Author Interview

Naomi Alderman is a British author whose fourth novel The Power was a New York Times best seller. Made into a Netflix series released last year, Alderman's science-fiction thriller tells the story of… Audio

As a psychotherapist and former on-site therapist at Google, Katherine Morgan Schafler has worked with hundreds of self-confessed perfectionists.

In her book The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing… Audio

Two books by Waikato writer Catherine Chidgey have been nominated for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award.

It's the world's most valuable annual prize for a work of fiction published in English, with a… Audio

The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal is inspired by the true story of Chiune Sugihara and the thousands of people, including Linda herself, who owe him their lives.  Audio

Growing up on a rural Australian farm didn't prepare Kristy McGregor for the isolation she'd experience when she made the move to a dairy and beef farm in Horowhenua with her husband in 2014.  Audio

The heroine of author Ainslie Hogarth's latest book, Normal Women, is desperate to break free from a suffocating, conventional, upper-middle-class life. In her bid for freedom, Dani, stumbles stumbles… Audio

Retired U.S Navy Captain transformed one of the lowest-ranked US submarine crews into the best in the fleet. Audio

Anna Thomas caught up with poet and artist Terry Fitzgibbon about his new book 'Salt: Coastal Connections' published by White Cloud Books. The book features stunning images from award winning… Audio

Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ was, in 2017, enjoying a resurgence of interest. The… Audio

Kim Hill interviews historian and writer Dr Michael King at the time of the release of his acclaimed book ‘The Penguin History of New Zealand’, in 2003, the year before King's death. The author talks… Audio

Host Jesse Mulligan shares his five favourite interviews from RNZ's weekday afternoon show.

Why we sleep is a mystery. But there are scientists who endured ridicule for trying to unlock the secrets of slumber anyway starting 100 years ago. They dared to suggest that sleep is crucial for good… Audio

American writer David Sedaris is famous for his self-deprecating and highly personal essay collections which manage to… Audio

Grace is something hard to define, but we know it when we feel compassion and kindness offered with an open heart. Julia Baird found grace in the nurses who cared for her in the hospital, battling… Audio

Mal Evans was many things to the Beatles, road manager, bodyguard and keeper of their guitar picks, a little weed and a secrets he kept in meticulous notes and diary entries. Now his book has finally… Audio

Earlier this year, Samoan-NZ writer Tusiata Avia became the target of harassment and death threats after her poem 250th anniversary of James Cook's arrival in New Zealand was labelled 'racist' by the… Audio

Sir Ranulph Fiennes pays tribute to a fellow legend in his new biography Lawrence of Arabia. A former SAS officer, Fiennes says he feels a lot of affinity for archaeologist and adventurer Thomas… Audio

Professor du Sautoy searches the globe for the best games going and reveals what he considers to be the perfect in his new book, Around the World in 80 Games: A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of… Audio