Books
Kiwi booksellers start website to take on Amazon
In bookshops throughout the country, a small band of booksellers has decided to take on Amazon in their very own David v Goliath fight.
Paul Lynch on his Booker shortlisted novel Prophet Song
Irish novelist Paul Lynch's latest book Prophet Song was shortlisted last month for this year's Booker Prize. The novel is set is a dystopian version of Dublin, after an unspecified crisis has tipped… Audio
Auē! The story behind a modern literary classic
In this extract from Everything I Know About Books Mary McCallum, of Mākaro Press explains how she came to publish a modern New Zealand classic - Auē! by Becky Manawatu.
Book review: Don Binney: Flight Path by Greg O'Brien
Sonja de Friez reviews Don Binney: Flight Path by Greg O'Brien published by Auckland University Press Audio
Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Claire Maybe reviews Lapvona by Otessa Moshfegh; Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder; Articulations by Henrietta Bollinger. Audio
Book review: The Twat Files by Dawn French
Cynthia Morahan reviews The Twat Files by Dawn French published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review: The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa
Louise O'Brien reviews The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa published by Penguin Random House Audio
Rebecca Priestley: navigating end times
Rebecca Priestley's new memoir End Times moves between recollections of teen punk nihilism and a flirtation with born again Christianity, to a modern day climate anxiety-fuelled South Island road… Audio
Cristina Rivera Garza: grief demanding justice
It took Mexican scholar, novelist, and poet Cristina Rivera Garza 30 years to be able to write about what happened to her younger sister. Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered by her abusive boyfriend in… Audio
Book review: Transposium by Dani Yourukova
Melissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Transposium by Dani Yourukova, published by Auckland University Press. RRP $30.00 Audio
Book Critic: Catherine Roberston
Writer and book critic Catherine Roberston intriduces us to three new books today: 'Emergency Weather' by Tim Jones, 'Secrets of the Land' by Kate Mahony and 'Tarquin the Honest: Ocian's Elven' by… Audio
Authors' work used to train AI without permission
Authors have been shocked to find out their books are being used to train AI. Alex Reisner, an American journalist with the Atlantic, acquired a data set of nearly 200,000 books known as "Book3"… Audio
Michael Palin's New Zealand connection: My great uncle Harry’s life and death in WWI
Actor, comedian, broadcaster and author, Michael Palin, has documented the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry in latest book Great-Uncle Harry: A… Audio
Kim Stanley Robinson: 'They are wrong and it needs to be said'
American writer Kim Stanley Robinson spends a lot of time imagining the future, and predicts the next few decades will look messy, but it's still worth trying to reign in climate change. Audio
Kim Stanley Robinson: Imagining the future and finding hope
US writer Kim Stanley Robinson spends a lot of time imagining the future. The author of more than 20 novels, including his best-selling The Mars Trilogy, he's considered one of the greatest writers of… Audio
Norway's Jon Fosse wins Nobel literature prize for voicing 'unsayable'
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the award-giving body said.
Book review: The Book Collector: Reading and Living with
Dean Bedford reviews The Book Collector: Reading and Living with Literature by Tony Eyre published by Mary Egan Publishing Audio
Independent bookstores hail new sales hub
In what's being hailed as a first for the English speaking world - the country's independent bookstores will now have a collective website for sales. BookHub launches tomorrow, and it'll allow readers… Audio
Book review: Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats
Matthew Roche reviews Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats: From Stephen Fleming to Kane Williamson by Dylan Cleaver published by Upstart Press Audio
Book review: Snorkelling the Abyss by Jan Jordan
Harry Ricketts reviews Snorkelling the Abyss by Jan Jordan published by The Cuba Press. Audio