Books
Chinese thriller the latest in wave of crime novels
Death Notice by Zhou Haohui is the latest in a growing sub-genre of Chinese crime thrillers. Entertaining, fast-paced and a novel with just enough Chinese characteristics to keep things interesting…
Unit 731 was a human atrocity, says a new book on Japanese war crimes
Review - The latest book on Unit 731, a Japanese wartime unit which carried out experiments on prisoners, is confusing, moving and a plea that it never happens again, Jeremy Rees writes.
Book review - The Vineyards of Central Otago by Viv Milsom
Harry Broad reviews The Vineyards of Central Otago by Viv Milsom. It is illustrated by Mike Wilkinson and published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
Simon Sebag Montefiore: celebrating great letters
Simon Sebag Montefiore is an award winning British historian, novelist and television host whose non-fiction works include Jerusalem: The Biography, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar and The Romanovs… Audio
NZ Books review - Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa NZ
Louise O'Brien from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Books, reviews Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa NZ. It is edited by Michelle Elvy, Frankie McMillan and James Norcliffe, and… Audio
Book critic: Pip Adam
Pip looks at books that are unexpectedly comforting. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, Sea Oak and The Simplica Girl Diaries by George Saunders, and Beatrix Potter's collected… Audio
Book review - The Death Of Hitler by Jean-Chris Brisard
Dean Bedford reviews The Death Of Hitler by Jean-Chris Brisard, which is published by Hachette. Audio
Book review - My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Jenna Todd from Timeout bookstore reviews My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, which is published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
Unity Books review - Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman
Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman, which is published by Europa. "A genre-crossing novel, featuring Frankie, a crabby scientist who hits the big-time… Audio
Frankenstein continues to fascinate, 200 years on
It's been 200 years since Mary Shelley's magnum opus was published - and its influence extends to the realms of medical history and bioethics Audio
Book review - Journeys to the Other Side of the World
Sonja de Friez reviews Journeys to the Other Side of the World - further adventures of a young naturalist by David Attenborough, which is published by Hachette. Audio
Book review - Queen Victoria by Lucy Worsley
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Queen Victoria by Lucy Worsley, which is published by Hachette. Audio
Book critic Jo Cribb
Jo Cribb of the NZ Book Council shares the results of their 2018 study on New Zealander's reading habits. Audio
Book review - Awatere: Portrait of a Marlborough Valley
Don Rood reviews Awatere: Portrait of a Marlborough Valley by Harry Broad which is published by:Potton & Burton.
"Marlborough’s magnificent Awatere Valley is bypassed by thousands of New Zealanders… Audio
Explosion of 'unashamedly feminist' writing only the beginning
Opinion - For many reasons women's rights, concerns and experiences are currently of great urgency and that's inevitably going to show up in our writing and reading behaviour, writes Claire Murdoch.
Book review - Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Charlotte Graham-McLay reviews Early Riser by Jasper Fforde, which is published by Hachette. Audio
HMS Erebus and the golden age of exploration
One of the greatest exploratory ships in history - the Erebus, which disappeared in 1845 only to be found 169 years later under Canadian ice - is now the subject of a book by broadcaster and history… Video, Audio
Children's Book review
Niki Ward from Ekor books reviews 'And the Ocean Was Our Sky' by Patrick Ness, and 'I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree' selected by Fiona Waters. Audio
Book review - Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks
Jane Westaway reviews Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks, which is published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
Liane Moriarty - observing human life
Australian writer Liane Moriarty's eighth novel Nine Perfect Strangers has just hit the shelves, and already the film rights have been snapped up by Nicole Kidman, who'll produce and star in the… Audio
