Book Review

It's time for Lately Book Club where every fortnight we go exploring in the world of literature and invite you to come along. Catherine Woulfe tells us about the work of Sherryl Jordan. Audio

Jenna Todd reviews Memories of the Future by Siri Hustvedt, which is published by Sceptre. Audio

Tilly Lloyd from Unity books reviews The Wall by John Lanchester, which is published by Faber. "Kavanagh is conscripted to patrol the Wall. If he's lucky, if nothing goes wrong, he only has two years… Audio

Carole Beu from the Women's Bookshop reviews What You Wish For by Catherine Robertson which is published by Black Swan, Penguin Random House NZ "What You Wish For is the delightful sequel to Catherine… Audio

Louise Ward from Wardini books shares her picks for the best NZ Children's books of 2018: The Fire Stallion Author: Stacy Gregg Pub: HarperCollins RRP: $25.00 Whetu Toa and the Magician Author: Steph… Audio

David Hill reviews Beautiful Boy by David Sheff, which is published by Simon & Schuster UK. Audio

Laura Caygill reviews The Helpline by Katherine Collette, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Kate De Goldi is a fiction writer and book reviewer. Her most recent novel, From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, won the Esther Glen Medal at the 2016 NZ Children's and Young Adult Book Awards, and… Audio

Kate Camp is the author of six collections of poetry published by Victoria University Press, the most recent of which is The internet of things (2017). She's won the New Zealand Book Award for The… Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews You Belong to Me by Colin Harrison, published by Bloomsbury. Audio

Jane Westaway reviews "A Legacy of Spies" by John le Carre. Published by Penguin Random House NZ, RRP $37.00. Audio

Harry Ricketts reviews The Fuse Box: Essays on Writing from Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letters. Edited by Emily Perkins and Chris Price, VUP. Audio

Kate De Goldi talks with Kim Hill about the picture book Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis; a graphic novel retelling of Snow White by Matt Phelan, and the novel Makoons by Louise Erdrich. Audio