Books

When pregnant 17-year-old Phyllis Symons's body was found buried in the construction site of Wellington's Mount Victoria Tunnel in 1931 her death and the subsequent trial of her boyfriend for murder… Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum, which is published by Serpent's Tail. New Year's Eve 2008, and Bunny, a successful writer under the spell of… Audio

Jane Westaway reviews Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume 1 1978-1986 by Helen Garner. Published by Text Publishing. Audio

Sociologist Anthony Elliott - AI is not so much the future as a revolution already well underway, albeit one which is unfolding in complex and uneven ways across the globe. Audio

Chris Tse reviews Queer Objects by Chris Brickell and Judith Collard (Eds). Published by Otago University Press. Audio

Robert Kelly looks at Christmas classics and has some really great ideas about some great books to buy for Christmas gifts. Jesse and Robert also take listener queries and try to help people out with… Audio

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Murmur by Will Eaves, which is published by Canongate. Audio

Margaret Atwood, who wrote The Handmaid's Tale, is coming to New Zealand with its sequelThe Testaments. She discusses how evil flourishes and how it eventually dies. Audio

New Zealand’s Eleanor Catton has written the screenplay for the latest version of Jane Austen’s much-adapted Emma. Video, Audio

If you've ever dreamed of abandoning your life in the city and fleeing to some quiet corner of the coast - Deborah Hide-Bayne can tell you exactly how to do it. She 'escaped' to the Coromandel from… Audio

Cindy Kiro reviews The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Beautiful Ones by Prince. Published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Dean Bedford reviews Rugby Folklore by Matt Elliott, which is published by HarperCollins New Zealand. Audio

Sally Wenley reviews The Diamond Hunter by Fiona McIntosh, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Neon Daze by Amy Brown. Published by Victoria University Press. Audio

They're our national bird but they aren't faring too well out in the wild. Kiwi are numbers are in rapid decline and require the help of teams across New Zealand to survive. Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews Rick Stein's Secret France. Published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Her bolshy, white, odd-eyed SPCA special cat, Jiffy, is the subject of the latest book from Catherine Chidgey. hHer four other white odd eyed cats are a bit jealous that hes been singled out. Audio, Gallery

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews The Topeka School by Ben Lerner, which is published by Granta. "Adam Gordon, a senior in the class of 97, explores the events that lead up to a terrible act… Audio