Books on Saturday Morning, April 2009
This is a list of books by writers who have been interviewed on the programme by Kim Hill, or books discussed by her and a guest. Books usually have a 2009 or 2008 publication date, except where noted. The most recent programme is at the top.
25 April
Kill Khalid: Mossad’s Failed Hit and the Rise of Hamas
by Paul McGeough
(Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 978-1-74175-600-5)
Fernleaf Cairo
by Alex Hedley and Megan Hutching
(HarperCollins, ISBN: 978-1-86950-755-8)
Grey Ghosts: New Zealand Vietnam Vets Talk About Their War
by Deborah Challinor
(HarperCollins, ISBN 978-1-86950-771-8)
Kate's Klassic:
Kate Camp discussed the 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) by Victor Hugo (Penguin Classics, ISBN: 9780140443530).
Kim talked to Dr Gary Taylor about is the visiting Alice Griffin Shakespearean Fellow for 2009. He is editor of the Oxford editions of Shakespeare's Complete Works (1986, 2005) and of the Collected Works of the “other Shakespeare", Thomas Middleton (2008), and h as written many books, including Reinventing Shakespeare (1989) and Castration: an Abbreviated History of Western Manhood (2000).
18 April
Headspace: On the Trail of Sniffer Dogs, Wasp Wardens and Other Dumb Friends in the Surveillance Industry
by Amber Marks
(Virgin, ISBN: 978-0-7535-1364-4).
The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization
by Jonathan Lyons
(Bloomsbury, ISBN: 9781408800317)
Innocents in the Dry Valleys: An Account of the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition 1958-1959
by Colin Bull
(VUP, ISBN: 9780864735942)
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Vol I: The Pox Party by MT Anderson (Walker Books, ISBN: 978-1-84428-211-1)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Vol II: The Kingdom on the Waves by MT Anderson (Walker Books, ISBN: 978-0-7636-2950-2)
Keeper by Mal Peet; A Paul Faustino Novel (Walker Books, ISBN: 1-4063-0393-3)
The Penalty by Mal Peet; A Paul Faustino Novel (Walker Books, ISBN: 978-1-4063-0936-2)
Exposure by Mal Peet; A Paul Faustino Novel (Walker Books, ISBN: 978-1-4063-0649-1)
11 April
David Bodanis is currently working on a book about the Ten Commandments. He is the author of:
Electric Universe (Abacus, ISBN 0349117667)
E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation (Pan, ISBN 0330391658)
Passionate Minds (Little, Brown, ISBN 0316730858).
Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender
by Thomas Greco
(Chelsea Green Publishing, ISBN: 1-890132-37-3)
Limestone
by Fiona Farrell
(Vintage, ISBN: 978-1-86979-168-1)
4 April
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
by Alex Ross
(2007, Harper Perennial, ISBN: 978-1-84115-476-3)
11:45 Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi
Kate De Goldi discussed the work of American writer Patricia MacLachlan, best known for her 1985 Newbery Medal-winning book, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Harper & Row). Her other books include Arthur, For The Very First Time (Harper & Row, 1980), Cassie Binegar (Harper & Row, 1982), Tomorrow's Wizard (Harper & Row, 1982), Baby (Delacorte Press, 1983), Journey (Delacorte Press, 1991), Caleb's Story (Joanna Colter Books, 2001), and Edward’s Eyes (Atheneum, 2007).