Books & Authors

Irish author Anne Enright won the Booker Prize in 2007 for her novel The Gathering. She returns with her seventh novel, Actress, which explores a daughter's complex relationship with her famous… Audio

The acclaimed novel, Essays in Love, written by Swiss philosopher Alain de Botton, has been adapted into a stage play by two New Zealand writers, Oliver Driver and Eli Kent. Eli talks to Jesse about… Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews Shakti by Rajorshi Chakraborti, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Rae McGregor reviews Threads of Life by Clare Hunter, published by Hachette. Audio

Chiké Frankie Edozien is a Nigerian-American writer and journalist. He is a professor of journalism at New York University and a journalist for the New York Post. His 2017 memoir 'Lives of Great Men… Audio

American photographer and film maker Ben Moon was diagnosed with colorectal cancer aged twenty-nine. But his dog Denali helped him pull through. Ben is an adventure, lifestyle and portrait… Video, Audio

It's time for Lately Book Club where we go exploring in the world of literature and invite you to come along. A new exhibition has just opened in the special collections Library at the University of… Audio, Gallery

Quentin Johnson reviews The Year Without Summer by Guinevere Glasfurd, published by Hachette NZ. Audio

Barbara Arrowsmith-Young knows how soul crushing it can be when you just don't get maths or biology or English at school. She's in New Zealand to talk about how she changed her brain. Audio

Anahera Gildea reviews Blakwork by Alison Whittaker, published by Magabala Books. Alison Whittaker will speak at the New Zealand Festival of the Arts in Wellington on 14 March. Audio

New Zealand is hosting the World Science Fiction Convention later this year. This is a major event for fans of traditional sci-fi, fantasy, horror, speculative fiction and all the other sub-genres of… Audio

It's been a closely guarded secret, but the anonymous donor behind the country's richest literary prize is anonymous no longer. Audio

Sophy Roberts is a travel writer who focuses on remote parts of the world. Her first book, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, charts her incredible search for an instrument in Siberia worthy of a brilliant… Audio

Praised by the likes of Salman Rushdie and Ali Smith, Namwali Serpell's debut novel The Old Drift reputedly took her nearly 20 years to write. It weaves together "...ideas and experiences of… Audio

The development of generic drugs has been one of the most important developments for public health, making medicines cheaper and more accessible, especially in developing countries. But what are the… Audio

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Chernobyl and Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: An Untold Story of WWII by Serhii Plokhy, both published by Penguin. Ukrainian author Serhii Plokhy will… Audio

There's intense pressure on today's teenage girls – both IRL and on social media – and unfortunately, it's easy for parents to inadvertently add to it, says Australian parenting expert – and father of… Audio