Books
The Coalition for Books is launched
It's taken a year to get from bright idea to a plan of action. But the new Coalition for Books is holding its inaugural meeting at the Booksellers Association Conference in Auckland this weekend. Audio
Kate's Klassics: Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon
Poet and writer Kate Camp is in to talk about Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, the 1977 novel by the renowned American author who died earlier this month. The book won the National Book Critics… Audio
Book review - Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar. Published by Picador. Audio
Book review - Fleishman is in Trouble
Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. This book is published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child
Ali Ventura reviews the Harry Potter and The Cursed Child play showing now at Melbourne's Princess Theatre. Audio
Book review - Crossings by Alex Landragin
Phil Vine reviews Crossings by Alex Landragin, which is published by Pan Macmillan. Audio
Coining a genre: Wasteland Fiction
Recovering bookseller and RNZ producer Robert Kelly has been thinking about why deserts and frozen wastelands make such good settings for fiction. Audio
Book review - The Mister by E L James
Leah McFall reviews The Mister by E L James, which is published by Penguin Random House. An erotic romance from the author of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. Audio
Book review - Lapse by Sarah Thornton
Laura Caygill reviews Lapse by Sarah Thornton, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio
Book review - The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate
Anne Else reviews The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Book review - Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff
Ralph McAllister reviews Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio
New organisation for New Zealand's book scene
Book and publishing organisations have come together to create The Coalition of Books, an umbrella agency for New Zealand books and writers. Audio
Book review - Whatever it Takes by Paul Cleave
Louise O'Brien from New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Whatever it Takes by Paul Cleave. This book is published by Upstart Press. Audio
Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Claire Mabey reviews Wild Honey, Reading New Zealand Women's Poetry - an anthology by Paula Green. Peat by Lynn Jenner, and Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. Audio
Book review - Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Do Not Feed The Bear by Rachel Elliot
Catriona Ferguson has been reading Do Not Feed The Bear by Rachel Elliot, which is published by Hachette New Zealand. Audio
Bite-sized reading: This isn't your average vending machine
Select an item from this vending machine and you won't get a snack or cold drink. It'll print you a random short story. Video
Book review - Out of Our Minds by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It by Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Published by Oneworld Publications. Audio
Book review - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop in Dunedin reviews 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak. Published by Viking. Audio
Book review - All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos
Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews All My Goodbyes by Mariana Dimópulos. Published by Giramondo Publishing. Audio
