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Books on Saturday Morning, March 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.

28 March

Chimpanzee Politics
by Dr Frans de Waal
(1982, Jonathan Cape, ISBN: 0-224-01874-4)

Our Inner Ape: the Best and Worst of Human Nature
by Dr Frans de Waal
(2005, Granta, ISBN 1-86207-795-9)

Primates & Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
by Dr Frans de Waal
(2006, Princeton University Press, ISBN: 978-0691141299)

Kate’s Klassic:
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
by John Fowles
(Vintage, ISBN: 0099478331).

Mrs Charles Darwin's Recipe Book
Dusha Bateson and Weslie Janeway
(Glitterati Incorporated, ISBN: 9780980155730
(NB. This book is not currently in stock in New Zealand but may be ordered through Central Book Services, Australia.)

Kai Ora: Fresh, Healthy Food Made with Aroha
by Anne Thorp
(Random House, ISBN: 978-1-86941-990-5)

The Gardeners Journal
quarterly magazine (ISSN178-5020)
www.thegardenersjournal.co.nz/

21 March

Dissent: Voices of Conscience
Ann Wright & Susan Dixon
(Koa Books, ISBN: 978-097733384-4)

Chance is a Fine Thing
by Philip Temple
(Vintage, ISBN: 978-1-86941-985-1)

14 March

Wool to Weta: Transforming New Zealand's Culture and Economy
by Paul Callaghan
(Auckland University Press, ISBN 978-1-86940-438-3)

Fast Talking P I
by Selina Tusitala Marsh
(University of Auckland Press, ISBN 978-1-86940-432-1)

Dear Fatty
by Dawn French
(Century, ISBN: 978-1-8460-5345-0)

Christianity, Climate Change, and Sustainable Living
by Bob White and Nick Spencer,
(SPCK Publishing, 2007, ISBN: 978-0281058334)

7 March

Only in America
by Matt Frei
(Harper Perennial, ISBN: 978-0-00-724893-3)

Shame
by Jasvinder Sanghera
(Hodder & Stoughton 2007, ISBN: 978-0-340-92462-4)

Daughters of Shame
by Jasvinder Sanghera
(Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 978-0-340-97802-3).

Q&A (re-presented as Slumdog Millionaire)
by Vikas Swarup
(Black Swan, ISBN: 978-0-552-77535-9)

Children's Books with Kate De Goldi:
Kate De Goldi discussed the work of American writer Paul Fleischman, a protégé of Charlotte Zolotow, and son of children’s book writer Sid Fleischman. Books discussed included the novels The Half-A-Moon Inn (Harper & Row, 1980), Path of the Pale Horse (Harper & Row, 1983), Coming-and-Going Men (Harper & Row, 1985), Rear-View Mirrors (Harper & Row, 1986), Saturnalia (Harper & Row, 1990), The Borning Room (HarperCollins, 1991), Seedfolks (Harper & Row, 1997), and Seek (Cricket Books, 2001); the poetry collections Joyful Noise (Harper & Row, 1988) and I Am Phoenix (Harper & Row, 1989); and the picture books The Animal Hedge illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline (Walker Books, 2003), City Circus, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Walker Books, 2004), The Birthday Tree, illustrated by Barry Root (Candlewick Press, 2008).

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