Author Interview

The reality of microfinance, small loans of just a few dollars, is a lot messier than initially thought. Audio

The Horse: The Galloping History of Humanity takes readers on a sprawling journey through the histories of technology, transport, agriculture, war and urbanisation.  Audio

Jon and Barbara Tucker raised their five sons on the yacht they built themselves, and sailed around the Pacific. Audio

"Fascism can grow on any soil". That is the warning from Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko after being exiled from her home country, which she labels a fascist state.  Audio

Emily Perkins is an award-winning novelist; these are her bookmarks. Audio

As if our most decorated Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington hadn't done enough to inspire the up-and-coming generation, she's now poised to release her first children's book. Audio

Mathematician Eugenia Cheng has set out to rid the world of 'maths phobia,' asking simple questions to uncover deeper understanding. Audio

The poet's job description is "keep your eyes open, your heart alert and allow a little bit of serendipity in," David Merritt says. Video, Audio

Lonneke Botello Hernandez is touring New Zealand with her book The Food Fountain of Youth, which offers advice about 'nutrients with science-based benefits for anti-aging beauty'. Lonneke and Colin… Audio

The dream of writers the world over is a debut novel turning into a worldwide publishing sensation - and that's exactly what's happened for Amy Neff, a first-time author from Connecticut. Audio

NYU professor of developmental psychology Niobe Way says don't just have a 'boy problem', we have a human problem. Audio

Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most celebrated authors, an Arts Foundation Laureate, and a voracious reader. She joins Susie to share some great books: two time travel novels The Ministry of… Audio

Gisborne based Sam Gibson has a deep love for the bush, spending his time hunting, fishing, trapping pests and working to protect endangered species like Whio. Tall, rugged and oil skin wearing, he… Audio

Dr Lucy Foulkes is an academic psychologist at the University of Oxford, and her new book draws on decades of research to reveal why teens behave they way they do.  Audio

Our guest picking the music is Kiran Dass, one of New Zealand's most trusted book reviewers and director of WORD Christchurch.  Audio

You may know Claire Mabey as the founder of the Verb Wellington Festival, perhaps as co-curator of the Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts writers programme, or as a book reviewer. Now she's adding… Audio

Award-winning New Zealand author Shilo Kino has written a second novel - another debut of sorts. The Porangi Boy won the young Adult Fiction Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young… Audio