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Book review - Social Media by Mary Macpherson
Harry Ricketts reviews Social Media by Mary Macpherson, a New Zealand poetry collection published by The Cuba Press. Audio
Into the forest and out of grief - the healing power of mushrooms
When writer Long Litt Woon's husband, Eiolf died unexpectedly at the age of 54, she was adrift with grief. And so, she signed up for a course on mushrooming, something she and Eiolf had planned to do… Audio
Why we eat too much
If you want to lose weight, dieting is not helping most people - fat, appetite and metabolism conspire to defeat our best laid plans, a bariatric surgeon told Jesse Mulligan. Audio
Catherine Robertson on language and stereotypes
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science - which calls on everyone to "smash stereotypes, defy gender biases and defeat discrimination that hold women and girls back from… Audio
Book review - Family Instructions Upon Release
Phil Vine reviews Family Instructions Upon Release by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod, published by The Cuba Press. Audio
The inherent misogyny of pitting Meghan and Kate against each other
To understand the architecture of misogyny, what defines what is and isn't appropriate behavior for women, look no further than the most famous house in the world, the House of Windsor. Audio
Book review - American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Cindy Kiro reviews American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, published by Hachette NZ. Audio
Caging Skies author on JoJo Rabbit adaptation
New Zealand-made film JoJo Rabbit, is up for 6 Oscars including best picture. Supermodel turned author, Christine Leunens wrote Caging Skies, the novel from which the movie's screenplay was adapted… Video, Audio
Kate Murphy: You're Not Listening
Self-improvement guru Dale Carnegie always said listening was key to getting ahead in life. Journalist Kate Murphy takes a closer look at the art of listening in her new book, You're Not Listening:… Audio
William Gibson: Why our 'now' is getting shorter and shorter
William Gibson has imagined the near future more convincingly than anyone else for four decades now. His latest sci-fi thriller, Agency, is a book with both feet placed firmly in the future that will… Audio
H G Parry: novelist on The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
Fantasy writer H.G (Hannah) Parry's novel The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep imagines what might happen if well-known literary characters broke free from the books they inhabit and invaded everyday… Audio
Francis and Kaiora Tipene on life and the business of death
Kim Hill meets the hard-working, humble and often hilarious stars of the Kiwi reality TV show The Casketeers. The couple have just realised the book Life as a Casketeer: What the Business of Death Can… Video, Audio
Book review - Best of 2019
Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews her favourite reads of last year: Will and Testament by Vigdis Hjorth (Bloomsbury, $23), No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (Pan Macmillan, $25)… Audio
Book review - Best of 2019
Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore with her favourite books of 2019: Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman (Text Publishing) and Childhood by Tove Ditlevesen (Penguin). Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport is… Audio
Mary Bennet: What happened to Austen's middle sister?
Jane Austen bestowed Mary Bennet with the fate of being the unremarkable middle sister in her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. But a new novel by Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister, fleshes her out… Audio
The only advice parents will ever need
The only parenting advice parents will ever need goes like this: you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be present. Audio
Pip Adam looks at George Saunders books
George Saunders is the author of nine books, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Man Booker Prize, and the story collections Pastoralia and Tenth of December, which was a finalist… Audio
Book review - Best of 2019
Elisabeth Easther with her top picks from last year: Pathway of the Birds by Andrew Crowe (David Bateman Ltd), The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Hachette), and a round-up of Ann Patchett books. Audio
A Very Stable Genius - inside Donald Trump's presidency
The Washington Post's White House Bureau Chief Philip Rucker talks to Kathryn about A Very Stable Genius - the book he and National Investigative Reporter Carol Leonnig have just published about… Audio
Mike Moore. PM, trade minister & diplomat
A reflection on the legacy of former Labour Prime Minister, trade representative and diplomat, Mike Moore, who died at the weekend aged 71. Audio