Books & Authors

Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk, published by Penguin Books NZ. Audio

The finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced this morning. Audio

In 1970 Penguin Books Australia took a radical decision which upturned over seventy years worth of censorship legislation. Audio

Leilani Tamu reviews Justice & Race by Oliver Sutherland, published by Steele Roberts Aotearoa. Audio

Yuot A. Alaak's Father of the Lost Boys is the personal account of his father leading him and thousands of boy soldiers like him out of danger during Africa's longest running civil war. Audio

A former CEO says we should be more like artists when managing our lives and big organisations as the best way to be resilient and prepared for challenges in an uncertain age. Audio

Airini Beautrais reviews Funkhaus by Hinemoana Baker, published by Victoria University Press. Audio

Award-winning film and TV writer and director Michael Bennett is this year's recipient of Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga New Zealand Film Commission's Te Aupounamu Maōri Screen Excellence award. Audio

Shakespeare & Co ran a lending library in Paris with a very famous clientele at a time English language books were hard to find in Paris. The shop closed in 1941, but now Princeton University has… Audio

Bluff poet Cilla McQueen has been named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in today's Honour's list. She joins Karyn to talk about a life of words and writing. Audio

The Detail catches up with Sharon Brettkelly's sister and her family, still - after three months - in lockdown in California. So much has happened, and nothing has happened.  Audio

A novel written in part to help the author makes sense of the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election. Born in Los Angeles, Marolyn Krasner is now living in Palmerston North. Her novel's called… Audio

Covid-19 has ravaged many industries, but romance novel sales have been soaring through the lockdown period, including titles from Te-Puke based mother of four Joanne Wadsworth. Audio

British journalist, author and music lover Pete Paphides' new book "Broken Greek" is a memoir of his childhood and the important role music played in it. Paphides' parents arrived broke in Birmingham… Audio

Bestselling author Lionel Shriver doesn't write stories about noble characters who breeze through adversity without breaking a sweat and her readers thank her for it. Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha, published by Penguin Random House. Audio