Books

Most people bump into emotions they've never come across before when cancer turns up in their world, says Australian clinical psychologist Dr Toni Lindsay. After working with cancer patients and their… Audio

Harry Broad reviews China Room by Sunjeev Sahota, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Laura Caygill reviews Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien, published by Hachette NZ. Audio

The new short story collection by writer and librarian Leanne Radojkovich, hailman, includes some cautionary tales for people facing moral dilemmas. Audio

Migration and the ghosts they bring with them from their old homes to their new one - that's the theme of the new poetry collection from Siobhan Harvey. Audio

When specialist textile curators at New Zealand museums examine donated garments, often the most fascinating stories come from the signs of stains, repairs and repurposing that they discover. Audio, Gallery

Shaun Bythell has run Wigtown's The Bookshop since 2001. It's the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland with shelves spanning nearly two kilometres and containing over 100,000 books. His trademark… Audio

Jenna Todd from Time Out Bookstore reviews Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, published by Transworld. Audio

Kiran Dass reviews The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Pan Macmillan. Audio

Rosemary Riddell is a retired District and Family Court judge whose new book provides a rare insight into the life on the bench. She served 12 years full time on the bench, and says she wrote the book… Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews Devil's Trumpet by Tracey Slaughter, published by VUP. Audio

Come in, we have something we want to tell you. Nothing good ever comes from these words, and for Michelle Langstone, they prefaced the news that her beloved father had cancer. The writer and actress… Audio

Sonja de Friez reviews Aegean - Recipes from the Mountain to the Sea, by Marianna Leivaditaki, published by Hachette. Audio

A collection of rare books is going under the hammer after a once-in-a-lifetime discovery by a New Zealand auctioneer.

The books belonged to Lawrence Baigent and Robert Erwin, two pivotal figures in… Audio

For his new book Around the World in 80 Plants, Jonathan Drori traversed the globe, aiming to reveal the science of plants by showing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history… Audio

Christina Sweeney-Baird's debut novel The End of Men is centred around a global virus to which women are immune and which kills 90 percent of the world's men. It all seems very timely, but was… Audio

Adrian Hardingham from Unity Books reviews Slough House by Mick Herron, published by John Murray. Audio

Mary Fawcett from Schrödinger's Books reviews The Quiet People by Paul Cleave published by Upstart Press. Audio