Books

Dean Bedford reviews Why is This Lying Bastard Lying to Me?: Searching for the Truth on Political TV by Rob Burley published by HarperCollins Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews The Trackers by Charles Frazier published by HarperCollins Audio

Carole Beu from the Women's Bookshop reviews Dice by Claire Baylis published by Allen and Unwin Audio

Rachel Louise Snyder survived a harrowing childhood in an cruel, evangelical family to become a globally recognised journalist and author. She tells her story to Kathryn Ryan. Audio

Sally Wenley reviews The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz published by Penguin Random House Audio

Drawing on unpublished archival material and new reportage, author and journalist Walter Marsh's book, Young Rupert pieces together the paper trail giving us a glimpse of the Australian media… Audio

We're looking at how a range of emotions that children experience can be addressed through age appropriate books.  Audio

Aiden Aslin spent a harrowing six months as a Russian prisoner of war, and was eventually freed in a prisoner exchange in September last year. Audio

At 70, Joan MacDonald was overweight, had high blood pressure, painful arthritis and found it difficult to walk up a flight of stairs. Seven years later, she’s a bona fide fitness influencer with her… Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews The Pole and Other Stories by J. M. Coetzee published by Text Publishing Audio

Whitcoulls' hottest 100 is out - and this year there is more than one surprise, with the famous boy wizard, Harry Potter, taking a hit. Whitcoulls book manager Joan Mackenzie talks to Jesse about the… Audio

David Hill reviews Rustle! by Donovan Bixley published by Hachette NZ Audio

People love sharing photos and videos. There are unknowably huge numbers of images on-line. But what if you disappeared from your own photo-album? The rest of the scene still there, but your face is… Audio

Paul Diamond reviews Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville published by Text Publishing Audio

For half of the 20th century, the task of surveilling New Zealanders to root out spies, dissidents or enemy sympathisers lay with the police force. They were there during pre-war industrial action at… Audio