Books
Book review: Three of the best from 2024
Kiran Dass reviews three of her favourite books from last year: Audio
Red Books in Greymouth
Wendy Barrow from Red Books in Greymouth joins us for the final part in our summer series New Zealand's secondhand-bookshop owners. Audio
'Oh my god I've made the news' - Romance novel dropper's true confession
A Lower Hutt man claims he is the one who has been randomly delivering racy fiction to mailboxes in the harbourside community of Eastbourne.
Ardern's 'deeply personal' memoir to hit shelves in June
The former prime minister will reveal why she stepped down in a new book out later this year.
Lower Hutt letterboxes filled with erotic fiction
Mystery and intrigue is rippling through a Lower Hutt community where, over the past week, random letterboxes have been stuffed with literature - much of it, 80s erotic fiction. Lauren Crimp has been… Audio
What to expect from the third Fourth Wing book, Onyx Storm
Fans of the fairy porn saga have been desperate to get their hands on the third instalment in the planned five-book Empyrean series out today.
Summer book review with Bonnie Harrison
Producer Bonnie Harrison reviews The Defiance of Frances Dickinson by Wendy Parkins (Affirm Press). Audio
Kahren Thompson from Slightly Foxed Books
Each Sunday morning on Summer Weekends we're speaking with bookshop keepers around the motu. Today we go to the historical precinct in Oamaru to Slightly Foxed books and chat to owner Kahren Thompson.
…Novelist Jenny Pattrick on her pivot to theatre writing
Novelist Jenny Pattrick is best known for her historical fiction, and before her writing, for her jewellery. Audio
Dame Lynley Dodd: 'Children deserve the very best in words'
At 83, beloved children's author Dame Lynley Dodd has only recently begun to view her own carefully crafted stories as literature. Audio
Dame Lynley Dodd on her lifetime's work
Dame Lynley Dodd's stories have captivated generations of children and adults selling more than 12 million copies worldwide. Audio
Who is Neil Gaiman - the author facing sexual assault allegations in NZ?
The new sexual assault allegations have halted film and TV adaptations of the fantasy writer's work that were in production.
Summer book review with Bonnie Harrison
Producer Bonnie Harrison reviews The Last Secret Agent: The untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines by Pippa Latour and Jude Dobson. Audio
Summer Fiction School - John Cranna
For the past decade, aspiring authors have been gathering in Auckland each January for the Summer Fiction School. This weekend, the 2025 intake of would-be writers are having an intense introduction… Audio
Matt Morris - Arty Bees Books
Each Sunday morning on Summer Weekends we're speaking with bookshop keepers around the motu. Today we go to the quintessential second hand bookstore in central Wellington - Arty Bees Books. Matt… Audio
Prime Minister’s Award - Neville Peat
Neville Peat has published more than 40 works of natural history, environmental writing and biography, including regional natural histories, histories of Antarctica, and studies of native birds… Audio
Summer book review with Bonnie Harrison
Producer Bonnie Harrison reviews The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth and Louise Ward. Audio
Book shop stop: Bear Flag Books And Retro Musical
Every Sunday we will be chatting to bookstores around the Motu - finding out what people are reading over Summer. Some listeners will know our next guest from his weekly music show on RNZ, Nashville… Audio
The best summer reads
No more spreadsheets, no more "docs", no more written warnings from your boss. Work's out for summer and it's time to dig into a page-turner.
2024’s Kiwi King of the Twist: Crime thriller writer JP Pomare on murder in Cambridge
It’s a 2024 thriller concerned with race, podcast-making and the criminal justice system high on a fair few 2024 best-of lists.
17 Years Later is Melbourne-based bestselling New Zealand writer JP… Audio
