Books & Authors

Sally Wenley reviews Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan, published by Macmillan. Audio

Emma John speaks with Lynn Freeman about embracing single life in a world where being in a couple is seen as the endgame. Marital bliss has failed to materialise for Emma, she hasn't found her 'other… Audio

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews 'Before You Knew My Name' by Jacqueline Bublitz, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio

Kim Pittar from Muir's Independent Bookshop in Gisborne reviews The Bombay Prince by Sujata Massey, published by Allen & Unwin Audio

Best selling author Malcolm Gladwell's latest book is called, "The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War. It looks at one of the most deadly strikes of the… Audio

For today's how to write feature, Yolanda Soryl talks to Jesse about writing guided reading books. Yolanda talks to Jesse about how they are different from books designed to be read to a child. Audio

Gail Pittaway reviews The Secret Life of Writers by Guillaume Musso, published by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand. Audio

Joanna Grochowicz's new book, Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story, tells the incredible story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition. Joanna joins the show… Audio

Author Simon Garfield's latest book, Dog's Best Friend, draws upon history, science art and the writer's own personal experiences with his black Labrador retriever Ludo, to dissect the enduring… Audio

Reviewer for Unity Books Wellington John Duke reviews Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again by M. John Harrison, published by Gollancz Stella's review: Damp and mysterious, M.John Harrison's award winning novel… Audio

Dean Bedford reviews Beautiful Things by Hunter Biden, published by Simon and Schuster Audio

The need to belong is hardwired into each of us and successful team leaders need to foster that, says UK-based performance coach Owen Eastwood (Ngāi Tahu). Audio

Charlie Gilmour spent his childhood trying to understand how his biological father could abandon the family. He writes about his upbringing and the power of love in his memoir, Featherhood: A Memoir… Audio

Today Pip Adam follows on from her last review looking at Art Writing and Publishing. She talks about the writing of Arihia Latham in a new book that publishes graffiti and poetry to celebrate… Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books reviews World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, published by Milkweed Press. Audio

Murray Edmond joins us to talk about his book Time to Make a Song and Dance: Cultural Revolt in Auckland in the 1960s. The 1960s was a period of radical conflict, when the desire for a new, socially… Audio

Actor Andrew McCarthy, star of 80's classics like St Elmo's Fire and  Pretty In Pinkwas quite happy to leave that period of his life in the past and never look back. He talks to Jesse about why that… Audio