Libraries
Caitlin Moran: class, feminism and dufflecoats
Caitlin Moran talks with Philippa Tolley about her latest book and the risk of making Britain 'stupider as a country' by cutting social services. Audio
Bad behaviour in libraries
People are taking their bad behaviour and bad habits to the library. Audio
Teens reading less, say school librarians
Some school libraries are reporting big drops in the number of books teens are reading, and they're blaming social media and computer games for the fall.
Libraries work with DIA to get ebooks available to public
New Zealanders are great readers, but the way we are reading books is changing. Audio
Books on bikes
Mary Craig of Books on Bikes is one of a team of intrepid librarians using cargo bikes to spread book love in her community. Audio
Ant Hampton - The Quiet Volume
The Quiet Volume created by Ant Hampton is a form of audience-generated theatre, or autoteatro, which takes place in a working library. It explores the particular tension common to any library… Audio
Brainpickings.org
Maria Popova's Brainpickings website, weekly emailer, and associated Twitter feed's a magnet for hundreds of thousands of people all over the world on the hunt for thought-provoking writing. Audio
Marking the centenary of the First World War
The details are revealed of two big projects to mark New Zealand's commemoration of the centenary of the First World War. We talk to two people closely involved in making WW1 documents available… Audio
Treasures from the Turnbull collection
Fiona Oliver is the published collections curator at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington: Body in the Library: the remarkable and murky past of Wellington's first librarian. Audio
Bike library
Alex Revell drops in on a library with a difference. He visits the school-based bicycle library in Lower Hutt that lends out bikes not books. Audio
