Books & Authors

Harry Ricketts reviews Super Model Minority by Chris Tse, published by Auckland University Press Audio

Monica Ali's debut novel Brick Lane catapulted her to fame in 2003 which she followed with Alentejo Blue, In the Kitchen, and Untold Story. Her latest novel, Love Marriage, is her first book in 10… Audio

Book review Kingdom of Characters. Cultural historian Jing Tsu's tale of the evolution of the Chinese script is a surprisingly wild ride.

An assistant school principal from Mississippi, USA, Toby Price, tells The Panel why he lost his job for reading a New Zealand book called I Need a New Bum to his class. Audio

Panellists Sally Wenley and Martin Bosley hear from a US principal who was fired for reading a New Zealand book and share what they have been thinking. Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews Lily by Rose Tremain, published by Penguin Audio

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. Published by Little, Brown A bold and funny insight into the complicated familial relationships of Olga, a… Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale, published by Hachette New Zealand Audio

Today's Bookmarks guest is talented filmmaker Briar March. She's spent the past 20 years directing some of the most impactful documentaries to come out of Aotearoa and taken home many awards in the… Audio

RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz. Audio

Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel have been looking at the psychology and realities of remote work during the pandemic and put their findings together in a new book titled Out of Office - The big… Audio

Rob Kelly reviews The Women of Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone, published by Hachette New Zealand Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton, published by Penguin Audio

In 2001, the Norwegian freighter Tampa - crammed with more than 400 asylum-seekers rescued from a sinking fishing boat - was turned away from Australia. Abbas Nazari, aged seven, was onboard.  Audio

Auckland's famous madam Flora MacKenzie has now inspired a trilogy of crime novels by writer Jen Shieff. The first two in the series The Gentleman's Club and The Vanishing Act were both finalists in… Audio

Whether or not you believe in an afterlife, chances are you've imagined what it might be like. In Auckland writer Patricia Bell's novel The Library of Unfinished Business, we join recently deceased… Audio

Michael Schur is an American television writer and producer whose list of impressive credits include creating the award-winning fantasy comedy show The Good Place. Set in the afterlife, the show deals… Video, Audio

We have been told wrong: inequality is not the price of civilisation, says archaeologist David Wengrow. Many long held assumptions about how humans developed as a species are blown apart by Wengrow… Audio