Books

Three years ago, Helen O'Connor was working in a law firm in London – "wasn't lovin' my job" – when she first got the idea of writing a bespoke book. Her beloved dad's birthday was coming up and she… Audio

Phil Vine reviews Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore reviews Human Relations and Other Difficulties by Mary-Kay Wilmers, which is published by Profile Books. Audio

Kate De Goldi joins Kim to discuss the children's books that have been branded racist or sexist since they were first published, and have become controversial in the modern day - among the authors are… Audio

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Ko Taranaki Te Maunga by Rachel Buchanan, which is published by Bridget Williams Books Texts. "In 1881, 1500 colonial troops violently invaded the village of… Audio

Literary heavyweight William Boyd has been creating vivid characters and setting them off on amazing adventures for almost four decades. His is the author of more than a dozen novels, several… Audio

David Hill reviews Beautiful Boy by David Sheff, which is published by Simon & Schuster UK. Audio

Stella Chrysostomou from Volume Bookstore in Nelson reviews Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

The first scoring All Black in history, Tom Ryan was also a prize-winning artist and sailor, married the daughter of a Ngāpuhi leader and spearheaded the tourism and troutfishing industries for Lake… Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews The Incurable Romantic by Frank Tallis, which ispublished by Hachette. Audio

According to Christine Armstrong, it's a myth that working women can effortlessly balance work, family and relationships. In her new book The Mother of All Jobs she says it's time to be open and… Audio

New Zealand's history is full of interesting and risque journeys, and journalist and writer Bruce Ansley has retraced some of the most notorious for his tenth book, Wild Journeys, which is out now Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Helpline by Katherine Collette, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

No economic boom can last forever, even one as spectacular as China's. Financial journalist Dinny McMahon looks at the dark underbelly of the Chinese economic miracle and finds accumulating debt… Video, Audio

Anne Else reviews Gone to Pegasus by Tess Redgrave, which is published by Makaro press. Audio