Review

Catriona Ferguson reviews The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell, published by Tinder Press Audio

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews The Seaplane on Final Approach by Rebecca Rukeyser, published by Granta Audio

Paul Diamond reviews Grounded: How soil shapes the games we play, the lives we make and the graves we lie in by Alysa Bryce, published by Text Publishing Audio

Stella Chrysostomou of VOLUME Books reviews Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser, published by Allen Lane - Penguin Random House NZ Audio

Michelle Rahurahu reviews Kohine by Colleen Maria Lenihan, published by Huia Publishers Audio

Sally Wenley reviews Picture You Dead by Peter James, published by Macmillan Audio

Carole Beu of the Women's Bookshop in Ponsonby reviews Eddy, Eddy by Kate De Goldi, published by Allen and Unwin Audio

Robert Kelly reviews Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim, published by Harper Collins Audio

Phil Vine reviews The Candy House by Jennifer Egan, published by Hachette NZ. Audio

A review into the New Zealand Broadcasting School has uncovered a culture of bullying and harassment, prompted by media reports of a toxic learning environment last year.

Allegations about sexual… Audio

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. Published by Little, Brown A bold and funny insight into the complicated familial relationships of Olga, a… Audio

Louise O'Brien reviews Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale, published by Hachette New Zealand Audio

Rob Kelly reviews The Women of Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone, published by Hachette New Zealand Audio

Quentin Johnson reviews Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton, published by Penguin Audio

Tony Stamp reviews a blockbuster concept album by Canadian pop star The Weeknd, smooth songs with spiky lyrics from Tāmaki Makaurau/ Maungaturoto songwriter Erny Belle, and the return of mid-2000s… Audio

Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews The Islands by Emily Brugman, published by Allen & Unwin. Audio

Harry Ricketts reviews All Tito's Children by Tim Grgec, published by Te Herenga Waka Press Audio

Leah McFall reviews This Changes Everything by Niki Bezzant, published by Penguin Random House NZ Audio