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How to battle burnout and build a better life
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 Critic: Catherine Robertson
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
Book review: Super Model Minority by Chris Tse
Harry Ricketts reviews Super Model Minority by Chris Tse, published by Auckland University Press Audio
Monica Ali returns with Love Marriage
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
Reformed characters: How China changed its characters
Book review Kingdom of Characters. Cultural historian Jing Tsu's tale of the evolution of the Chinese script is a surprisingly wild ride.
US teacher fired after reading NZ book to class
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
The Pre-Panel with Sally Wenley and Martin Bosley
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
Book review: Lily by Rose Tremain
Ralph McAllister reviews Lily by Rose Tremain, published by Penguin Audio
Book review: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
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
Book review: Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale
Louise O'Brien reviews Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale, published by Hachette New Zealand Audio
Bookmarks with filmmaker Briar March
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
Afternoons Book Quiz 9/3
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz. Audio
Does working from home work?
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
How globalisation is causing languages to die out
Language is considered humankind's greatest achievement. But all over the world many indigenous languages are racing towards extinction not because they are simply dying out, but because they are… Audio
Book Critic: Pip Adam
Today Pip Adam is talking about books about real people. She's reviewing The Surgeon's Brain by Oscar Upperton, Action & Travels: How Poetry Works by Anna Jackson and American Wife (Penguin, 2012) and… Audio
Book review: The Women of Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone
Rob Kelly reviews The Women of Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone, published by Hachette New Zealand Audio
Book review: Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton
Quentin Johnson reviews Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton, published by Penguin Audio
'Caught between the endless ocean and an unseeing earth, we chose life' – Tampa refugee Abbas Nazari
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
The notorious Flora McKenzie inspires a trio of crime novels
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
Patricia Bell and The Library of Unfinished Business
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
