Books
Book review - Curry: Eating, Reading and Race by Naben Ruthnum
Anne Else reviews Curry: Eating, Reading and Race by Naben Ruthnum, published by Text Publishing. Audio
Jeff Goodell: 'No matter what we do, sea levels will rise'
"Miami became a popular diving spot where people could swim among sharks and barnacled SUVs and explore the wreckage of the great American city". A new book looks at coastal cities in a world of… Audio
Alan Taylor - Appointment in Arezzo
Alan Taylor is the founding editor of the Scottish Review of Books, and the author of Appointment in Arezzo, a memoir on Muriel Spark. A former Booker Prize judge, he has written for the TLS, The New… Audio
Book review - Mary Poppins
Niki Ward from Ekor Bookshop reviews Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane and Mary Poppins and the House Next Door by P.L. Travers, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book review - Census by Jesse Ball
Stella Chrysostomou from Volume books reviews Census by Jesse Ball, published by Text. Audio
Book review - Too Much and Not the Mood
Kiran Dass from Timeout bookstore reviews Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays by Durga Chew-Bose, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc. Audio
Love & loss: poet & novelist Lang Leav
International bestselling poet, author, and social media phenomenon Lang Leav chats to Kathryn Ryan about her debut coming-of-age novel, Sad Girls, and poetry's new digitally attuned fan base. Lang… Audio
Book critic - Pip Adam
Pip Adam talks about the essay as a form of non fiction writing . Audio
NZ Books - Pukapuka Aotearoa review: Pasture and Flock
Harry Ricketts. reviews Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems by Anna Jackson, published by Auckland University Press. Audio
Sharlene Teo on the monstrous woman
Singaporean writer Sharlene Teo's debut novel Ponti won the inaugural Deborah Rogers Foundation Writer's Award and was praised by Ian McEwan for its brilliant descriptive power, and for characters… Audio
High Stakes for Children's Publishing
New Zealand's children's publishing industry and writers have been working this week to secure overseas deals at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. Fledgeling New Zealand publisher OneTree… Audio
Kate De Goldi - Invisible Hand and Where the world ends
Kate De Goldi is a fiction writer and book reviewer. Her most recent novel, From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, won the Esther Glen Medal at the 2016 NZ Children's and Young Adult Book Awards, and… Audio
Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Decolonising the mind
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist, and currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University… Audio
Doug Wilson on ageing and longevity
If you want to live a long healthy life, exercise, socialise and eat a Mediterranean-style diet, says medical academic and author of Ageing for Beginners Doug Wilson. Audio
Unity Books review - Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch,
Tilly Lloyd reviews Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch, published by Canongate. Audio
Book review - The Odyssey by Homer
Hannah August reviews Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey by Homer, published by W. W. Norton & Company. Audio
Book critic Lisa Glass
Lisa discusses heartland Aussie Thrillers and the work of Australian writer Jane Harper. Audio
Chris Maclean: A way with words
Historian, writer, photographer and publisher Chris Maclean, looks back at more than 40 years in the book business. He has books in his bones - his great-grandfather was George Whitcombe, the founder… Audio
Book review - Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa
Phil Vine reviews Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Tom Peters - thriving in the tech tide
Tom Peters has variously been described as an influential business thinker, leadership guru and 'The Red Bull of Management'. He's the author of more than 30 management books, a former partner with… Audio
