Author Interview

Donald Trump's only niece Mary has written a book about the toxic family history that she believes shaped her uncle. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about the revelations contained in Too Much and Never… Audio

In her latest book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Books, Harvard Professor Leah Price dispels the myth of the end of the golden age of reading by suggesting that reading might not have been so… Audio

James Canton talks with Kathryn Ryan about the two years he spent visiting and studying an 800 year old oak tree in Essex. Audio

Dear Christchurch, Breivik's trial showed us extremist ideas struggle in the light. Audio

Massey University Distinguished Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Paul Spoonley, talks to Kathryn about his what Aotearoa's fast-changing demographics mean for our future. His new book is… Audio

Tech entrepreneurs are selling us solutions to problems that can be solved by simply changing our behaviour, an investigative journalist says. Audio

Ken Gorbey was instrumental in getting Te Papa Tongarewa, the country's national museum, off the ground. He was then asked to help salvage the Jewish Museum in Berlin - which had run into trouble… Audio

Vietnamese writer Nguyen Phan Que Mai has published eleven books of poetry and non fiction in Vietnamese, and now for the first time - a novel in English. Audio

Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and… Audio

Music industry supremo Richard Russell joined XL Recordings as an A & R scout back in 1991, two years after it was founded. He now runs the independent record label responsible for releasing an… Audio

Sara Seager is a renowned Canadian-born astrophysicist and planetary scientist based at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the discovery of planets outside our own… Audio

Even a dictator has to eat. And Polish journalist and trained chef Witold Szablowski has tracked down the cooks for notorious leaders from Saddam Hussein to Pol Pot to get their views from the… Audio

Pulitzer prize-nominated writer, former LA Times Beijing bureau chief and foreign correspondent Barbara Demick's new book is Eat the Buddha - Life and Death in a Tibetan Town. It's a narrative… Audio

Katherine Mansfield created some of literature's most chilling characters, not least Harry Kember and his wife in her short story At The Bay. Author and historian John Horrocks' new novel Dark Empire… Audio

It's 1963 and two bodies are found in a house at Bassett Road in Remuera. Detectives are shocked to discover they were killed by a submachine-gun. Newspaper headlines read "Chicago Comes to New… Audio

It's not officially authorised by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but co-authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand have compiled the most major account from Harry and Meghan's perspective with their new… Audio

Legendary New Zealand boxing identity Mike Edwards is one of the sport's most beloved figures in this country. In his new book, Taking the Punches, Edwards reflects on a colourful lifetime in boxing. 

The idea of being part-owner of a $61,500 handbag may seem strange, but it's a growing trend. Online trading platform Rally Rd allows users to purchase shares in luxury items. Author Paul Sullivan… Audio

Poet and writer Kate Camp returns, not to discuss a historic work of classic literature, but to share her new poetry collection How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems. Audio