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Claire Harman: all sorts of love for Katherine Mansfield
This year marks the centenary of the death of one of Aotearoa's most loved writers, Katherine Mansfield. British author Claire Harman's biography All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the art of… Audio
Book review: Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
Olly Clifton of Unity Books Auckland reviews Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber, published by Penguin Random House Audio
Book review: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Louise O'Brien reviews Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Audio
Joanne Drayton: 'Coming out in the '90s was the hardest thing that's ever happened to me'
New Zealand biographer Joanne Drayton made a name for herself writing about other people. In The Queen's Wife, she tells her own modern love story. Audio
Domestic violence awareness raised in a first hand account
"Notes from Inside" by Anne Thurston is a personal account Anne's experiences of domestic violence, mental illness and learning to address and cope with those issue. David White, an advocate for… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip reviews Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglass Rushkoff, We are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel Waidner and Either/Or by Elif Batuman. Audio
Book review: What Women Want by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung
Cynthia Morahan reviews What Women Want by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung, published by Penguin Random House Audio
Dave Eggers on his mission - more than just writing
His words have given Dave Eggers acclaim and literary stardom. His actions give him purpose. He's the author of books like The Every, The Circle and, A Hologram for the King with themes like… Audio
Andrey Kurkov: One year on from the invasion of Ukraine
The solidarity Ukrainians are showing each other in the wake of Russia's attack has made for a kinder society, says Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov. Audio
Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond
Kathryn Harkup is a chemist and science writer who sets up her own Q Branch to test how 007 would stand up to the laws of physics, chemistry and biology. Audio
Gyms, Gurus, Goop: The wellness industry in the spotlight
Rina Raphael says wellness brands prey on women's anxieties. Her new book looks at why women buy into the multi-billion dollar industry. It's called The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the… Audio
Bookmarks with Laura Heynike
For Bookmarks today we speak to businesswoman and interior designer Laura Heynike. She's the Founder and Creative Director of interior design company Pocketspace. Audio
Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Today Claire Mabey talks to Jesse about Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton and Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux. Audio
Helena Bailey - Dunedin's first electric bookbus
New chapter as Dunedin's first electric bookbus rolls out the city's mobile library team leader Helena Bailey joins Karyn to have a chat about what it's all about. Audio
Monica Heisey on the comic potential of a broken heart
The melodramatic intensity we bring to our own heartbreak is extremely funny to writer Monica Heisey. Her debut novel Really Good, Actually draws on the "isolating" yet "absurd" experience of getting… Audio
Book review: The Story of a Treaty | He Korero Tiriti
Nicky Walker reviews The Story of a Treaty He Korero Tiriti by Claudia Orange, published by BWB Audio
'Going online is not an innocent act' - Eleanor Catton on how technology is changing us
It's been a decade since New Zealand author Eleanor Catton's novel The Luminaries won the Man Booker Prize, making then 28-year-old Catton the youngest author ever to win the award. This week she… Audio
Book review - Dinosaurs: A Novel by Lydia Millet
Marcus Greville from Unity Books Wellington reviews Dinosaurs: A Novel by Lydia Millet, published by W. W. Norton & Company. Millet's exquisite new novel is the story of a man named Gil who walks from… Audio
Why did Putin go to war?
As the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches, one question still puzzles many people. Why did Vladimir Putin, considered a masterful and calculating, if ruthless, leader… Audio
Book review: The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin
Luke Finnegan reviews The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin, published by Hachette Audio