Books on Saturday Morning, August 2011
This page lists books by writers interviewed on the programme by Kim Hill, or books discussed by Kim and a guest. Books usually have a 2011 or 2010 publication date, except where noted. The most recent programme is at the top.
27 August
Volcanoes of Auckland: the Essential Guide
by Bruce Hayward, Graeme Murdoch and Gordon Maitland, with photographs by Alastair Jamieson
(AUP, ISBN: 978-1-86940-479-6)
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
by David Eagleman
(Text Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-921-75820-1)
His other books include:
SUM: Forty Tales from the Afterlives (2009)
Why the Net Matters: How the Internet Will Save Civilization (2010)
Coming Ashore
by Peter Bland
(Steele Roberts, ISBN: 978-1877577499)
20 August
We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy
by John Buck
(Sociocracy.Info Press, ISBN: 978-0979282706)
Positively Parkinson's
by Ann Andrews
(Calico Publishing, ISBN 9781877429033)
Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past
by Simon Reynolds
(Faber and Faber, ISBN: 978-0-571-23208-6)
Simon's earlier books include:
Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture (Pan Macmillan, 1998)
Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984 (Faber and Faber, 2005)
Bring The Noise: 20 Years of Writing about Hip Rock and Hip-Hop (Faber and Faber, 2007)
Maria V. Snyder is the author of a number of fantasy books including The Study Series (Poison Study, Magic Study, Fire Study) The Glass Series (Storm Glass, Sea Glass, Spy Glass) and the recent Insider series (Inside Out, Outside In).
13 August
New Zealand Bird Calls
by Geoff Moon, Lynnette Moon, John Kendrick and Karen Baird
(New Holland, ISBN: 978-1-86966-310-0)
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi:
Life: an Exploding Diagram
by Mal Peet
(Walker Books, ISBN: 978-1-84428-100-8)
Only Ever Always
by Penni Russon
(Allen and Unwin; ISBN: 978-1-74175-044-7)
The Carbon Diaries, 2015 (Hodder Headline, ISBN: 978-0-340-97015-7)
The Carbon Diaries 2017 (Hodder Headline, ISBN: 978-0-340-97016-4)
both by Saci Lloyd
6 August
Why Marx Was Right
by Terry Eagleton
(Yale University Press, ISBN: 9780300169430)
also author of:
Reason, Faith and Revolution (2009, Yale University Press)
On Evil (2010, Yale University Press)
The Catastrophe
by Ian Wedde
(Victoria University Press, ISBN: 978-0-86473-647-5)
The National Grid (issue 7 of NZ magazine)
Edited by Luke Wood and Jonty Valentine