Books

Laura Caygill reviews The Boy From the Sea by Garrett Carr published by Pan Macmillan; A charmingly wry tale of a struggling family in an Irish fishing town in the 70s and 80s. Audio

A smuggled copy of Katherine Mansfield’s Letters, published in 1925, was given to Odette in prison. She was Britain’s most decorated World War II spy. Her NZ relatives tell the story. Video

Cadence Chung would be nervous about meting Katherine Mansfield. Not so Chris Tse, poet laureate. Video

Sally Burton, a celebrated artist, has always been intrigued by Katherine Mansfield's 'bold recklessness'. Her fascination with Mansfield began at Nelson Girls' College. Video

We feature father-daughter writing duo CK Stead (on the Ockham shortlist for poetry) and Charlotte Grimshaw, both winners of the Mansfield Menton Fellowship (Karl in 1972, Charlotte in 2024). Video

Nina Mingya Powles (writer & poet) grew up near Katherine Mansfield's Wellington home. KM ‘loomed’ over her childhood. Powles & graphic artist Sarah Laing make Mansfield a contemporary character. Video

Loughlan Prior, choreographer, would love to hang out with Mansfield. His idea of a good time would be a night out with her. Video

Possibly Katherine Mansfield's biggest fan outside academia and the literary world, Trysh Murphy-Dally was introduced to Katherine Mansfield by her mum as a young girl. Video

Charlotte's show Mansfield in Her Own Words brings together some of our most talented musicians. Yates chooses poems for composers and performers Brooke Singer and William Ricketts. Video

Wellington-based author Rodney Strong joins Jim to talk about this latest book, Three Dogs, Two Murders and a Cat. Audio

Journalist turned number one New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter, Jojo Moyes, is back with a new book. She speaks with Susie Ferguson about the importance of middle-aged women seeing… Audio

The Christchurch-based 79-year-old has illustrated for Joy Cowley in books like Cowshed Christmas, as well as his own books, most recently Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes. Audio

Katherine Mansfield's not dead. She lives vibrantly in the hearts and minds of scores of people here and everywhere, 100 years since she died. Video

Last year the Auckland Writers Festival smashed all previous attendance records - this year looks to be even bigger.  Audio

Phil Vine reviews One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad published by Text Publishing. Audio