Vanda Symon

'Written by Mrs Bach' by Martin Jarvis (Non-fiction) and 'Inside Outside' by Brian Turner. Audio

'The Address Book' by Tim Radford and 'Mr Briggs' Hat' by Kate Colquhoun. Audio

Sophie's Legacy by Lesley Elliott, and The Silence Beyond: Selected Writings by Michael King. Audio

Vanda Symon reviews The Conductor by Sarah Quigley, and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher. Audio

Vanda reviews Fosterling by Emma Neale and La Rochelle's Road by Tanya Moir. Audio

Vanda Symon reviews Bird Cloud, by Annie Proulx, Still Life The Antarctic huts of Scott and Shackleton and From Kai to Kiwi Kitchen, New Zealand Culinary Traditions and cook books. Audio

Dunedin crime novelist Vanda Symon highlights her holiday reading. Audio

Dunedin Crime novelist and seasoned book reviewer Vanda Symon looks at"Atlantic"by Simon Winchester, and"Started Early, Took my Dog"by Kate Atkinson. Audio

Dunedin author Vanda Symon is back to review another couple of books, a new NZ crime novel and a long-awaited biography of Roald Dahl. Audio

Dunedin crime writter Vanda Symon has a couple of books she's been reading. Audio

Bloodlines, by TK Roxborogh and Short Fat Chick in Paris by Kerre Woodham and Gareth Brown. Audio

The books are 'Saints of New York' by RJ Ellory and 'Mastering the Art of Self-Sufficiency in New Zealand' by Carolann Murray. Audio

The titles are 'Trick of the Dark' by Val McDermid and 'Bad Boy' by Peter Robinson. Audio

Vanda reviews Tasman: A Biography of an Ocean by Neville Peat and How to Disappear by Frank Ahearn and amp; Eileen Horan - The world's number one guide to vanishing without a trace. Audio

Books reviewed are "The Darkest Room" by Johan Theorin and "North Pole South Pole" by Gillian Turner. Audio

Vanda introduces "The Crime of Huey Dunstan" by James McNeish and "Living Language: Exploring Kiwitalk" by Elizabeth Gordon. Audio

With Vanda Symon. Audio

With Vanda Symon. Audio

Vanda Symon is the chair person of the Otago/Southland Branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors. She reviews 'Island', by Penelope Todd. Audio

Time to cast a critical eye over the latest in books, blogs, TV and music. Audio