Books
Turn Ardern campaign prompts backlash on social media
Turn Ardern campaign turning into another social media bun fight. Audio
Book review - The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
Laura Caygill reviews The Weekend by Charlotte Wood, published by Allen & Unwin. A touching tale of friendship, ageing and vulnerability from the author of The Natural Way of Things. Audio
2019 Literary Moments: Pip Adam, Rachael King & Claire Mabey
The Booker, The Ockham, Atwood, Knox, The closure of the New Zealand Review of Books, covering up white suprematist posters in Newmarket with Hone Tuwahre's poem 'Rain', and Lloyd Jones' proclaiming… Audio
Book review - The Hero by Lee Child
Sally Wenley reviews The Hero by Lee Child, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book review - Waterline by Chris Else
Ian Telfer reviews Waterline by Chris Else, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing. Audio
How a Trump critic found himself the target of library activists
Author Rick Reilly has found himself the target of library activists who are hiding his book about how Donald Trump cheats at golf. But their censorship efforts have backfired. Audio
Christmas reads with Robert Kelly
It's seven sleeps to Christmas! If you're swinging by a bookshop, or even your own bookshelves to find a last minute present for someone, what are they going to want to read? RNZ producer and former… Audio
Book review - Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie
Gina Rogers reviews Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie, published by Fremantle Press. Audio
Claire Mabey's top ten reads for 2019
In our last book chat of the year! Claire Mabey Director of Verb Wellington is in to share her top ten reads of the year. Audio
Book review - Listening In by Lynley Edmeades
Harry Ricketts, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Listening In by Lynley Edmeades . This poetry collection is published by Otago University Press.
…Expert Feature: Jane Austen
Wallace speaks to Jocelyn Harris, Professor Emerita of English at Otago University, who specialises in Jane Austen. Audio
Book review - Sing New Zealand
Clarissa Dunn reviews Sing New Zealand: The story of choral music in Aotearoa by Guy E. Jansen, published by Massey University Press. Audio
Professor David Skegg takes on our health system
The Health of the People by Professor David Skegg outlined a failing public health system, and prompted heated debate when it was published earlier in the year. Audio
Policeman turned novelist Ian Austin
In the third in his Dan Calder crime novels. Ian Austin has the ex-detective take on a cold case that turns him into the prime suspect. Audio
Paddy Richardson's new novel is set on Matiu Somes Island
Wellington's Matiu Somes Island was an internment camp for enemy aliens during both the First and Second World Wars. It's the setting for a new novel by Dunedin author Paddy Richardson. Audio
Book review - Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery
Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery, Text Publishing. Tim Flannery is one of the world's great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David… Audio
Book review - The Cockroach by Ian McEwan
Jane Westaway reviews The Cockroach by Ian McEwan, published by Penguin Books. Audio
Scientifica Historica
We'll talk to author and editor of the book review site Popular Science, Brian Clegg who's put together a history of science books from Aristotle to David Attenburough. Audio
Pacific: An Ocean of Wonders
British Library curator and author Phil Hatfield has used his knowledge of the treasury of historic maps and illustrations of the world's greatest ocean to put together a wonderful book: Pacific - An… Audio, Gallery
Story of the Day for 11 December 2019
The Tiger Who Came To Tea: Judith Kerr story heads to TV By Steven McIntosh. Audio