Books

Two years ago we talked to a Kiwi woman who, along with her sister, had set up project delivering books by motorbike to some of Vietnam's poorest villages. The Motorbike Book Club is still going… Audio, Gallery

Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews The Braided River: Migration and the Personal Essay by Diane Comer. The personal stories of 37 migrants to… Audio

Elisabeth Easther reviews Identity Crisis by Ben Elton, described as a blistering satire on a fracturing world - and a roller-coaster thriller. It is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

British pre-eminent military historian Sir Antony Beevor's coming to Auckland Writer's Festival in May. He speaks to Jim about what history can tell us about the future.  Audio

Some people worry that technology could be changing the way we read. So are we all becoming skimmers and headline grasping multi-taskers, losing our ability to concentrate on a long form article, or… Audio

Kate Camp is the author of six collections of poetry published by Victoria University Press, the most recent of which is The internet of things (2017). She's won the New Zealand Book Award for The… Audio

British author Sarah Perry has followed up her number-one bestseller The Essex Serpent ​with a novel called Melmoth. She talks to Kim Hill about faith, illness, moral courage and her taste for the… Audio

Today Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Lanny by Max Porter. A second novel from the award-winning author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers, the story is both dark and playful. Audio

Sally Wenley reviews Run Away by Harlan Coben, RRP $37, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Kiran Dass from Timeout reviews For the Good Times by David Keenan. Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Loving Sylvie by Elizabeth Smither. The book is published by Allen & Unwin NZ. Audio

It's an afternoon of prizes and book launches in Auckland today at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and National Awards Day. The big winners have - literally - just been announced, and Lynn Freeman… Audio

A bleak futuristic world of injustice is the setting for Tina Shaw's new Young Adult novel Ursa. The thriller is launched at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and National Awards Day in Auckland… Audio

British novellist and screenwriter Ian McEwan has been listed by The Times as amongst "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and he's received numerous awards and accolades for his work… Audio

Controversial Canadian academic Jordan Peterson's books are back on shelves. Whitcoulls had removed his "12 rules for life: An antidote to Chaos" after a photo emerged of him embracing a fan wearing… Audio