Books
Divorcing, stealing, cheating, waddling penguins celebrated
Penguin expert and award winning filmaker and writer Professor Lloyd Spencer Davis on his new book Waddle on the endearing animals he's been studying for four decades. Video, Audio, Gallery
Book review - The Glovemaker
Lisa Finucane reviews The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber, published by Macmillan. Audio
Anabel Hernandez: A Massacre in Mexico
Award winning Mexican investigative journalist Anabel Hernandez on her remarkable account of the disappearance and deaths of 43 students in 2014 - and the subsequent coverup. Audio
Book critic Elizabeth Heritage
Elizabeth Heritage is our book critic today, she's in our Wellington studio to talk about the work of some of New Zealand's disabled writers Audio
NZ Book review - The Black and the White
Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews The Black and White by Geoff Cochrane. Audio
Book review - How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Holly Walker has been reading How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. Audio
Progress on pathway to citizenship for NZers in Aus 'stalled'
Saturday Morning - High Commissioner to Australia Dame Annette King says plans to introduce a quicker pathway to Australian citizenship for New Zealanders living there have stalled. Audio
Unity Books review - Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany
Cassie Richards from Unity Books reviews Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany, which is published by Text. Audio
Children's Book review
Louise Ward from Wardini Books reviews two titles: The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble, published by Allen & Unwin, and The Whispers by Greg Howard, published by Penguin. Audio
Book review - Past Caring? Women, Work and Emotion
Anne Else reviews Past Caring? Women, Work and Emotion, which is edited by: Barbara Brookes, Jane McCabe and Angela Wanhalla, and published by Otago University Press. Audio
Ockham book award finalists announced
In an era of fake news and social media saturation, the theme which shone through at the Ockham Book Awards this year was honesty, and what it means to tell the truth. The finalists were announced… Audio
Finalists for NZ's most prestigious literary prize announced
The finalists for the country's most prestigious literary prize have been announced with Lloyd Jones, Fiona Kidman, Vincent O'Sullivan and Kate Duignan among those shortlisted.
Book critic Lisa Glass
Lisa talks about authors who lied about themselves in a big way. Audio
Book review - My Coney Island Baby by Billy O'Callaghan
Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore reviews My Coney Island Baby by Billy O'Callaghan, which is published by Jonathan Cape. Audio
Book review - Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb has been reading Bangkok Wakes to Rain, by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, which is published by Sceptr. Audio
Harry Ricketts looks back on 21 years of NZ Review of Books
The just renamed New Zealand Review of Books/Pukapuka Aotearoa has just published its 125th issue since launching its offering of in-depth book reviews and opinion pieces back in 1991. The periodical… Audio
Writer Catherine Chidgey
The scrapping of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Short Story Competition a few years ago robbed writers of an important opportunity to have their work published. The cash prize was handy too! Today that… Audio
Book review - The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen by Kari Hotakainen
Hugh Barlow reviews The Unknown Kimi Raikkonen by Kari Hotakainen, which is published by Simon & Schuster Ltd. Audio
Book review - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Harry Broad reviews Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio
NZ Book review - Not Bad People by Brandy Scott
Louise O'Brien from New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa reviews Not Bad People by Brandy Scott, which is published by HarperCollins. Audio
