Books
The Week in Detail: From the Māori Health Authority to Israel-Palestine
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: From the Māori Health Authority to Israel-Palestine
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioFrom lighthouse keepers to taxi drivers: publishing lesser read voices with Adrienne Jansen
There are many books about lighthouse keepers. And many iconic images of lighthouses on our coastline. Yet the lighthouse keeper was pretty much made extinct in the 1970s in New Zealand when… Audio
Libraries are more than just books
When councils cut their budgets, it's always libraries that have the spotlight put on them. As staff hours and numbers are cut, librarians are overcoming their reluctance to whisper about the value of… Audio
Libraries are more than just books
When councils cut their budgets, it's always libraries that have the spotlight put on them. As staff hours and numbers are cut, librarians are overcoming their reluctance to whisper about the value of…
AudioFestival indulges poets' most cringeworthy tendencies
This weekend, Wellington's Verb Festival hosts its annual worst poet wins event which rewards aspiring writers for indulging their most cliched, cringeworthy tendencies.
Harry Ricketts is a poet… Audio
Book review: Selected Poems: Geoff Cochrane by Geoff Cochrane, ed. Fergus Barrowman
Harry Ricketts reviews Selected Poems: Geoff Cochrane by Geoff Cochrane, ed. Fergus Barrowman published by Te Herenga Waka University Press Audio
Kiwi Illustrator jumped at chance to work with celebrated authour Joy Cowley
When accomplished illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper was offered the chance to work on a children's book written by New Zealand author Joy Cowley, it was an opportunity she couldn't refuse.
At the Bach… Audio
Book Critic: Catherine Ross
Mt Roskill Grammar Library Manager Catherine Ross is our book critic this week with a great list of potential Christmas gifts for younger readers. The books she's talking about are as follows: For… Audio
Read all about it: Kiwis' big love for old books
Old books never die - they end up filling up banana boxes at book fair fundraisers and recycling book love to new readers, as Auckland hosts one of the country's biggest events this weekend.
Review: Remember Me - Poems to Learn by Heart from Aotearoa New Zealand
Anne Kennedy's new compilation of New Zealand poetry fills a much-needed gap for anyone who's ever needed a poem for a wedding, funeral, or other family occasion, writes Kete Books reviewer Erica…
Book review: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
Gina Rogers reviews Lady Tan's Circle of Women, by Lisa See published by Simon and Schuster. Audio
Collins Dictionary announces Word of the Year
A-I has been announced by the Collins English Dictionary as its Word of the Year. It was chosen from a list of new terms that will also be added to the dictionary - including one with a unique Kiwi… Audio
New book explores intersection of reality and imagination.
Writers living in Aotearoa New Zealand have come together to celebrate what would have been Italian author Italo Calvino's 100th birthday. Marco Sonzogni collated and edited Visible Cities - Lockdown… Audio
Collectors Corner: Martin James
For this week's Collectors Corner we meet Martin James, a collector of recipe books from Edwardian, and sometimes, Victorian times. He shares his passion with Jesse and why he's chose Edwardian times… Audio, Gallery
Book Critic: Elisabeth Easther
Elisabeth Easther joins Jesse to talk about the books she's been reading lately. Audio
Around the motu: Peter de Graaf in Northland
Peter talks to Kathryn about the storm affected north, calls for clampdown on dogs in wake of fatal attack, the emerging summer problem of "Hoons on dunes" and kitten yoga debuts in the Bay of… Audio
'He had this enormous power to seduce'
After publishing his John le Carré biography in 2015, Adam Sisman has returned to the subject. One of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, John le Carré - who's real name is David Cornwell -… Audio
Robyn Davidson: an Unfinished Woman
Internationally bestselling Australian author Robyn Davidson's new memoir Unfinished Woman delves into her past to investigate time and memory, asking how can we learn to be 'at home everywhere'? A… Audio
Book review: The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donaghue
Demi Cox of Unity Books Auckland reviews The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donaghue Audio
