Navigation for Sections
Books & Authors
How to manage spinal pain
Dr Giresh Kanji has been working in pain medicine for more than a decade and is keen on finding ways of treating pain without prescription medication. Audio
Book review - The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
Laura Caygill reviews The Weekend by Charlotte Wood, published by Allen & Unwin. A touching tale of friendship, ageing and vulnerability from the author of The Natural Way of Things. Audio
2019 Literary Moments: Pip Adam, Rachael King & Claire Mabey
The Booker, The Ockham, Atwood, Knox, The closure of the New Zealand Review of Books, covering up white suprematist posters in Newmarket with Hone Tuwahre's poem 'Rain', and Lloyd Jones' proclaiming… Audio
Dan Eaton: journalist, thriller writer, intelligence bigwig
Dan Eaton is the author of No White Lies - a thriller involving a kidnapping, spies and dodgy journalism. He's also a former national affairs editor of The Press and the recently appointed director of… Audio
Sober and surviving the silly season
With so many Christmas parties and so many friends to see, it can be a challenging season for the sober. Audio
Book review - The Hero by Lee Child
Sally Wenley reviews The Hero by Lee Child, published by HarperCollins. Audio
From Solstice to Santa: the history of Christmas
From Norse mythology to early Christianity and pagan rituals, Andy Thomas goes behind the sparkle and the merriment with a fascinating look at the social history of Christmas. Audio
Book review - Waterline by Chris Else
Ian Telfer reviews Waterline by Chris Else, published by Quentin Wilson Publishing. Audio
How a Trump critic found himself the target of library activists
Author Rick Reilly has found himself the target of library activists who are hiding his book about how Donald Trump cheats at golf. But their censorship efforts have backfired. Audio
Christmas reads with Robert Kelly
It's seven sleeps to Christmas! If you're swinging by a bookshop, or even your own bookshelves to find a last minute present for someone, what are they going to want to read? RNZ producer and former… Audio
Book review - Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie
Gina Rogers reviews Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie, published by Fremantle Press. Audio
Claire Mabey's top ten reads for 2019
In our last book chat of the year! Claire Mabey Director of Verb Wellington is in to share her top ten reads of the year. Audio
Book review - Listening In by Lynley Edmeades
Harry Ricketts, from quarterly review periodical New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa, reviews Listening In by Lynley Edmeades . This poetry collection is published by Otago University Press.
…Expert Feature: Jane Austen
Wallace speaks to Jocelyn Harris, Professor Emerita of English at Otago University, who specialises in Jane Austen. Audio
Book review - Sing New Zealand
Clarissa Dunn reviews Sing New Zealand: The story of choral music in Aotearoa by Guy E. Jansen, published by Massey University Press. Audio
Professor David Skegg takes on our health system
The Health of the People by Professor David Skegg outlined a failing public health system, and prompted heated debate when it was published earlier in the year. Audio
Policeman turned novelist Ian Austin
In the third in his Dan Calder crime novels. Ian Austin has the ex-detective take on a cold case that turns him into the prime suspect. Audio
Paddy Richardson's new novel is set on Matiu Somes Island
Wellington's Matiu Somes Island was an internment camp for enemy aliens during both the First and Second World Wars. It's the setting for a new novel by Dunedin author Paddy Richardson. Audio
Douglas Murray: The groupthink tyranny of woke
Divided by our race, gender, and sexual orientation - it sounds like a bigoted society, but controversial British author says it's what is advocated by tyrannical 'wokeness' where our differences are… Audio
Book review - Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery
Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery, Text Publishing. Tim Flannery is one of the world's great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David… Audio