Books & Authors

A decision to leave New York behind to settle on Stewart Island, has helped to provide the inspiration for Jessica Howland Kany's first book, A Runner's Guide to Rakiura draws on her love of fitness… Audio

This week's guest is Zane Lowe. He's a hugely successful New Zealand DJ who's currently Apple Music's global creative director and co-head of artist relations. Audio

A writing career spanning 50 years has taken Neville Peat around the world, across Aotearoa, and to the very outer reaches of New Zealand's marine realm. Neville has written more than 40 books over… Audio, Gallery

Ralph McAllister reviews Ancestry by Simon Mawer, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Geologist Bruce Hayward's latest book Mountains, Volcanoes, Coasts and Caves: Origins of Aotearoa New Zealand's Natural Wonders takes the reader around the motu. It tells of the history and geology of… Audio

Everyone has secrets. Sometimes they impact us in ways we can't predict. Six years ago, author and podcaster Dani Shapiro discovered  the man who raised her was not her biological father. Audio

An artist is bringing some of our lesser-known endangered animals to the fore. In her beautifully illustrated book Tiaki  designer and native-bird enthusiast Jean Donaldson shifts the focus from… Audio, Gallery

Phil Vine reviews Starry Messenger by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, published by HarperCollins Publishers Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino, published by Hachette Audio

Almost fully forgotten now is Andrew White, a former All Blacks captain who in the First World War fought at Gallipoli, Messines and the Somme. Author William Moloney talks about his new book, Invinci… Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews Life: What Nat to Do by Nat's What I Reckon, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Ruby Jones is today's Bookmarks guest. Her illustrations have graced the pages of TIME and Vogue magazines, thanks to the powerful images she created following the 2019 mosque attacks. She has also… Audio

What would you do, if you arrived home to find your wife naked - but for an apron - bleaching a stain from the carpet that only she can see? It's the set-up for Fiona Sussman's latest page-turning… Audio

It started with a Tweet in 2018, "men are 100 percent responsible for unwanted pregnancies". Gabrielle Blair believes abortion is not an issue about women controlling their own bodies, it's about men… Audio

Roles like Daniel LaRusso come around once in a lifetime. What actor Ralph Macchio didn't know when he took the role in 1984, is that it would follow him the rest of his life. Audio

A book highlighting some of the natural beauty and conservation efforts has been released. Mark Danenhauer's written The Real Guide to New Zealand. He talks to Jesse. Audio

Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Remainders of the Day: Diaries from the Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell, published by Profile Books. Audio

Debut crime writer Jacqueline Bublitz burst onto New Zealand's crime writing scene last year with Before You Knew My Name, it has now sold over 100,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand alone - an… Audio