Books & Authors

Ayham al-Ahmad became famous after playing his piano in the rubble of Syria's Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus. He has also written a book, The Pianist of Yarmouk. Audio

Poet and writer Kate Camp is in to talk about Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, the 1977 novel by the renowned American author who died earlier this month. The book won the National Book Critics… Audio

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar. Published by Picador.  Audio

If you've just gone to bed the humming buzz of a Mosquito is really quite annoying, but this minor torment is nothing to what it's capable of! It's been estimated that, over the course of human… Audio

Binge watching your way through the latest Netflix series doesn't have to be a guilty pleasure. For years, TV has been considered the candy floss to the meatier offerings at the cinema.  Audio

Ali Ventura reviews the Harry Potter and The Cursed Child play showing now at Melbourne's Princess Theatre. Audio

Phil Vine reviews Crossings by Alex Landragin, which is published by Pan Macmillan. Audio

Recovering bookseller and RNZ producer Robert Kelly has been thinking about why deserts and frozen wastelands make such good settings for fiction. Audio

More than half the world's population live in urban areas and cities around the globe are getting larger and more congested. Through an archaeological lens, UCLA professor of anthropology and… Audio

Leah McFall reviews The Mister by E L James, which is published by Penguin Random House. An erotic romance from the author of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy. Audio

Just over 10 years ago Kimberley Motley swapped a life of practising law in one of America's most dangerous cities, for legal work in one of the world's most dangerous places. She was 32 years old at… Audio, Gallery

Carrie Goldberg heads a New York law firm helping the victims of revenge porn, take on their attackers. The crusade is personal for Carrie as she was text stalked by an obsessive former partner. Her… Audio

Toxic masculinity was not part of our vocabulary 20 years ago when family therapist and educator Steve Biddulph first starting talking about how the challenges of modern manhood were making men… Audio

Laura Caygill reviews Lapse by Sarah Thornton, which is published by Text Publishing. Audio

Dr Lauren Rosewarne from the University of Melbourne has written a new book, Sex & Sexuality In Modern Screen Remakes which raises questions about how women are seen on screen now.  Audio

In 2016, Pakistan was rocked by the murder of its first internet celebrity Qandeel Baloch, who had been dubbed the country's Kim Kardashian. She selfied her way to social media stardom but faced… Audio

Anne Else reviews The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

The work practices and ethos of online selling giant - Amazon has been attracting criticism from many quarters for years now. Author and Bloomberg News technology editor, Brad Stone's previous book… Audio

Ralph McAllister reviews Nailing Down the Saint by Craig Cliff, which is published by Penguin Random House. Audio