Books & Authors

British actress Miriam Margolyes talks to Kim Hill about her charming, funny and often serious new memoir This Much Is True. Video, Audio

The debut novel from Nathan Harris has received high praise and has been added to Barack Obama's summer reading list, selected for Oprah's Book Club, and longlisted for The 2021 Booker Prize. Audio

Murray Williams reviews New Zealand Seabirds: A Natural History by Kerry-Jayne Wilson, published by Potton & Burton Audio

Best-selling author and award-winning writer Elizabeth Day speaks with Kathryn Ryan about her latest novel Magpie, a psychological thriller about motherhood. Elizabeth has been praised for… Audio

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

Leah McFall reviews A Still Life by Josie George, published by Bloomsbury Leah says: Charming, positive and surprising, this book shows what can happen if you choose to live slowly, and fully in the… Audio

Claire Mabey reviews Hine and the Tohunga Portal, Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson and Small Bodies of Water. Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin, published by Canongate Trade. Audio

Holly Walker reviews Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament by Margaret Wilson, published by BWB Bridget Wilson Books. Audio

What does it really mean to be courageous? Bridget van der Zijpp explores this in her new novel I Laugh Me Broken. Bridget's first novel, Misconduct was shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers'… Audio

Annabel Langbein and her daughter Rose have collaborated again, releasing their second cookbook, the aptly-named Summer at Home. After three years of life in the Big Apple, Rose is now living next to… Audio

Kiran Dass reviews Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg, published by Daunt Books. Audio

Phil Vine reviews Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney, published by Allen and Unwin. Audio

Kiwi physiotherapist and breathing dysfunction specialist of some 30 years, Dr Tania Clifton-Smith is co-founder, along with Dinah Bradley, of the first independent Breathing Pattern Disorders clinic… Audio

Today we have Vogue India's head of editorial content and the founder of INPRINT Magazine Megha Kapoor joining us for Bookmarks. She leads Vogue India's editorial team and oversees strategy while… Audio

Lisa Finucane reviews The Raffles Affair by Vicki Virtue, published by Penguin. Audio

It was a story that brought the world to a near standstill - well, in shipping anyway - and sparked many a meme. It was the unfortunate grounding of the massive container ship Ever Given in the Suez… Audio