Books
Book review: Mothers, Fathers, and Others by Siri Hustvedt
John Duke from Unity Books reviews Mothers, Fathers, and Others by Siri Hustvedt, published by Sceptre. Audio
Book review: Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
Elisabeth Easther reviews Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio
Book review: 30 Queer Lives by Matt McEvoy
Paul Diamond reviews 30 Queer Lives by Matt McEvoy, published by Massey University Press. Audio
Book Critic: Anna Rankin
Reviewer Anna Rankin talks to Jesse about Joan Didion's non-fiction collection, Political Fictions. Audio
Shelter: Douglas Lloyd Jenkins' love story in, and of, Auckland
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins is a well-known design writer and his landmark book At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design was the Montana Book Awards Non-Fiction Winner in 2004. He was a co-author of The… Audio
Book review: This Mortal Coil: A History of Death
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb of University Book Shop Dunedin reviews This Mortal Coil: A History of Death by Andrew Doig, published by Bloomsbury. Bronwyn says: It's a fascinating history of how and why we've… Audio
Book review: Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz
Sally Wenley reviews Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Veteran poet Alan Roddick looks back - and forward
The past, present and even speculation about the future all find a place in the latest poetry collection Next by Otepoti Dunedin based writer Alan Roddick. It's the octogenarian's third collection… Audio
Murder in the Far North. Call DI Bradshaw
Aotearoa's latest literary sleuth, D.I. Nyree Bradshaw is faced by a mystifying and culturally challenging case in Catherine Lea's thriller The Water's Dead. The DI and her team are in a race against… Audio
Book review: The Islands by Emily Brugman
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews The Islands by Emily Brugman, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
Why we need to make time to have more fun
Science journalist Catherine Price says fun is essential for health, resilience and productivity and explains how to have more of it ! Audio
Afternoons Book Quiz for 16 February 2022
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly and our regular book quizmaster is away, so today Jesse will have a few books to talk about and you have to guess what they have in common to win a… Audio
Feilding English teacher pens memoir to inspire students
Feilding High School English teacher Philip Jeffreys tells Jesse about writing a memoir to inspire his students. Audio
Where art and philanthropy meet: Ravenscar House, Christchurch
Ravenscar House Museum holds an extraordinary, previously private art collection. The new building has been gifted to Christchurch by art collectors Susan Wakefield and her late husband Jim. The art… Audio, Gallery
Book review: This Changes Everything by Niki Bezzant
Leah McFall reviews This Changes Everything by Niki Bezzant, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio
Book review: To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Ruby Brunton reviews To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara, published by Macmillan Audio
Book review: The Sea Is Not Made of Water
Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson, published by HarperCollins. Few places are as familiar as the shore - and few as full of… Audio
Book review: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
Gail Pittaway reviews The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
The softer side of Clementine Ford
Clementine Ford has been called an angry loudmouthed polemicist by her detractors, and a leading light of the feminist cause by her many fans.The Australian writer and broadcaster is well known for… Audio
