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Book review: Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
Ralph McAllister reviews Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz published by Penguin Random House Audio
The Philosopher's Stone
The Philosopher's Stone in the Harry Potter books can change metal into gold and create an elixir of life. Erin Leitao tells Bryan Crump whether either ability is within our reach. Audio
Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Today Claire talks to Mark about At the Grand Glacier Hotel by Laurence Fearnley, The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing and Tarot by Jake Arthur. Audio
The No Bullshit Guide to Staying Sober
In author Maree MacLean's The No Bullshit Guide to Staying Sober, she writes that just giving up the drink can turn you into a "dry drunk" - leading to a situation where you're sober but resentful of… Audio
Book review: Parade by Rachel Cusk
Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books in Auckland reviews Parade by Rachel Cusk published by Faber and Faber. Audio
How 'celebrity menopause' isn't empowering others
Real life for women in midlife shouldn't include comparisons to Jennifer Aniston says health journalist Niki Bezzant. Her new book is called The Everything Guide: Hormones, health and happiness in… Audio
Listening to the world in and around you: Laurence Fearnley at the Grand Glacier Hotel
Ōtepoti Dunedin author Laurence Fearnley’s absorbing new novel At the Grand Glacier Hotel is, impressively, her thirteenth.
In its pages Fearnley beautifully articulates the awkwardness and beauty… Audio
The best books of 2024 so far
RNZ book reviewer Kiran Dass, programme director of Christchurch's WORD festival, picks five favourites from her 2024 reading pile.
The Beatles in NZ: 60 Years on
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Beatles historic - and hysterical - visit to Australasia. When We Was Fab: Inside The Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 is the culmination of a lifetime's… Audio
Dr Hinemoa Elder: journalling, self-knowledge and Maramataka
Writing a journal helps psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder work with her own high and low points across the monthly lunar cycle. Her new book Waitohu: A Journal for Making Meaning invites people to reflect… Audio
The Kiwi author finding success later in life
New Zealand filmmaker and writer Barbara Sumner has just published her first work of fiction, The Gallows Bird, a historical novel about a young female convict who is sent to Australia in the 1830s. Audio
Book review: The Skeleton House by Katherine Allum
Laura Caygill reviews The Skeleton House by Katherine Allum published by Fremantle Press Audio
Jono Lancaster: Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Jono Lancaster was only 36 hours old when his parents abandoned him in a hospital Yorkshire. Audio
Octiron on Terry Pratchett's Discworld
Kate Andrew tackles Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books in this episode, with a particular focus on the Octiron, the element of magic which makes up the disc's hub. Audio
Juggernaut: Unravelling the 'incredible' story of the 1984 election
A new podcast examines the fall-out of Robert Muldoon's drunken snap election call and the way it changed NZ politics forever. Video, Audio
Book Critic: Anna Rankin
Today Anna talks to Jesse about The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation by Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman. Audio
Demand high for book on The Treaty of Waitangi
If the success of a new book is anything to go by, New Zealanders are keen to gain a greater understanding of Te Tiriti, The Treaty of Waitangi. The book was released earlier this year by Roimata… Audio
Book review: Knife by Salman Rushdie
David Hill reviews Knife by Salman Rushdie published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book review: Interesting Times: Some New Zealanders in Republican China by Chris Elder
Book review: Interesting Times: Some New Zealanders in Republican China by Chris Elder. Audio
Ex-FBI boss on the two doors that 'led to hell'
Former FBI director turned crime writer James Comey speaks out about making tough moral decisions in office and being fired by Donald Trump. Audio