Books & Authors

Catarina de Peters Leitãoe is the author of a new essay about the kiwifruit season in Ōpōtiki. Audio

Paul Diamond reviews Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris and Haru Sameshima. This book is published by Massey University Press. Audio

At least 600,000 people have been exposed to dangerous and deadly toxins as a result of US miltary contamination around the western Pacific. The figure's been compiled by investigative author Jon… Audio

A lesser-known corner of the Kahurangi National Park, on an elevated tussock plateau out of Nelson is known as Tableland. Trampers, prospectors, farmers and early pioneers have known this stretch of… Audio

John King reviews The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernieres, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Anthropologist and author Professor Eben Kirksey explores the frontiers of genetics and what this means for the future of the human species in his new book The Mutant Project : Inside the Global Race… Audio

Screenwriter Lucy Prebble has a special gift. Jesse  talks to her about how she finds the right words to make shows that are funny, tragic, and entertaining all at the same time. Audio

Dave Shaw is the producer, camera man and editor of a popular TV hunting show - now in its sixth season and available to tens of millions of viewers via Amazon's streaming service and here on Prime… Audio, Gallery

Jane Westaway reviews Consolation by Garry Disher, published by Text. Audio

Renowned royal family expert and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine Ingrid Seward chronicles the fascinating story of Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip. Ingrid Seward has written more than… Audio

Professor Robert Talisse. talks to Jesse about how to restore civility to democracy and what America needs to do the heal the great divides following the presidential election. Audio

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

Frances Walsh's new book, Endless Sea focuses on the sea which encircles Aotearoa, and 100 objects from the collection of the New Zealand Maritime Museum, where she works as in-house writer. Audio

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

Olive and Mabel are two labradors who've become social media stars thanks to a series of short, funny videos made by their owner, Scottish sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter. Video, Audio

David Hill reviews Landmarks by Grahame Sydney, Brian Turner and Owen Marshall. Published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Journalist Kermit Pattison has spent 10 years investigating and writing, 'Fossil Men', about the discovery of the 4.4 million-year-old bones of Ardi, thought to be the oldest known skeleton of a human… Audio