Books
Eric Campbell - Silly Isles
Eric Campbell is an award winning ABC foreign correspondent, whose latest book, Silly Isles, documents his journeys to some of the most isolated, bizarre and politically fraught places on earth. From… Audio
‘Janet Frame – the closest thing we have to genius in this country’s writing’
Owen Marshall, the country's leading writer of short stories surveys his chosen literary form in his 2017 Book Council Lecture, talking of the authors who have influenced him, and his audiences. Audio
All Our Secrets
Jennifer Lane's novel All Our Secrets is set in a small rural community where a religious sect have moved in and divided the locals. Audio
Owen King - Sleeping Beauties
Owen King is a graduate of Vassar College and the MFA programme at the Columbia University School of the Arts. He is the author of the novels Double Feature, We're All in This Together and the… Audio
Spyware and plagiarism
A best selling novelist Emma Cline has been accused of plagiarising her ex's work. How easy is it to rip off someone else's work? Audio
Book review - The Vanity Fair Diaries 1983 - 1992 by Tina Brown
Kiran Dass from Unity Books reviews The Vanity Fair Diaries 1983 - 1992 by Tina Brown, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Audio
Book review - The Betrayal by Kate Furnivall
Lisa Finucane reviews The Betrayal by Kate Furnivall, published by Simon & Schuster. Audio
On any other day
An emergency signal sparks a desperate search for a missing air force helicopter. Produced by Justin Gregory. Audio
'We'll still be using the F-word in 200 years'
Frankenstein has captured our imagination for 200 years now. Although the subtleties of Mary Shelley's story have been lost, each generation can interpret her creation myth in their own way, says Sir… Audio
Kaupapa Māori: a critique for the future
In what is a first, a new book looks at where to from here for Kaupapa Māori - the Māori way of doing things. Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins, Senior Lecturer at Te Puna Wananga (school of Maori and indigenous… Audio
Book review - Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
Quentin Johnson reviews Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King, published by Hachette NZ. Audio
The Forty-Niners: Hadlee brings captain's tour diary to life
Despite a glittering career, cricket legend Sir Richard Hadlee says his “greatest life achievement” was completed only this year. Video, Audio
Book critic Jessica Pawley
Jessica Pawley talks about the latest NZ young adult novels. Audio
Hideaways: where New Zealanders escape
Sam Stuchbury and Hilary Ngan Kee have toured the country in search of the best tucked-away escape spots. Video, Audio, Gallery
Book review - The Best of A A Gill
David Hill reviews The Best of A A Gill published by Hachette. Audio
Celebrating everything to see and eat in Otago
Kathryn Ryan talks with Dunedin foodie Judith Cullen and art gallery owner and photographer Michelle Chalkin Sinclair who've just published Otago Fonebook - a small book celebrating the food… Audio
Book review - The Battle for North Africa by Glyn Harper
Harry Broad reviews The Battle for North Africa by Glyn Harper, published by Massey University Press. Audio
Leanne Radojkovich – First Fox
The Unexpected Likeness of Beings, Once Upon a Time in Suburbia, Mila and The Cat - these are all titles in a book of short stories by Auckland writer and poet Leanne Radojkovich. First Fox uses fairy… Audio
"A war NZ should never have involved itself in"
In his latest book, Phoney Wars, historian and novelist Stevan Eldred-Grigg looks at New Zealand society in the Second World War. What did the average New Zealander think of the outbreak of war? Was… Audio
Children's Book review
Rachel Eadie from Scorpio Books reviews The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen, published by Walker books, and Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers… Audio
