Author Interview

Historian Jock Phillips has made his career bringing history to life and convincing New Zealanders that our past has real value.  Audio

James Wilson has written a book he can "slap down" in front of the people who say 'oh, not another vegan'. He tells Jesse Mulligan the story behind Plant Paradigm. Audio

Sydney-based criminal lawyer turned novelist Sarah Hopkins has spent years defending young people in the children's court. She speaks to Kathryn Ryan about putting her inside information to work, in a… Audio

Our feature guest this morning is neuroscientist Dr Guy Leschziner who's written a fascinating book about what we do while we're sleeping - it's called the Nocturnal Brain, and covers everything from… Audio

Author and journalist Lynn Enright  tells Karyn about her new book Vagina: A Re-Education. Audio

Silence is powerful. But it's often lost in the white noise of emails and texts and constant connection. Too much noise is deafening but silence can be dangerous too. Audio

Nocturnes: Popular Music and the Night is a new book looking at how culture changes at night. It can be romantic, but also be a place of terror and of excitement.  Audio

Sir Michael Morpurgo's best known book, War Horse, comes to life on the stage for the first time in New Zealand this month. Audio

Over the past 90 years, Faber & Faber's authors have included William Golding, TS Eliot, WH Auden, Sylvia Plath, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, Alan Bennett, PD James, John Carey, Kazuo Ishiguro… Audio

There's nothing wrong with taking pride in your looks, but being confident about the things you can do is what will really make you feel positively towards yourself, says Turia Pitt. The Australian… Video, Audio

Conspiracy theorists date back to ancient Rome, but social media has given them a vector to distribute their unusual and sometimes dangerous ideas. Audio

Kathryn speaks with award-winning British journalist Angela Saini, whose latest book exposes and challenges race science, which she says is making a subtle come-back. Angela Saini has been described… Audio

Alison Roman is one of the hottest food writers in the world right now. Her recipes have the three ingredients that are essential for success in the crowded cookbook market today; they're cookable… Audio

Award-winning Australian writer and journalist Matthew Condon's latest book, The Night Dragon looks into a 40-year-old cold case murder in Queensland. He examines the criminals and corrupt police that… Audio

Being able to talk about how you feel without getting emotional is an important skill for everyone in a workplace, says Liz Fosslien, co-author of No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing… Audio

They chopped, they cooked, they bickered, they drank and camped up our TV screens; a book about Peter Hudson and David Halls has just won an Ockham New Zealand Book Award. Audio

One in four teenage girls in New Zealand has been asked to text a nude photo. Don't send nudes is not the best advice to give teenagers says psychologist Dr Lisa Damour.  Audio

You may know him as the rapper Tourettes but Dominic Hoey is also an author, screenwriter, and poet. His latest fascination? Ghost stories.  Audio

Like music, poetry can be a conduit between our feelings and the world. It's an active in-between space, a space within which to let words dance between our internal world and the world outside. This… Audio

Captain Kevin 'Sully' Sullivan was in at the controls of flight QF72 when it suddenly, twice, nosedived sharply towards the Indian Ocean. He explains to Jim how those dreadful events led to the end of… Audio