Lloyd Jones
Book Critic: Claire Mabey
Claire talks to Jesse about the new Lloyd Jones novel and Noelle McCarthy's memoir 'Grand'. She's also got a couple of online reads she wants to share as well. Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 1
An African woman becomes pregnant while working as a cleaner in a Tunisian hotel but, just weeks after the birth, her baby is stolen away by the father Read by Ziyande Matshe and Brian Sergent Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones -Pt 4
We meet Hannah, who was married to Ralf who Ines now works for. Read by Susan Wilson Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 9
Ines talks about her boy and Jermayne his blackmailing father. Read by Melissa Phillips Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 10
Ines tells us about her unhappy interactions with Jermayne and then comes face to face with her son's mother. Read by Melissa Phillips Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 5
Defoe - who lives in the same house as Ralf and Ines, gives his version of events. Read by Ray Henwood Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 2
The Inspector, a truck driver and an alpine guide tell the story as Ines continues her journey north. Read by Brian Sergent, Tim Spite and Mick Rose Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 7
Defoe finishes his version of events. Read by Christopher Brougham Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 12
As Ines' story comes to a conclusion we hear from Abebi the boys' adoptive mother. Read by Melissa Phillips and Getrude Matshe Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 11
Ines tells us about her unhappy interactions with Jermayne and then comes face to face with her son's mother. Read by Melissa Phillips Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 3
Ines arrives in Berlin, befriends a man called Millenium Three and finds her son. Read by Brian Sergent, Tawanda Manyimo and Nick Dunbar Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 8
Ines fills in details of her story casting new light on all that has gone before. Read by Christopher Brougham and Melissa Phillips Audio
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones - Pt 6
Defoe talks about how he tried to help Ines. Read by Christopher Brougham Audio
Lloyd Jones: The Cage
Lloyd Jones' latest book, while compelling, is a deeply unsettling read. The Cage has two strangers turning up to a hotel. No one knows where they come from. Who are they? What catastrophe are they… Audio
The role of women an an online world which is often hostile towards them
In this second of a series of three panel discussions about contemporary feminism, Megan Whelan talks with four women actively involved with the digital world: Anna Guenther, the co-founder of Pledge… Audio
Catastrophes lay bare many truths
Rebecca Macfie, Lloyd Jones and Gaylene Preston discuss dealing creatively with tough stuff through non-fiction, family memoir, and television drama at the 2014 Christchurch Word Writers and Readers… Audio
Architecture inspired by literature
Lloyd Jones' Mr Pip was about the power of literature in a country and culture that had very little knowledge or interest in it. Audio
Mr Pip author praises Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton
The New Zealand author Lloyd Jones, who was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2007 for his novel 'Mister Pip' to discusses Eleanor Catton's win. Audio
Lloyd Jones: remembering Christchurch
Wellington writer best known for his 2006 novel Mr Pip; his new memoir, The History of Silence, explores his family history and the city of Christchurch. Audio
Eight Months to Mars - Lloyd Jones
Fact became fiction in Lloyd Jones' hugely-acclaimed novel 'Mr Pip' and now he's making the book his focus once again to do good in the real world - to raise funds for the people of Bougainville… Audio