Author Interview

An entire generation is often summed up in two words: Avocado Toast. An Australian commentator criticized millennials for blowing house downpayment money on brunch, and the label has stuck. But… Audio

Ray Walter was a lighthouse keeper from 1957 through to the mid 80s. During that time, he worked at 8 different lighthouses, including two stints at the notorious, remote, and incredibly dangerous… Audio

Having piqued the world's interest in modern stoicism in 2022 with her debut book Reasons Not To Worry, former journalist Brigid Delaney is returning with her new offering The Seeker and The Sage.  Audio

With a growing number of divorces occurring between people aged in their 50s and older, adult children are being impacted in a way that is less well understood.  Audio

Trent Dalton is a journalist and Australia's #1 bestselling author. His new book is about the stories we want to tell the world - and those we shouldn't.  Audio

U Thant was the UNs' longest-serving Secretary-General and ranked the sixth 'most admired man' in America in 1971. So why he is largely forgotten today?  Audio

Success can mean different things to different people and while most of us strive for it - not everyone achieves it. James Laughlin says it doesn't have to be that way.  Audio

Christianity is the load bearing wall that holds up democracy, and it is crumbling says author, journalist, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, Jonathan Rauch. A committed atheist, Rauch… Audio

Get used to seeing Airana Ngarewa's face, he's got a new novel out and over the next few weeks he'll be up and down the country appearing at book shops and writers' festivals. The book is 'The Last… Audio

Much-loved American British journalist and author Bill Bryson is heading back to our shores for two shows in February 2026.  Audio

Celebrity chef, clinical dietitian, bestselling author and farmer, Nadia Lim shares the music tracks that have underlined some of the key moments in her life Audio

Child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr Hinemoa Elder, has returned with Ara: A Maori Guidebook of the Mind offering comfort for those trying to deal with the chaos of life.  Audio

Back in the 1990s, Dr Timothy Lenton started studying tipping points - those critical thresholds where small changes can lead to massive transformations. Audio

In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, a resistance couple risk everything by concealing a young Jewish girl in a camouflaged space above their ceiling.  Audio

The author of five non fiction books about music and creativity in Aotearoa, Gareth Shute's latest is called Songs From the Shaky Isles: A Short History of Popular Music in New Zealand. He also writes… Audio

Jen Campbell is an award-winning poet, bestselling author of fourteen books and a disability rights advocate.  Audio

Patricia Lockwood is an American poet, novelist, and essayist (AKA the poet laureate of X, previously known as Twitter).  Audio

Adam Kay is a British TV writer, author, comedian and former doctor. A Particularly Nasty Case is his first novel, a darkly comic mystery. Audio

If you've ever scowled at being told to, quote, "act your age", then Leigh Elder's new book is for you. Audio

Gerard's latest book Hard-Case Heroes focuses on the social history of the Abel Tasman and the stories of quirky characters who lived there.  Audio