Book Reviews
Book review - Talking Animals by Joni Murphy
John Duke of Unity Books reviews Talking Animals by Joni Murphy, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Audio
Book review - Wow by Bill Manhire
Chris Tse reviews Wow by Bill Manhire, published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Book critic: Catherine Robertson
Author Catherine Robertson recently opened a bookstore and shares what's been selling well. Audio
Book review - Monsters in the Garden: anthology of NZ Science Fiction and Fantasy
Louise O'Brien reviews Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Elizabeth Knox and David Larsen. This book is published by Victoria University… Audio
Book review - Xstabeth by David Keenan
Kiran Dass reviews Xstabeth by David Keenan, published by White Rabbit Books. Audio
Book review - The Searcher by Tana French
Laura Caygill reviews The Searcher by Tana French, published by Penguin Random House. Tana French, the queen of Dublin Murder, goes Western in her new novel. Audio
Book review - Aroha by Dr Hinemoa Elder
Emma Espiner reviews Aroha: Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Dr Hinemoa Elder. Published by Penguin Random House.
Please note: The reviewer wrongly identified Dr… Audio
Book review - Living with the Climate Crisis: Voices from Aotea
Shaun Barnett reviews Living with the Climate Crisis: Voices from Aotearoa edited by Tom Doig, published by Bridget Williams Books. Audio
Book review - The Captain's Run
Dean Bedford reviews The Captain's Run: What it Takes to Lead the All Blacks by Gregor Paul, published by HarperCollins. Audio
Book review: Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Betty by Tiffany McDaniel, published by Hachette. Audio
Book review - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Tamsin Martin of Scorpio Books Christchurch reviews Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, published by Penguin. Audio
Lisa Glass - easy reads
Lisa Glass says this year has been taxing in so many ways, so recently she's been devouring short and "funny" books. Today she reviews Night Boat to Tangiers - Kevin Barry; I am Sovereign - Nicola… Audio
Book review - Just Like You by Nick Hornby
Louise O'Brien reviews Just Like You by Nick Hornby, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Book Review - The Rise of the Remarkables: Brasswitch and Bot
Mary Fawcett, Schrödinger's Books reviews The Rise of the Remarkables: Brasswitch and Bot by Gareth Ward. Published by Walker Books. Audio
Book Critic Catherine Robertson
Catherine talks about two very different books she has been enjoying. Audio
Book review - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Sonja de Friez reviews The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, published by Affirm Press. Audio
Book review - The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio
Book review - Fire Country
Paul Diamond reviews Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Save Australia by Victor Steffenson, published by Explore Australia Publishing. Audio
Book review - Not in Narrow Seas by Brian Easton
Max Harris reviews Not in Narrow Seas: The Economic History of Aotearoa New Zealand by Brian Easton. This book is published by Victoria University Press. Audio
Book review - Fridays with Jim by David Cohen
Dean Bedford reviews Fridays with Jim by David Cohen, published by Massey University Press. Audio