Books & Authors

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

Melanie O'Loughlin of Lamplight Books Auckland reviews The Recent East by Thomas Grattan, published by Macmillan Its 1989, the Berlin Wall is freshly down when an East German defector receives news… Audio

From "alternative facts" to the most outlandish fringe conspiracy theories - we're now living in the age of disinformation. We all became familiar with Russian groups using Facebook to spread fake… Audio

Joanna Ludbrook of Chicken and Frog Books in Featherston reviews Hauraki Broo by Nikki Slade Robinson, published by Duck Creek Press Audio

Larry Miller is the head of the Michael Jordan brand for Nike. But during his steady corporate rise, colleagues had no idea that as a teenager he'd shot and killed a man and served time in jail. When… Audio

Ed Amon is a Master of Indigenous Studies Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. He's today's Bookmarks… Audio

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

Today librarian at Diocese School for Girls in Auckland, Catherine Ross, talks about books with a New Zealand author theme. Audio

Rebecca Jones from Scorpio Books in Christchurch reviews A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp, published by Bloomsbury. Audio

Jo Morgan is a mountaineer, avid motorcyclist, adventurer, trader, philanthropist, grandmother, and now author. She's written a memoir about her adventure-filled and unconventional life, which begins… Audio, Gallery

David Hill reviews The Frog Prince by James Norcliffe, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio

Ian Rankin, the creator of Inspector Rebus, talks live from Edinburgh with New Zealand crime writer Vanda Symon at Word Christchurch 2021. Audio

All children deserve to see themselves in a book, but in Aotearoa this isn't always happening. That's the key point made in the acceptance speech by the country's most recent winner of the Storylines… Audio

A new novel invites us to fast forward four years. State surveillance is everywhere in Aotearoa, and if you dare to search for evidence of government corruption you could end up on the Kill List… Audio

What if Dr Frankenstein's monster had been cast away in a fjord in Aotearoa's deep south? This is the proposition explored by Vincent O'Sullivan in Mary's Boy, Jean Jacques, and other stories out next… Audio

On the islands off the coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz there's an ancient belief the winds can possess you, causing illness or disease.Hoda Afshar has been visiting the islands since 2015 and… Audio, Gallery

John Duke from Unity Books reviews Mothers, Fathers, and Others by Siri Hustvedt, published by Sceptre. Audio

We imitate other people's behaviour but we also subconsciously imitate what they desire, says entrepreneur Luke Burgis. In the new book Wanting, he argues that by "desiring differently" we can become… Audio

Elisabeth Easther reviews Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes, published by Penguin Random House NZ. Audio