Book Reviews
Book review - Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam - a young adult novel about a wrongful incarceration, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book review - Blanket by Kara Thompson
Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books, Nelson, reviews Blanket (Object Lessons) by Kara Thompson, published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Book review - How to Be Happy Though Human by Kate Camp
Airini Beautrais reviews How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems by Kate Camp. Published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Book review - When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
Sally Wenley reviews When She Was Good by Michael Robotham, published by Hachette. Audio
Book review - A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne
Elisabeth Easther reviews A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Tamsin Martin of Scorpio Books, Christchurch, reviews Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Pip Adam - books on the complexity of love
Pip Adam reviews three books that demonstrate how complicated love and compassion can be, particularly within families. Audio
Book review - Lost Souls by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman
Quentin Johnson reviews Lost Souls by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
John King reviews Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell, published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Book review - The Gospel of the Eels by Patrik Svensson
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop, Dunedin, reviews The Gospel of the Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson. Published by… Audio
Book review - Shifting Currents by Joanna Orwin
David Hill reviews Shifting Currents by Joanna Orwin, published by Joanna Orwin. Audio
Book review - Awatea and the Kawa Gang by Fraser Smith
Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Awatea and the Kawa Gang by Fraser Smith, published by Huia. Audio
Lisa Glass talks books
Lisa reviews three books featuring students with abusive teachers My Dark Vanessa- Kate Elizabeth Russell, Excavation: A Memoir- Wendy Ortiz and Tampa- Alissa Nutting. Audio
Book review - Selected Poems by James Brown
Harry Ricketts reviews James Brown's Selected Poems, published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Book review - Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran
Anna Daniell reviews Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran, published by The O'Brien Press. Audio
Book Review - A Place for Everything
Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books, Wellington, reviews A Place for Everything: the Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders. Published by Picador (hardback). Audio
Book review - The Shadow Friend by Alex North
Lisa Finucane reviews The Shadow Friend by Alex North, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Notes From An Apocalypse by Mark O'Connell
Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Notes From An Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell. This book is published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
Book review - A Run in the Park by David Park
Ralph McAllister reviews A Run in the Park by David Park, published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Book review - The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos
Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio