Author Interview

Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World, recounts the true story of Jho Low, dubbed "the Malaysian Great Gatsby". Low, who is currently on the run, persuaded… Audio

Mandy Whyte launched a rescue mission to save her son's life after discovering the extent of his methamphetamine addiction and how his drug use was leading him to permanent psychosis, prison, or… Audio

Peter has written a book about his wife's journey called Beating Alzheimer's - the enemy at the Gate. He tells us what he has learned, and why he remains angry with many in the medical profession. Audio

Body image, anxiety, self-harm, social media, homework, partying, curfews, respect… It's not easy being a teenage girl and it's not easy parenting a teenage girl. Child psychologist Sarah Hughes – who… Audio

Australian writer Liane Moriarty's eighth novel Nine Perfect Strangers has just hit the shelves, and already the film rights have been snapped up by Nicole Kidman, who'll produce and star in the… Audio

The Money Diaries encourages women to share what they spend every week. Lindsey Stanberry says writing down what you spend and sharing it with the world can really help you see where you are going… Audio

Eddie Ayres struggled with depression and identity for years until realising in his 30s that he was a transgender man. The professional musician and ABC Classic FM presenter formerly known as Emma… Audio

Adrienne Jansen's new novel A Change of Key is about community, music and a life in exile. Adrienne Jansen has written extensively about the experience of migrants to New Zealand, both in fiction and… Audio

All Blacks strength and conditioning coach Dr Nic Gill shares empowering advice, recipes and health hacks in his new book, Health Your Self; The One Stop Handbook to a Healthier, More Energetic You. Audio

Only a handful of them remain, but over a hundred years ago New Zealand was home to 18 of two and a half thousand libraries around the world, established by American industrialist and philanthropist… Audio

A new book charts the nine times between 1991 and 2018 that apologies have been made for the atrocities that happened at Parihaka, and argues that it's time to stop. In Ko Taranaki Te Maunga… Audio

A new book Women Now - the Legacy of Female Suffrage looks at what has been achieved, 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote - and incorporates objects from Te Papa's collection… Audio, Gallery

Balclutha-born Professor Robert Webster is a world-renowned virologist and international expert in influenza who was among the first scientists to acknowledge a link between human and avian flu. His… Audio

Paul Fronczak spent most of his life thinking he knew who is was. A boy from Chicago, albeit with a good backstory. He thought he was the child pictured in faded news clippings from 1964, stolen at a… Audio

Kiwi mother Emma Gilkison has written a memoir about the devastating discovery at a routine twelve week scan that her unborn baby had a fatal condition. His heart was growing outside his body due to… Audio

The toddler years are a labour-intensive phase of parenting – as your child learns about food, they're feeling a lot, pushing back a lot and don't have a lot of impulse control, says Dr Julie Boshale… Audio

To keep your relationship on track, celebrate your partner's successes – big and small – as much as possible, says relationship researcher Arthur Aron. He's the psychology professor who designed… Audio

Christchurch writer and illustrator, Gavin Bishop won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year at this year's Children's Book Awards for his beautiful book 'Aotearoa, The New Zealand Story'. It's arguably… Audio, Gallery

GP and award-winning writer, Gavin Francis explores the incredible transformation humans undergo through the course of a lifetime. His latest book Shapeshifters: On Medicine and Human Change considers… Audio