Books
Navigating cancer diagnosis and treatment
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
Book Review - China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
Harry Broad reviews China Room by Sunjeev Sahota, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review: Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien
Laura Caygill reviews Love in Five Acts by Daniela Krien, published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Leanne Radojkovich's short stories put people under pressure
The new short story collection by writer and librarian Leanne Radojkovich, hailman, includes some cautionary tales for people facing moral dilemmas. Audio
Poet Siobhan Harvey is haunted by Ghosts
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
Dressed - what the well-dressed colonial was wearing
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: Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
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
Book review: Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
Jenna Todd from Time Out Bookstore reviews Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, published by Transworld. Audio
Book review: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Kiran Dass reviews The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Pan Macmillan. Audio
Confessions of a District Court Judge
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
Book review: Devil's Trumpet by Tracey Slaughter
Louise O'Brien reviews Devil's Trumpet by Tracey Slaughter, published by VUP. Audio
Michelle Langstone on loss, grief and hope
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
Book Critic - Lisa Glass
Today Lisa Glass reviews three books with a gravedigger in them. She talks about, All Our Shimmering Skies, by Trent Dalton, The Year Of The Farmer, by Rosalie Ham and Grave Concerns by Rebecca Tope. Audio
Book review - Aegean - Recipes from the Mountain to the Sea
Sonja de Friez reviews Aegean - Recipes from the Mountain to the Sea, by Marianna Leivaditaki, published by Hachette. Audio
Book review - Seat 7A by Sebastian Fitzek
Quentin Johnson reviews Seat 7A by Sebastian Fitzek, published by Head of Zeus. Audio
Rare books headed to auction after surprise discovery
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
Jonathan Drori: The secret and surprising life of plants
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: The End of Men
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
Book Review - Slough House by Mick Herron
Adrian Hardingham from Unity Books reviews Slough House by Mick Herron, published by John Murray. Audio
Book Review: The Quiet People by Paul Cleave
Mary Fawcett from Schrödinger's Books reviews The Quiet People by Paul Cleave published by Upstart Press. Audio