Writers and Readers Festivals Podcast Options

4:06 PM.Broken Britain is discussed by UK authors Stella Rimington, AD Miller and Geoff Dyer; with Robyn Congreve in the chair. Audio

4:06 PM.Caroline Moorehead discusses with Carole Beu her books Human Cargo and A Train in Winter, which tells the story of 230 women of the French Resistance sent to Auschwitz. Audio

4:05 PM.Distinguished Irish author Sebastian Barry discusses his work with Jan Cronin. Audio

4:10 PM.Chandran Nair from Hong Kong explores his theory of Consumptionomics, in this year's Michael King Memorial Lecture. Nevil Gibson from the NBR is in the chair. Audio

4:10 PM.One of New Zealand's best-known contemporary authors looks back with publisher Geoff Walker over a life devoted to fiction. Audio

10:06 AM.While many grown ups would recognise David Walliams from his television comedies such as Little Britain and Come Fly with Me, he is also a successful children's author. His writing, which has been… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Brian Edwards chairs a lively session at the 2012 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival with one of Ireland's best-known contemporary authors. Audio

4:10 PM.Three of New Zealand's most prominent crime writers - Paul Cleave, Vanda Symon and Paul Thomas - discuss how their stories are affected by their distinctly New Zealand setting. Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Denise Mina writes about the gritty streets of Glasgow and Ron Rash the remote Appalachian Mountains. They explore how location infuses their very different work. Audio

4:10 PM.A personal conversation with a major literary figure of the last 40 years about her upbringing, and how she came to write some of the influential books she has created. Audio

4:10 PM.Three leading feminists - Germaine Greer, Sandra Coney and Marilyn Waring - examine how the place of women has changed in the last 40 years. Audio

4:10 PM.A lively exploration of the life of Shakespeare's wife by the noted writer and social critic Germaine Greer, recorded at the 2012 NZ International Arts Festival. Linda Hardy is in the chair. Audio

4:10 PM.A lively exploration of the life of Shakespeare's wife by the noted writer and social critic Germaine Greer, recorded at the 2012 NZ International Arts Festival. Linda Hardy is in the chair. Audio

4:06 PM.A panel discussion on the theme "Broken Britain". Robyn Congreve is chairing the session, which features UK writers Stella Rimington, AD Miller and Geoff Dyer. Audio

4:06 PM.Caroline Moorehead discusses with Carole Beu her book 'A Train in Winter', which tells the story of 230 women of the French Resistance sent to Auschwitz. Audio

4:06 PM.Distinguished Irish author Sebastian Barry discusses his work with Jan Cronin. Audio

4:06 PM.There's no denying "doubt" is crucial to science and drives it forward, but it also makes science, and scientists, vulnerable to misrepresentation, according to Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Science Editor at The New York Times, Barbara Strauch has written books on the human brain in teenage and middle age years, and how research is expanding our knowledge of its development and function… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Now living in Auckland, sisters Hana Schofield and Atka Reid were caught up in 1992 in the middle of the civil war which tore Yugoslavia apart. Then aged twelve, Hana boards one of the last UN… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Born in Delhi, Madhur Jaffrey was is an actress and cookbook writer who is regarded by many as a world authority on Indian food. She talks with Alexa Johnston about her astonishing life, her family… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Feared by some in the food trade for the ferocity of his judgments, the writer A.A. Gill is a TV and restaurant critic for the UK's Sunday Times. His witty, acerbic and honest conversation with chef… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.British novelist, and patron of the British Stammering Association. His latest book is The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Prolific British author whose various series for children and teenagers have been international hits. He discusses his upper class upbringing - being raised by nannies, and being sent to boarding… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Actress and best-selling author Madhur Jaffrey has been one of the most influential people in taking Indian cookery to a global audience. Audio

9:10 AM.American surgeon and writer for the New Yorker, and author of three books, most recently The Checklist Manifesto. Read more Audio