Books & Authors

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop reviews The Space Between by Lauren Keenan published by Penguin Random House. Audio

Dr Rob Drummond is Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University. He joins Kathryn to discuss the way we speak.  Audio

Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore reviews My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown published by Simon and Schuster Audio

Sid Marsh is a writer and artist who has spent the last 13 years seeking close encounters with Asian wild tigers in India and Malaysia. Audio

Dubbed "deliciously rude and darkly funny", "chick lit" author Kathy Lette has a new book out which wreaks revenge. The Revenge Club features four best friends approaching their sixties, feeling… Audio

The Japanese art forms that have shaped more of the West's story telling than you may realise  Audio

A new photography book, The Seduction of the Honeybee offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of bees. Audio, Gallery

Rainbow storytellers, whose Rotorua library event was cancelled after threats from Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki, say kids and their parents love their performances.

Rotorua Lakes Council… Audio

Phil Vine reviews Until August by Gabriel García Márquez published by Penguin Random House. Audio

It's getting harder and harder to be good in a world where choices that once seemed straightforward are now moral quandaries. Decisions like what to eat or which car to buy are connected to global… Audio

With the second part of Denis Villeneuve's film franchise of Frank Herbert's fantasy novel, Dune, currently in cinemas, we ask if the fictional worms in the movie share anything in common with real… Audio

Ann Patchett is one of the world's most acclaimed, prize-winning novelists and non-fiction writers. She was named one of Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' and is a regular… Audio

How often do you pause to notice the small but affecting moments in an otherwise ordinary day? Writers Willow Older and Deborah Huber created the book Today I Noticed as a way to inspire people to… Audio

More than 140 iwi representatives from across the motu have gathered at Te Papa marae in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington today for the launch of a very special book.

Te Ata O Tu the New Zealand Wars… Audio

It's not depression. It's not burnout. Languishing is a sense of low-grade mental weariness. It's a term coined by sociologist Dr Corey Keyes during the pandemic when so many people felt like we were… Audio

Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Small Hours by Bobby Palmer published by Hachette. Pub by: Hachette RRP: $37.99 Audio

Rambling emails and inefficient rules; these are the kind of things that make employees go spare. They're forms of friction that chip away at initiative and grind down workers says Stanford University… Audio