Books
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Long List announced - who made the cut?
Nicola Legat is the chair of the New Zealand Book Awards Trust and joins Emile Donovan to preview the list. Audio
How young is too young to read spicy 'smut' novels?
Smut novels can range from sweet, innocent romance stories to narratives that depict rape and violence, making it hard to know what books are suitable for what age groups.
Top titles announced for New Zealand's biggest book awards
The judges have announced the 43 books on the longlist for the Book Awards, with the winners to be announced on 14 May during the Auckland Writers Festival.
Feature interview: Obama's speechwriter on how to talk
If you can talk to a crowd, you can talk to anyone. No one is born a naturally gifted speaker, not even the man considered one of the greatest orators of the 21st century, former US President Barack… Audio
Book Critic: Does great literature equal great television?
Pip Adam muses on novel adaptations into TV or films. She suggests a number of NZ books that would lend themselves to a multi-episode TV series. Pip's choices include Wednesday's Children by Robin… Audio
Book review: Three of the best from 2024
Ralph McAllister reviews three of his favourite books from last year: Our Evenings by Hollinghurst, published by Picador, Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter, published by Ithaka Press… Audio
Neil Gaiman dropped by publisher after NZ sexual assault allegations
Author Neil Gaiman has been dropped by one of his publishers after he was accused of sexual assault and abuse by multiple women, including one from New Zealand.
Book review: Three of the best from 2024
Kiran Dass reviews three of her favourite books from last year: Audio
Red Books in Greymouth
Wendy Barrow from Red Books in Greymouth joins us for the final part in our summer series New Zealand's secondhand-bookshop owners. Audio
'Oh my god I've made the news' - Romance novel dropper's true confession
A Lower Hutt man claims he is the one who has been randomly delivering racy fiction to mailboxes in the harbourside community of Eastbourne.
Ardern's 'deeply personal' memoir to hit shelves in June
The former prime minister will reveal why she stepped down in a new book out later this year.
Lower Hutt letterboxes filled with erotic fiction
Mystery and intrigue is rippling through a Lower Hutt community where, over the past week, random letterboxes have been stuffed with literature - much of it, 80s erotic fiction. Lauren Crimp has been… Audio
What to expect from the third Fourth Wing book, Onyx Storm
Fans of the fairy porn saga have been desperate to get their hands on the third instalment in the planned five-book Empyrean series out today.
Summer book review with Bonnie Harrison
Producer Bonnie Harrison reviews The Defiance of Frances Dickinson by Wendy Parkins (Affirm Press). Audio
Kahren Thompson from Slightly Foxed Books
Each Sunday morning on Summer Weekends we're speaking with bookshop keepers around the motu. Today we go to the historical precinct in Oamaru to Slightly Foxed books and chat to owner Kahren Thompson.
…Novelist Jenny Pattrick on her pivot to theatre writing
Novelist Jenny Pattrick is best known for her historical fiction, and before her writing, for her jewellery. Audio
Dame Lynley Dodd: 'Children deserve the very best in words'
At 83, beloved children's author Dame Lynley Dodd has only recently begun to view her own carefully crafted stories as literature. Audio
Dame Lynley Dodd on her lifetime's work
Dame Lynley Dodd's stories have captivated generations of children and adults selling more than 12 million copies worldwide. Audio
Who is Neil Gaiman - the author facing sexual assault allegations in NZ?
The new sexual assault allegations have halted film and TV adaptations of the fantasy writer's work that were in production.
Summer book review with Bonnie Harrison
Producer Bonnie Harrison reviews The Last Secret Agent: The untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines by Pippa Latour and Jude Dobson. Audio
