Books on Saturday Morning, August 2009
This is a list of books by writers 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.
29 August
Books by Marilynne Robinson:
Housekeeping (1980, Faber and Faber, ISBN: 978-0-57123-008-2)
Gilead (2004, Virago, ISBN: 978-1-84408-148-6)
Home (Virago, ISBN: 978-1-84408-550-7)
The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought (1998, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0395926920)
Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State, and Nuclear Pollution (1989, Faber and Faber, ISBN: 978-0571154531)
Kate’s Klassic: An Angel at My Table
Kate Camp discussed Janet Frame’s three volumes of autobiography, To the Is-Land (1982), An Angel at My Table (1984) and The Envoy From Mirror City (1984), posthumously reprinted in 2008 as An Angel at My Table (Virago, ISBN: 9781844084579)
Books by Meredith Kirton:
Dig: Seasonal Gardening (Murdoch Books, ISBN: 978-1741965605)
Harvest: a Complete Guide to the Edible Garden (Murdoch Books, ISBN 978-1741964509)
22 August
A Second Helping: More from Ladies, A Plate
by Alexa Johnston
(Penguin, ISBN: 978-0143202479)
15 August
Hunting: A New Zealand History
by Kate Hunter
(Random House, ISBN: 978-1-869979-154-4)
Bill Culbert: Making Light Work
by Ian Wedde
(Auckland University Press, ISBN: 9781869404390)
8 August
The Dying Light
by Henry Porter
(Orion, ISBN: 978-0-7528-7638-2)
A History of the ‘Unfortunate Experiment’ at National Women’s Hospital
by Linda Bryder
(AUP, 978-1-86940-435-2)
Linda is also the author of the 1991 book A Healthy Country: Essays on the Social History of Medicine in New Zealand (Bridget Williams Books), and the 2003 book A Voice for Mothers: The Plunket Society and Infant Welfare 1907-200 (AUP).
Making Money Talk: How to Mediate Insured Claims and Other Monetary Disputes
by J. Anderson Little
(2007, American Bar Association, ISBN: 978-1-59031-825-6)
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi
Kate will discuss the work of British writer and illustrator John Burningham, whose books include Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers (Cape, 1963), Trubloff: The Mouse Who Wanted to Play the Balalaika (Cape, 1964), John Burningham's A B C (Cape, 1970), Mr Gumpy's Outing (Cape, 1970), Come Away from the Water, Shirley (Cape, 1977), The Shopping Basket (Cape, 1980), Oi! Get Off Our Train (Cape, 1989), (Cloudland (Cape, 1996), and over 50 others. His illustrated autobiography (Cape), was published earlier this year, as well as a new picture book, It’s a Secret (Walker).
1 August
Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism
by Jim Stanford
(Pluto Press, ISBN: 9780745327501)
Ascend the Nile: a Kiwi-Brit Journey of Discovery, Adventure & Tragedy
by Garth MacIntyre, Cam McLeay and Neil McGrigor, with John McCrystal
(Random House, ISBN: 978-1-86979-257-2)