Books & Authors

Shaun Bythell has run Wigtown's The Bookshop since 2001. It's the largest second hand bookshop in Scotland with shelves spanning nearly two kilometres and containing over 100,000 books. His trademark… Audio

Jenna Todd from Time Out Bookstore reviews Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, published by Transworld. Audio

They’re the inspiration for creatures of the science fiction world and have survived more than one mass-extention event. The cephalopod, in particular octopus and squid, are intelligent, gentle and… Audio

Dave Lowe has been warning about the impact of rapid climate change for over 50 years. Both a scientist and a surfer he began to see changes the environment of the southern hemisphere in the 1970s. Audio

Kathryn speaks with Dr Maysoon Salama, whose storybook for children Aya and the Butterfly is a new picture book to help young children come to terms with grief, cope with change, and build resilience… Audio

Kiran Dass reviews The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe, published by Pan Macmillan. Audio

Rosemary Riddell is a retired District and Family Court judge whose new book provides a rare insight into the life on the bench. She served 12 years full time on the bench, and says she wrote the book… Audio

#live your best life, sounds great until it keeps you from living your real life. There is extraordinary pressure on young adults today to be extraordinary says Rainesford Staufffer, a writer who… Audio

A new book is helping to showcase the wealth of writing talent from Asian writers in New Zealand. The 75 writers featured in A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand have roots… Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews Devil's Trumpet by Tracey Slaughter, published by VUP. Audio

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

Sonja de Friez reviews Aegean - Recipes from the Mountain to the Sea, by Marianna Leivaditaki, published by Hachette. Audio

Patricia Grace is one of this country's most celebrated writers. She has published seven novels and seven short-story collections, as well as a number of books for children and works of non-fiction… Audio

Nicole Masters has been passionate about nature and the land for as far back as she can remember. An independent agroecologist, she is the founder of Integrity Soils, which is a company specialising… Audio, Gallery

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

Celebrating 50 years of the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, five writer read their letters to New Zealand's most famous author. A highlight of Word Christchurch 2020. Audio

This week Lynn Freeman presents Standing Room Only from our Dunedin studio, in time for the Writers and Readers Festival. New Zealand is of course extremely lucky to be able to hold festivals at all… Audio

Pioneering New Zealand feminist, activist and former Green MP Sue Kedgley first came to public attention in the 1970s as an early, outspoken women's liberationist for femism. Her new book, Fifty Years… Audio