Books & Authors

For 25 years, Daniel Handler, AKA Lemony Snicket has taken young readers into strange and wonderful worlds of his creation in books like A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Bad Beginning. Audio

What is it about mermaids? They appear throughout history, from legends and books to film and even on your Starbucks cup. Audio

Catherine Robertson highlights a Hawke's Bay trifecta of bestsellers. Audio

David Hill reviews A House Built on Sand by Tina Shaw published by Text Publishing. Audio

Lonneke Botello Hernandez is touring New Zealand with her book The Food Fountain of Youth, which offers advice about 'nutrients with science-based benefits for anti-aging beauty'. Lonneke and Colin… Audio

The dream of writers the world over is a debut novel turning into a worldwide publishing sensation - and that's exactly what's happened for Amy Neff, a first-time author from Connecticut. Audio

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists David Cunliffe and Sally Wenley discuss the potential impacts of the gas shortage, making the most of leftovers, and the non-fiction books that… Audio

Our bookmarks guest today is Amalia Hall. She's a classical violinist and the Concertmaster of Orchestra Wellington. A role she's held since 2016 when she became Aotearoa's youngest concert master. Audio

NYU professor of developmental psychology Niobe Way says don't just have a 'boy problem', we have a human problem. Audio

Library director at Auckland Grammar School Catherine Ross has a bevy of awesome non-narrative non-fiction books for ages 10 to 14.  Audio

Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader. She joins Susie to share some great books: two time travel novels The Ministry of… Audio

Gisborne based Sam Gibson has a deep love for the bush, spending his time hunting, fishing, trapping pests and working to protect endangered species like Whio. Tall, rugged and oil skin wearing, he… Audio

Elisabeth Easther reviews Strays and Waifs by Mandy Hager published by The Cuba Press. Audio