Bookmarks with Author Josie Sharpiro

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 11 March 2026

It's time for Bookmarks, where we invite an interesting New Zealander on the show to share some of their favourite cultural interests 

This week author Josie Shapiro joins Jesse. Her bestselling and much-loved debut novel 'Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts' won the inaugural Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize, she followed it up with her novel 'Good Things Come and Go' last November which has had fans and critics raving. 

Josie will be taking part in two events at the Auckland Writers Festival in May.

This is a shot of Josie from the waist up. She is standing in front of a radiator. Above that a large colourful painting hangs. She is wearing a white top and has slightly below shoulder length brown hair.

Photo: Supplied - Auckland Writers Festival