Books on Saturday Morning, July 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.
30 July
Gone Viral: the Germs That Share Our Lives
by Frank Bowden
(New South, ISBN: 978-1-742-23273-7)
Real Art Roadshow: the Book
(Craig Potton, ISBN: 978-0-473-15294-9)
Blue Smoke: the Lost Dawn of Popular Music in New Zealand, 1918-1964
by Chris Bourke
(Auckland University Press, ISBN: 978-1-86940-455-0)
23 July
The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock (2003, Fourth Estate)
So Now Who Do We Vote For? (2005, Faber & Faber)
Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll: the Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness (2009, Sphere)
- books by John Harris, discussing the phone hacking scandal
Nim Chimpsky: the Chimp Who Would Be Human
by Elizabeth Hess
(Random House, ISBN: 9780553382778)
- source material for interview subject James Marsh’s documentary, Project Nim
The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road
by Paul Theroux
(Penguin, ISBN: 978-0-241-14464-0)
Other books mentioned in the interview: The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), Dark Star Safari (2002), Ghost Train to the Western Star (2008)
New Zealand Design: a History of New Zealand Product Design
by Michael Smythe
(Godwit, ISBN: 978-1-86979-574-0)
16 July
The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch
by Michael Wolff
(2008, Knopf, ISBN: 978-1-741166-681-6)
A Deniable Death
by Gerald Seymour
(Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444705867)
Gerald is also the author of the 1975 thriller, Harry’s Game, and a further 25 bestsellers.
The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better
by Tyler Cowen
(Dutton, ISBN: 978-0525952718)
New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History
by Diane Pivac, Frank Stark and Lawrence McDonald
(Te Papa Press, ISBN: 9781877385667)
Go the F**k to Sleep
by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes
(Text Publishing, ISBN: 9781921758843)
Adam is also the author of two novels, Angry Black White Boy, and The End of the Jews
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi - three new books:
A Bit Lost, by Chris Haughton (Walker Books, ISBN: 978-1-4063-3383-1) Press Here, by Herve Tullet (Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 978-1-74237-528-1)
The Vanishing Act, by Mette Jakobsen (Text Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-921758-19-5)
9 July
Ithaca Island Bay Leaves: a Mythistorima
by Vana Manasiadis
(Seraph Press, ISBN: 978-0-473-15235-2)
The Best of Best New Zealand Poems
edited by Bill Manhire and Damien Wilkins
(Victoria University Press, ISBN: 978-0-86473-651-2)
2 July
Prodigal Father, Pagan Son: Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle Club
by Anthony Menginie and Kerrie Droban
(Allen & Unwin, ISBN: 978-1-74237756-8).
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi:
A Bigger Digger
by Brett Avison and Craig Smith
(Five Mile Press, ISBN: 978-1-74248-410-5)
Marshall Armstrong is New to our School
by David Mackintosh
(HarperCollins, ISBN: 978-0-00-736141-0)
The Bear and the Wildcat
by Kazumi Yumoto and Komako Sakai
(Gecko Press; ISBN: 978-1-877467-70-7)
My First Car Was Red
by Peter Schossow
(Gecko Press; ISBN: 978-1-877467-68-4)