Books & Authors

Melissa Oliver from Unity Books Wellington reviews Remember Me by Charity Norman, published by Allen and Unwin Audio

Luke Finnegan reviews Paradais by Fernanda Melchor, published by Text Publishing. Audio

Adam Nicolson has been obsessed with the landscape we live in his entire life. Recently Adam has been staring into rockpools, trying to work out what might stare back. The journalist, broadcaster and… Audio

When New York Times opinion writer Frank Bruni woke up with blurred vision one morning several years ago, he had no idea how temporarily losing his sight would turn into unexpected insights into… Audio

Neuroscientist and the former Director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at Harvard Medical School Moshe Bar is the author of Mindwandering - How it can improve your mood and boost your creativity and… Audio

Claire talks to Jesse about the new Lloyd Jones novel and Noelle McCarthy's memoir 'Grand'. She's also got a couple of online reads she wants to share as well. Audio

Michelle Rahurahu reviews Toi Tu Toi Ora edited by Ed Nigel Borell, Moana Jackson and Taarati Taiaroa, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio

What really drives people towards cults is language, says linguist Amanda Montell. Her new book Cultish: the Language of Fanaticism explores the linguistic patterns that cults and cult-like brands… Audio

It's called heartbreak, but when science writer Florence Williams' marriage of 25 years ended, her sadness and grief had an impact way beyond her heart.  Audio

Today's expert is clinical psychologist Dr Ramani Durvasula, who has built a career out of demystifying and dismantling the toxic influence of narcissism. Audio

Kiran Dass reviews Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, published by Faber Audio

"I'll be grand, girl, I've great faith," Noelle McCarthy's mother Carol told her just before she died. Raised in the Irish city of Cork, Noelle “ran away” to New Zealand as a young woman, but things… Audio

Ann Goldstein has been translating the work of celebrated Italian author Elena Ferrante for close to two decades. However, Goldstein has never met or even spoken to the pseudonymous author, and is… Audio

Katerina Nitsou shares her recipe for white bean stew or tavche gravche. Audio

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Love Songs of W.E. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, published by HarperCollins Audio

Cynthia Morahan reviews Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti (translated from the original Italian by Elizabeth Harris) published by Text Publishing Audio

Comic and actor Maddy Anholt shares her experience of dating psychopaths and points out the warning signs. Audio

Jonathan Malesic joins us to talk about why too little attention is given to how men experience burnout and how we all need to find value and meaning in our lives outside of work. Audio

Book reviewer Catherine Robertson looks at what's behind a statistic revealing only 5 percent of the fiction read by New Zealanders is written by NZ authors. Audio