Books
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
Book review: The Calling
Joanna Ludbrook from the children's bookstore Chicken and Frog Books in Featherston reviews The Calling by Fleur Beale published by Penguin Random House, $20. Audio
Book Critic - Catherine Roberston
Today Catherine Robertson introduces the Rivers of London series. Audio
How to Write a Wikipedia entry
Mike Dickison was New Zealand's first Wikipedian at Large from 2018 to 2019. He's also a Wikipedia editor, as well as a museum curator and zoologist. Today's he talks to Jesse about how to write an… Audio
Book Review - Let's Do It
Leah McFall reviews Let's Do It: the authorised biography of Victoria Wood by Jasper Rees, published by Hachette. Audio
Book Review: Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
Rae McGregor reviews Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book Review: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
Anne Else reviews The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson, published by Harper Collins NZ. Audio
Book Review: Answering to the Caul by Ted Dawe
Harry Ricketts reviews Answering to the Caul by Ted Dawe, published by Mangakino University Press. Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip looks at how writing intersects with art. She talks about Dwelling in the Margins,edited by Katie Kerr Gloria, 'Hooked Up to Monadic Device' from the 15 April 2021 Pantograph Punch written… Audio
Book review: Tall Bones by Anna Bailey
Catriona Ferguson reviews Tall Bones by Anna Bailey, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Kate's Klassics: Sydney Bridge Upside Down
Poet and writer Kate Camp returns to discuss another classic work of literature. This week, Sydney Bridge Upside Down. Written by David Ballantyne and published in 1968, it's been described as the… Audio
Rachel Morris: We are all museum-makers
Rachel Morris makes actual museums but she says that, in a way, we are all museum-makers as we try to make sense of the chaos of the past. Unpacking boxes of old family stuff from under her bed… Audio
