Books

In December 1941, as the Japanese made their lightning attack on Pearl Harbour, Hong Kong also came under bombardment and fell two weeks later. Marie Broom was trapped in Hong Kong with her four… Audio, Gallery

Paul Diamond reviews Grounded: How soil shapes the games we play, the lives we make and the graves we lie in by Alysa Bryce, published by Text Publishing Audio

Leila Mottley is the youngest writer ever to be long-listed for the Booker Prize. She was 17 when her book Nightcrawling was completed and 19 when it was published by Bloomsbury worldwide. The… Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Vidyamala Burch is a UK-based New Zealander whose mindfulness programme for chronic pain and other illnesses has just earned her an OBE. Through her own experience of extreme pain which began in her… Audio

Today Catherine Ross talks to Jesse about Mythological Themed books for children and young people. You can find her review and recommendations here. Audio

David Hill reviews Billy Wallace: A True Rugby Legend by Denis Dwyer, published by Bateman books. Audio

Marine mammals suffer several direct impacts of coastal development, in particular the development of ports. America-born scientist Deanna Clement's research has been a deep-dive into the lives of… Audio

The annual Auckland Writers Festival is upon us, Waituhi o Tamaki, one of the best-attended festivals in the world, and on Festival Director Anne O'Brien talks to Jim.  Audio

Music writer and reviewer Nick Bollinger traces through a somewhat turbulent time in our past with new book Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of Counterculture in New Zealand Aotearoa. Video, Audio, Gallery

In the 1960s June Nelson and her husband, renowned ornithologist Bryan Nelson, spent a "madcap" year camping in the Galápagos Islands to study the abundant birdlife. Audio, Gallery

Finding ground somewhere between memoir and history book, Fintan O'Toole documents the spectacular changes that have occurred in Ireland over the past six decades in his latest book We Don't Know… Audio

Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser, published by Allen Lane - Penguin Random House NZ Audio

Gina Rogers reviews Diana, William and Harry by James Patterson, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

Desire : A Reckoning is Jessie Cole's deeply personal second memoir. She examines her own experiences of longing, seeking answers on how and why women desire, and how external forces, and upbringing… Audio

Chris Tse reviews Time is A Mother by Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin. Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger, published by Auckland University Press. Audio