Books
Unity Books review - Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews Heavy by Kiese Laymon, which is published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Book review - Karori Confidential: Selected Columns
Charlotte Graham McLay reviews Karori Confidential: Selected Columns by Leah McFall, which is published by Luncheon Sausage Books. Audio
Victory at Gate Pa?
Victory at Gate Pa? is the first account of its kind where the battle at Gate Pa is expertly examined and written about from both perspectives of Maori and Pakeha. Audio
Book review - Boys Will Be Boys by Clementine Ford
Carole Beu from the Women's Bookshop reviews Boys Will Be Boys by Clementine Ford, which is published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
Book review - Washington Black
Phil Vine has been reading Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan. The novel was shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize. Audio
Book review - Black Boots New Zealand Rugby Legends
Harry Broad reviews Black Boots New Zealand Rugby Legends. It is written by Phil Gifford, with photographs by Barry Durrant, and is published by Bateman Publishing. Audio
Peter FitzSimons - Mutiny on the Bounty
Peter FitzSimons is Australia's best-selling non-fiction writer, and for the past 30 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald. He is the author… Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh on the Pauline Hanson phenomenon
Kerry-Anne Walsh was in the Canberra press gallery for 25 years, occupying senior posts in print, radio, and TV. She has now left reporting to write books and consult. Her latest book, Hoodwinked: How… Audio
Book review - Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Women Talking by Miriam Toews, which is published by Faber. Audio
Book review - Aftershocks by A.N. Wilson
Jane Westaway reviews Aftershocks by A.N. Wilson, which is published by Atlantic. Audio
Books review - Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Quentin Johnson reviews Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce by Colm Toibin, which is published by Macmillan. Audio
Is digital reading changing how our brains work?
Lynn talks with neuroscientist Dr Maryanne Wolf, director of the center for dyslexia, diverse learners and social justice, at UCLA whose research looks at how the brain takes on knowledge. She says… Audio
Review: A new book on growing confrontations in the South China Sea
A new book surveys the confrontations in the South China Sea. Jeremy Rees reviews Asian Waters: The struggle over the South China Sea and the strategy of Chinese expansion by Humphrey Hawksley.
Book review - In the City Of Love's Sleep by Lavinia Greenlaw
Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore reviews In the City Of Love's Sleep by Lavinia Greenlaw, which is published by Faber. Audio
NZ Books review - Off the Road with Sam Hunt
Harry Ricketts from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books, reviews Off the Road with Sam Hunt by Colin Hogg, which is published by HarperCollins NZ. Audio
Unity Books review - In My Mind's Eye by Jan Morris
Tilly Lloyd reviews In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary by Jan Morris, which is published by Faber. Audio
Roald Dahl stories
Roald Dahl stories seem, if anything, even more popular since he died, and they're used by NZ educators. Audio
Book review - The Wych Elm by Tana French
Catriona Ferguson reviews The Wych Elm by Tana French, which is published by Penguin Random House.
"An apparently random burglary turns Toby Hennessy’s life upside down. Beaten and bruised he… Audio
Book review - The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Laura Caygill reviews The Lost Man by Jane Harper, which is published by Macmillan. Audio