Books
Book review - Troy by Stephen Fry
Lisa Finucane reviews Troy by Stephen Fry, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Tūhoe astronomer awarded 2020 Callaghan Medal
Tūhoe astronomy professor Rangi Mātāmua Ngāpuhi, and Ngāti Porou historian Ngarino Ellis have been recognised at the Research Honours Aotearoa awards.
Writing workshop to help youth justice facility residents
Writer Ben Brown held a writing workshop earlier this year at Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo, the Oranga Tamariki Youth Justice Residence facility at Rolleston near Christchurch. He talks to Jesse about the… Audio
Book review - The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child
Sally Wenley reviews The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - A Private Cathedral by James Lee Burke
Ralph McAllister reviews A Private Cathedral by James Lee Burke, published by Hachette. Audio
Pip Adam on libraries and books
Novelist and writer Pip Adam looks at the place of libraries in our lives and the way they've been expanding their services. Audio
How to Write: A Picture Book Script
This week in our How to Write series, Jesse speaks to writing teacher Janice Marriott founder of Go Write Now about the art of writing picture book scripts. Audio
Upper Hutt libraries ditch fines for overdue books
Upper Hutt libraries have ditched late fees for overdue books. Audio
Book review - The Captain's Run
Dean Bedford reviews The Captain's Run: What it Takes to Lead the All Blacks by Gregor Paul, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book review - The Grandest Bookshop in the World
Rae McGregor reviews The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor, published by Hachette. Audio
Sci-fi and fantasy celebrated in new anthology
We think of New Zealand literature as matter of fact, no-nonsense, social realism territory. But beneath the stoic surface we seem to have an extraordinary fantasy life. Margaret Mahy, The Vintner's… Audio
Book review - Skunk and Badger
Hera Lindsay Bird of Unity Books reviews Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, pictures by Jon Klassen, published by Allen and Unwin. Audio
Book review - Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde
Paul Diamond reviews Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris and Haru Sameshima. This book is published by Massey University Press. Audio
Book review - The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernieres
John King reviews The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernieres, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review - Consolation by Garry Disher
Jane Westaway reviews Consolation by Garry Disher, published by Text. Audio
Book review - Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey
Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey. This book is published by Victoria University Press. Extraordinary and engrossing. Set in Nazi Germany, this novel… Audio
INTERVIEW: Pearl Jam biography author Ronen Givony
Seattle band Pearl Jam have recorded 11 studio albums, sold 85 million+ albums, played over 1000 shows, and had 5 albums reach number one. But after over thirty years of success, why isn't Pearl Jam… Audio
Book review - Landmarks by Grahame Sydney and Owen Marshall
David Hill reviews Landmarks by Grahame Sydney, Brian Turner and Owen Marshall. Published by Penguin Random House. Audio
'Academic superstar' wins top research award
NZ's top research award, the Rutherford Medal, has gone to Brian Boyd, whose work spans Shakespeare to Nabokov to Popper, & weaves arts and sciences together. Audio
Book review - Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, published by Pan Macmillan. Audio