Books
New book details New Zealand's military and social history
Those Who Have The Courage is the first book to bring the story of New Zealand's mounted and armoured forces together.
Emile Donovan talks to author and researcher Matthew Wright. Audio
Why more New Zealanders are reading romance novels
Frances Loo is the owner and operator of Chapters Book & Tea Shop in Auckland's Mount Eden and hosts a romance readers club. She joins Emile Donovan. Audio
Book review: Amma by Saraid de Silva
Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews Amma by Saraid de Silva published by Hachette. Audio
Dunedin history brought to life in a novel centred around Larnach's Castle
Dunedin's history is front and centre of a new book by Karen McMillan. Audio
Book review: A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
Sally Wenley reviews A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci published by Pan Macmillan Audio
Splinters: More than a divorce memoir
Author Leslie Jamison has been compared to some of the American greats, Joan Didion and Susan Sontag. A novelist and essayist, Jamison's writing style blends journalism and memoir. Audio
Book Critic: Anna Rankin
Today Anna talks to Jesse about The Prism and teh the Rose and the Late Poems by Schaeffer Lemalu. She also mentions a book she's just started reading, The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa. Audio
Book review: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
Melanie O'Loughlin from Lamplight Books reviews Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan published by Faber. Audio
Leah McFall: books my friends borrowed and never returned
Writer and reviewer Leah McFall reckons one of the best endorsements for a book is when your friend borrows it and it never comes back. Leah shares three great non-fiction titles currently missing… Audio
Alice Taylor's adventures in cakeland
Alice Taylor may not have won Masterchef in 2022, but she won the hearts of fans, and the judges' attention. Competing in the show inspired the 24 year old to pivot from a planned career in politics… Audio
Bonnie Garmus: how a bad day at the office sparked a glittering new career
Bonnie Garmus had been a successful advertising creative for decades when she started writing the worldwide bestseller Lessons in Chemistry. That day, Garmus says a surge of anger about sexism… Audio
Māori publisher scoops big prize at leading international children's book fair
Huia Publishers have won the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year, Oceania, at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.
Dame Susan Devoy: 'I grew up totally unaware of gender inequality'
Susan Devoy is a former squash world champion, Race Relations Commissioner and Celebrity Treasure Island contestant. In the new memoir Dame Susie D, she reflects on family life in Rotorua… Audio
Book review: Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
Kiran Dass reviews Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti published by Fitzcarraldo Editions Audio
The team that hit the rocks: Peter Jerram's Wahine memoir
Peter Jerram and his university cricket team were onboard the Wahine Ferry when it was caught between ex-tropical cyclone Giselle and a southerly front. Audio
Horror icon 'Carrie' celebrates 50 blood-soaked years
New Zealand writer and Stephen King superfan Elizabeth Knox reflects on King's debut novel, which changed the landscape of horror fiction and set him on his course to becoming the 'king of horror'. Audio
New crime novel traverses mystery and death in the Southern Alps
'Girl of the Mountains' is Wellington-based archivist and former journalist Trish McCormack's fourth book. Audio
New children's book aims to break culture of silence that surrounds abuse
Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro says the book will help children know their feelings are legitimate and be used in a way they can deal with those feelings.
Book Critic: Catherine Robertson
Today Catherine talks to Jesse about Take Two by Danielle Hawkins, Dietvale by Sydney Hunter and Queen, King, Ace by Olivia Hayfield. Audio
Book Critic: Dominic Hoey
Dominic Hoey talks to Jesse about Acute Misfortune by Erik Jensen. Audio
