Books on Saturday Morning, March 2010
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 2010 or 2009 publication date, except where noted. The most recent programme is at the top.
27 March
Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones
(Penguin, ISBN: 9780143008965)
NB. Lloyd Jones is the chair of the Bougainville Library Trust
Seeing Further: the Story of Science and the Royal Society
edited by Bill Bryson
(Harper Press, ISBN: 978-0-00-730256-7)
NB. Martin John Rees contributes the concluding chapter, Looking 50 Years Ahead
Kate's Klassic:
The Aeneid
by Virgil, translated and with an introduction by David West.
(Penguin Classics, ISBN: 978-0-14-044932-7)
NB. Kate Camp’s fourth collection of poetry, The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls (VUP, ISBN: 9780864736215) was recently published.
A History of Gardening in New Zealand
by Bee Dawson
(Godwit, ISBN: 9781869621568)
20 March
Guerrilla Diplomacy: Rethinking International Relations
by Daryl Copeland
(Lynne Rienner Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-58826-655-2)
The Politics of Suffering: Indigenous Australia and the End of the Liberal Consensus
by Peter Sutton
(Melbourne University Press, ISBN: 9780522856361)
13 March
Neil Gaiman has written too many books to list here (they include The Sandman, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline, The Wolves in the Walls, The Graveyard Book...). Full details and more at www.neilgaiman.com
6 March
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
by Geoff Dyer
(Text Publishing, ISBN: 9781921520303)
The Missing of the Somme
by Geoff Dyer
(Phoenix, ISBN: 9780753827543)
Yoga for People Who Can't be Bothered to Do It
by Geoff Dyer
(Abacus, ISBN: 9780349116235)
Out of Sheer Rage
by Geoff Dyer
(Abacus, ISBN: 0349108587)
The Ongoing Moment
by Geoff Dyer
(Vintage, ISBN: 9781400031689)
Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
by Peter Hallward
(Verso, 2008, ISBN: 9781844671069)