Books & Authors

Leilani Tamu reviews Te Manu Huna a T�ne: The Hidden Birds of T�ne edited by Jennifer Gillam and Eugene Hansen. This book is published by Massey University Press. Audio

Mia Walsch was 19 when she began work in the sex industry. She'd just been fired from a job at an insurance company and saw an ad in the newspaper offering good money for erotic massage - no sex. Audio

Journalist James Borrowdale looks at the long and sometimes troubled relationship between Kiwis and cannabis. Audio

Rob Kelly's latest book quiz. Audio

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Wife After Wife by Olivia Hayfield, published by Penguin Random House. Great fun, based on the 6 wives of Henry VIII. Audio

Wellington-based author Kara Douglas tells Lynn Freeman about her personal link to what has been dubbed one of Australia's worst industrial disasters. Audio

When she was ten, author and blogger Glennon Doyle says the world sat her down and told her to be quiet. Audio

Writer and critic Pip Adam has been thinking about sound and, in particular, how it intersects with place. Audio

Phil Vine reviews One Day I'll Tell You Everything by Emmanuelle Pagano, Text Publishing. Audio

Wildlife photographer and conservationist, Tui de Roy's latest book A Lifetime in Galapagos is an anthology of 50 years of Galapagos photography. It not only intimately captures spectacular natural… Audio, Gallery

Dr Alexy Karenowska wants people to be able to sniff history. She's a magnetician at the University of Oxford, a physicist and engineer who is also the Director of Technology of the Institute of… Audio, Gallery

Australia has a 'national emergency' of domestic abuse, says investigative journalist Jess Hill. Her six-year investigation is the subject of the award-winning book See What You Made Me Do. Audio

Author and 'veteran worrier' Mark O'Connell has criss-crossed the globe to meet people preparing for the end of the world.  Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass, published by Bloomsbury. Laura is a paediatric nurse: her hands are raw from washing, her fridge is empty, her boyfriend a… Audio

British doctor, best-selling author and television presenter Dr Michael Mosley talks to Kathryn Ryan about staying well during a pandemic, and how best to recover from infection, as discussed in his… Audio

Physical distancing, pandemic politics and a looming financial crash. It sounds contemporary, but it is also the world that novelist and poet Edith Wharton found herself in writing and living through… Audio