audio

Serj Tankian is the frontman of System of a Down, a band of Armenian-Americans that started in the mid-nineties, who play an incredible clash of growling aggressive metal and Armenian folk melodies… Audio

When recovering from burnout it's essential to prioritise rest. says clinical fatigue specialist Vincent Deary. Audio