ListenerListenerBooksBook of the Day: The Retirement Plan by Sue HincenbergsMuch-heralded debut about midlife disenchantment among a group of friends disappoints.03 May 06:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksTop 10 bestselling NZ books: May 3The local books we've been buying this week.02 May 06:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksFresh takes: The best new NZ poetry releasesNew poetry finds inspiration in natural world, tourist hot spots and living with cancer.01 May 12:30 AM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Letters To Our Robot Son by Cadance BellOff-kilter tale about Arto, who wakes up to find he’s a robot on an existential quest.30 Apr 05:30 PM
ListenerListenerBooksWill NZ author Catherine Chidgey's new novel be the book of 2025? Global publishers think soThe Book of Guilt was subject to a bidding war, now it's being billed as a 2025 must-read.29 Apr 08:04 PM
ListenerListenerCultureAC Grayling on his sortie onto the battlefield of woke: Social media has turned out to be an absolute sewerAhead of NZ visit, renowned philosopher and author AC Grayling on his latest 'woke' book.26 Apr 06:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksMiramar surprise hideaway in imaginative retelling of Marie CurieBook of the day: Wonderland by Tracy Farr. 26 Apr 06:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende Allende follows-up on debut novel The House of the Spirits nearly four decades on. 25 Apr 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksThe man who emerged at liberation was a very different being: Art historian remembers her fatherMary Kisler's raw and personal account of her father’s rage-filled struggle with trauma.23 Apr 06:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Moral Ambition by Rutger BregmanDutch writer-activist delivers provocative guide to how to make the world a better place.20 Apr 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksWhen the Going was Good: An editor’s adventures during the last golden age of magazinesOne of the magazine world’s giants looks back.18 Apr 11:04 PM
ListenerListenerBooksTop 10 bestselling NZ books: April 19The local books we've been buying this week. 18 Apr 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: How the World Made the West by Josephine QuinnIdea that the 'civilised West' began with Greeks and Romans ignores earlier cultures.15 Apr 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Crush by Ada CalhounNovel about polyamory morphs into a veiled account of real-life marriage split.14 Apr 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: The History of Sound by Ben ShattuckThe ebb and flow of time becomes the main focus in this memorable collection of stories.13 Apr 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Sea Change by Jenny PattrickA natural disaster reveals the fault-lines in a small community.12 Apr 06:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksTop 10 bestselling NZ books: April 12It’s all change on the bestseller list with new novels, memoirs and cookbooks.11 Apr 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the Day: Patriarchy Inc by Cordelia FineHow biases continue to penalise women in the workplace.09 Apr 04:58 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Unkind - How ‘Be Kind’ Entrenches Sexism by Victoria SmithGender-critical feminist asks us to consider carefully the nature of social pressure.08 Apr 04:59 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Surplus Women by Michelle DuffKiwi journalist's short story collection explores women’s roles and the power they wield.07 Apr 04:59 PM
ListenerListenerNew ZealandFrom jeweller to literary gem: The remarkable career of Jenny PattrickThe Denniston Rose author Jenny Pattrick is turning her attention to modern-day issues.05 Apr 06:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksTop 10 bestselling NZ books: April 5The local books we've been buying.04 Apr 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Greater Sins by Gabrielle GriffithOmens and dark pasts haunt the pages of this folklore-inflected debut set in World War I.02 Apr 03:58 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Kelly Gardiner & Sharmini KumarThe sniping, snobby sister of Mr Bingley stars in a lively Jane Austen spin-off.01 Apr 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World by Ruth ShawRuth Shaw returns with a memoir on the second half of her life.31 Mar 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksWriter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on the grief which fuelled her latest novel"We make small choices that can completely change the shape our lives take."29 Mar 05:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksTop 10 bestselling NZ books: March 29The local books we've been buying.28 Mar 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksThree new crime books to check out this weekendLatest thrillers dig into crime in Maine, Northern Ireland and NZ's own Hawke's Bay.27 Mar 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Skies of Thunder by Caroline AlexanderEpic tale of deadly but little-known, four-year wartime airlift across the Himalayas.26 Mar 05:54 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Waste Wars by Alexander ClappDirty deals, international rivalries and the scandalous afterlife of rubbish exposed.25 Mar 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerNew ZealandMapping the Motu: How a new book tells the story of the NZ Wars through Māori perspectivesThe Māori history redefining our understanding of the NZ Wars.24 Mar 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksBook of the day: Theft by Abdulrazak GurnahFamily dynamics at the heart of second book from the Tanzanian-British Nobel prizewinner.24 Mar 03:55 PM
ListenerListenerHealthThe Age of Diagnosis: Does long Covid have a psychosomatic basis?Don't be so quick to dismiss psychosomatic disorders. They produce real physical symptoms.23 Mar 04:00 PM
ListenerListenerBooksCountry Calendar meets Project Runway in new book on Southland farmer Eden Hore’s couture collectionSumptuous new book on farmer Eden Hore’s couture collection tells an 'only in NZ' story.22 Mar 05:00 PM