Books
Book review: Fish + Game Cookbook by Angelo Georgalli
Angelo Georgalli, aka The Game Chef, teams up with Fish & Game New Zealand for his new cookbook. The Fish + Game Cookbook is an intriguing collection of "wanna-be bush tucker meets Grey Lynn polish"… Video, Audio
Self-publishing - advantages, and pitfalls to avoid
Finalist lists for pretty much every major New Zealand book award these days usually feature several self-published authors. And contrary to the preconception that these are all newbies who can't get… Audio
How to Loiter In a Turf War, by Coco Solid
Charlotte Ryan talks to Jessica Hansell aka Coco Solid about her new book published by Penguin “How to Loiter In a Turf War”
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Book review: Joan is Okay by Weike Wang
Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Joan is Okay by Weike Wang, published by Text Publishing. Audio
Can't Save Them All - Rebecca Nesbit
Should conservationists try to save all threatened species, or do there have to be sacrifices? In a new book Tickets For The Ark : From Wasps to Whales - How Do We Choose What to Save? Rebecca Nesbit… Audio
Book review: The Lighthouse Princess by Susan Wardell, illustrated by Rose Northey
Joanna Ludbrook of the Chicken and Frog Bookstore in Featherston reviews The Lighthouse Princess by Susan Wardell, illustrated by Rose Northey, published by Penguin Puffin. Audio
The Pre-Panel with Allan Blackman and Julia Hartley Moore
Panellists Julia Hartley Moore and Allan Blackman discuss the 'wicked bible', and what they have been thinking. Audio
Book Critic: Anna Rankin
Today Anna talks to Jesse about On Wanting to Change, written by Adam Phillips. Audio
Pirate Queens, Rebecca Simon: the women who ruled the waves
Dr Rebecca Simon's research and writing charts the rise and fall of pirates, from ancient times to a "golden era" spanning the 16th and 17th centuries, which, together with Treasure Island spawned a… Audio
Book review: Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron
Laura Caygill reviews Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio
Robert Sullivan poetry examines his Maori and Pakeha? sides
He's kept us waiting for more than a decade but writer Robert Sullivan has just published a new poetry collection in which he examines both his Maori and Pakeha lineage. The poems in Tunui Comet are… Audio
Award-winning novelist Brannavan Gnannalingam explores marriage in the age of Covid
When a marriage is seriously in trouble, especially where there are children involved, the stakes are incredibly high. In his latest novel, award winning writer Brannavan Gnannalingam leads the… Audio
Magic Wands
Dr Natalie Plank, MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Senior Lecturer in Physics at Victoria University of Wellington investigates the power of the magic wand and we learn some great… Audio
Book review: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Kiran Dass reviews Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, published by Picador Audio
Spy novelist Charlotte Philby on her double-agent grandfather
Charlotte Philby's latest novel tells the story of her grandfather, Kim Philby, the notorious double-agent in the Cambridge spy ring. Edith and Kim is her fourth novel, and tells the linked stories of… Audio
Book review: Grand by Noelle McCarthy
Holly Walker reviews Grand by Noelle McCarthy, published Penguin Random House NZ Audio
Mural artist told Wal Footrot is a 'traditional farmer' and unlikely to 'look cool'
An artist who painted a mural of Murray Ball's Footrot Flats characters told the late cartoonist's family he would not go ahead with the work if he could not use his version of their likenesses.
Book review - Raiment: A Memoir by Jan Kemp
David Hill reviews Raiment: A Memoir by Jan Kemp, published by Massey University Press. Audio
Living well after a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
Professor George Jelinek was 45 and at the peak of a distinguished medical career, when he was diagnosed with MS - the disease which had destroyed his mother's life. At the time, he was a Professor of… Audio
Wellington library refit designs out, but library lovers fond of Wellington's pop-ups
Wellingtonians are relieved to see the ball rolling on reopening their beloved central city library.
It was closed in 2019 because it was an earthquake risk and now the city council's unveiled draft… Audio
