Books
Book review - No one is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
Ash Davida Jane of Unity Books Wellington, reviews No one is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood published by Bloomsbury. Audio
Book review - The Liminal Space by Jacquie McRae
Lisa Finucane reviews The Liminal Space by Jacquie McRae, published by Huia. Audio
Afternoons Quiz answers - Robert Kelly
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz answers. Audio
Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz. Audio
Book review - The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison
Leah McFall reviews The Stubborn Light of Things by Melissa Harrison, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
The problematic pictures of Dr Seuss
Is the move to stop publishing six Dr Seuss books another example of cancel culture - or an acknowledgement that we've moved on from a more insensitive past? Audio
Book Critic: Laura Dooney
Laura Dooney's managed to read a few novels on a recent holiday. She talks to Jesse about FOUR books, Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie, Talking Animals by Joni Murphy, The Penelopiad by Margaret… Audio
Book review - Lullaby Beach by Stella Duffy
Mary Fawcett of Schrödinger’s Books, Petone, reviews Lullaby Beach by Stella Duffy. Published by Little, Brown Book Group. Audio
Book review - A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Melanie O'Loughlin reviews A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet, published by W.W. Norton & Company. Audio
New novel: the tale of real-life goldfields heroine, Kitty K
Margaret Mills has just published her first novel at the age of 91, based on the life of Kitty Kirk. Kitty was born in Ireland in 1855 and shipped with her mother to the Protestant settlement of… Audio
Materials: Fact or Fiction - The Stillsuit from Dune
Associate Professor Geoff Willmott, MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director for Commercialisation and Industry Engagement, and Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland gives us his… Audio
Book review - The Crooked Tree by Una Mannion
Kiran Dass reviews The Crooked Tree by Una Mannion, published by Faber. Audio
Book review - The Prophets by Robert Jones Jnr
Ralph McAllister reviews The Prophets by Robert Jones Jnr, published by Quercus. Audio
Ockham Book Awards 2021 finalists revealed
Finalists for the country's top book prizes are out this morning.
Sixteen works have made it on to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist list for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and… Audio
Book Critic - Claire Mabey
Today Claire reviews Sorrow & Bliss by Meg Mason: Brilliant novel essentially about mental health, family, relationships and concepts of what a good mother is/should be. Claire also talks about her… Audio
Book review - Stranger in the Shogun's City by Amy Stanley
Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews Stranger in the Shogun's City by Amy Stanley. Published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Tranquility and Ruin by Danyl McLauchlan
Holly Walker reviews Tranquility and Ruin by Danyl McLauchlan, published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Book review - Bestiary by K-Ming Chang
Briar Lawry, Unity Books, reviews Bestiary by K-Ming Chang. Published by Harvill Secker. Audio
Book review - An Exquisite Legacy by George Gibbs
Murray Williams reviews An Exquisite Legacy: The life and work of New Zealand naturalist G.V. Hudson by George Gibbs. This book is published by Potton & Burton. Audio
Book review - Letters of Denis Glover edited by Sarah Shieff
Harry Ricketts reviews Letters of Denis Glover edited by Sarah Shieff, published by Otago University Press. Audio
