Books

Kiran Dass has been reading Constellations: Reflections from Life by Sinéad Gleeson, which is published by Picador. Audio

Walking is one of our great national pastimes. But what do you think about to keep the mind off the hunger and pain - especially when you injure yourself along the way? If you're poet Paula Green it's… Audio, Gallery

Lisa Finucane reviews The Ottoman Secret by Raymond Khoury, which is published by Michael Joseph (UK). Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews The Porpoise by Mark Haddon, which is published by Penguin Random House. Haddon pushes the boundaries of the novel in a disturbing treatment of modern Britain and mythical… Audio

All the Juicy Pastures: Greville Texidor and New Zealand by Margot Schwass, reviewed by Anne Else. Audio

It's time for Lately Book Club where every fortnight we go exploring in the world of literature and invite you to come along. Catherine Woulfe tells us about the work of Sherryl Jordan. Audio

Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Selected Poems by Brian Turner, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

'Borrowed' from Brooklyn Public Library in New York shares the stories happening between the shelves that hold the more than 4 million books in its collection. Like any good library it has reading… Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press. A stunning novel in the form of a letter; Vuong paints an authentic picture of… Audio

Authors and publishers fear a bill that makes it easier for disabled people to access their work will mean they won't get paid for it. The Marrakesh Treaty, which New Zealand agreed to sign in 2017… Audio

David Hill reviews Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945 by Florian Huber, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Pip has been thinking about books and war, after she saw bill-boards for a new television adaptation of Catch 22. She reviews Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019) by Ocean… Audio

Sonja deFriez reviews The Parisian by Isabella Hammad, which is published by Jonathan Cape. Audio

Leading educator and journalist in the US Esther Wojcicki believes parents need to empower their children by giving them responsibilities at a young age. It’s how she raised her own children and… Audio

Harry Broad reviews Leading the Way: 100 Years of the Tararua Tramping Club by Shaun Barnett and Chris Maclean. Telling the story of New Zealand's first tramping club, the book is published by the… Audio

Author and reviewer Kate Camp talks about James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk, the story of young black couple in Harlem in the 1970s whose lives are torn apart by a false criminal accusation… Audio

Indian author Arundhati Roy is a vocal critic of Hindu-nationalism and recently re-elected prime minister Narendra Modi, who she says was re-elected after an "orgy of nationalism." Roy who catapulted… Audio