Books & Authors

In his new book Miss Connection, Why Your Teenage Daughter Hates You, Expects the World and Needs to Talk father of six girls, Brisbane based psychologist Dr. Justin Coulson tells Kathryn Ryan parents… Audio

Kiran Dass of Time Out Bookstore reviews Actress by Anne Enright, which is published by Jonathan Cape. Audio

New research into childhood obesity and the contradiction of fast-food giants and pokie trusts getting involved with health education is throws a spotlight on the impact of marketing health to… Audio

Cancer treatment is an embarrassment, based on a slash, burn and poison approach that's failed patients for the last 50 years. That's the brutal assessment made by oncologist Dr Azra Raza.  Audio

Leilani Tamu reviews The Adventures of Tupaia by Courtney Sina Meredith and Mat Tait, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio

Lawyer Bryan Stevenson has spent his entire career combating injustice with one guiding principle: each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.  Audio

It's time for our Tuesday book slot and this week Robert Kelly is having another go at inventing a new genre - Vampire fiction! Audio

Harry Broad reviews The General and the Nightingale: Dan Davin's War Stories by Dan Davin, edited by Janet Wilson. Published by Otago University Press. Audio

Humans are very good at inventing things but very bad at anticipating the harmful and unintended consequences of that inventiveness, says scientist Sir Peter Gluckman, co-author of the new book Ingeni… Audio

Fouzia Azeem grew up in poverty, fled an abusive marriage and went on to become Qandeel Baloch – Pakistan's first social media celebrity. In 2016, when she was 26, one of Qandeel's brothers strangled… Video, Audio, Gallery

Jonathan West reviews The Dark Island: Leprosy in New Zealand and the Quail Island Colony by Benjamin Kingsbury. This book is published by Bridget Williams Books. Audio

When New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa lost its funding, publisher Peppercorn Press started looking at its options. Audio

UK heart surgeon Samer Nashef is a world-leading expert on risk and quality in surgical care. He's authored two memoirs about life inside the operating theatre: The Naked Surgeon and most recently The… Audio

A professor of management at San Francisco State University, Ronald Purser is a leading figure in the backlash against the mindfulness movement. He says that while mindfulness is promoted as an… Audio

Holly Walker reviews The Janes: An Alice Vega Novel by Louisa Luna, published by Text. Audio

Nigeria's Chigozie Obioma is the first author in Booker Prize history to be nominated for their first and second book. The second, 'An Orchestra of Minorities' demonstrates an act of masterful… Audio

Beloved Unity Books in Auckland's High Street has made it to the shortlist of three to be in the running for International Bookstore of the Year 2020.  Owner operator, Jo McColl talks to Jesse about… Audio

For 30 years political strategist Rick Wilson helped Republican candidates get elected in America. Now he is doing everything he can to make sure the top Republican gets kicked out of office in 2020… Audio