Books & Authors

It's a story from World War Two that had never really been told before - one of a Polish man who volunteered to infiltrate Auschwitz and get word to the Allies about what was happening inside. The… Audio

Holly Walker reviews Peat by Lynn Jenner, which is published by Otago University Press. Audio

Learning how to start a fire with a few twigs and a packet of chewing gum is an important survival skill. But learning how to light a fire within yourself, that's a survival skill that will serve you… Audio

The quest for romance is never simple which award-winning Australian feature writer and journalist, Stephanie Wood found out the hard way through an on-line encounter, that became a relationship, and… Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent by Owen Matthews. This book is published by Bloomsbury. Audio

Carbon's ubiquitous presence in fossil fuels can sometimes give it a bad rap - but it is also the element of life, of energy, of climate, and of the environment. It's a building block for everything… Audio

Women are more likely to face over testing, over diagnosing and over treatment than men when visiting the doctor's office.  Audio, Gallery

You've probably heard of Sci-fi and YA genres of books but what about Cli-fi? Climate fiction is a new category of speculative fiction, born out of climate change concern.  Audio

Jenna Todd has been reading Furious Hours by Casey Cep. This book is published by Penguin. Audio

This week's guest in the Musical Chair is renowned chef Bridget Davis who's just won the award for the Best Breakfast Cookbook at the prestigious World Gourmand Cookbook Awards in Macau.  Audio

Professor AC Grayling joins the show to discuss his latest offering, The History of Philosophy, which covers more than two millennia of philosophical ideas.  Audio

Writer Nancy Atkinson talks to Jim about her latest book, Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions, which features the untold stories of engineers and scientists behind the Apollo… Audio

A biography of Sir Ernest Hyam Davis - brewery baron, anti-prohibitionist, Mayor of Auckland and Newmarket, and passionate sailor and philanthropist among many other roles - has just been released. Audio

Ian Telfer reviews Buddhism for Meat Eaters by Josephine Moon, which is published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

In the 1960s a group of new-age thinkers in the US had athletes and coaches convinced that with no more than the power of their own minds they could be bigger, faster and able to control their… Audio

Barry Crump was the original Good Keen Man, the humorous and care-free archetype of the New Zealand bloke. H Audio, Gallery

Chris Tse reviews The Art of Beer by Garage Project, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio