Books on Radio NZ National 20-27 May 2011

Radio New Zealand National features several books over the course of a week. These listings are for books that will be featured on the following programmes...

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Children's book review on Nine to Noon
Friday, 20 May 2011

John McIntyre (pictured, right) of The Children's Bookshop in Kilbirnie, Wellington does the Children's book review each fortnight. This week he will speak about:

 

Dirt  Bomb              
by Fleur Beale
RandomHouse
ISBN 9781869795467

New Zealand Hall of Fame - 50 Remarkable Kiwis                            
by Maria Gill
Illustrated by Bruce Potter   
New Holland      
ISBN 9781869663124

Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
Saturday, 21 May 2011Anchor

Booksellers New Zealand has been advised that the following books will be mentioned on Radio New Zealand National’s Saturday Morning with Kim Hill programme this weekend.

Plastic: a Toxic Love Story
by Susan Freinkel
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781921758485

Also author of the 2009 book American Chestnut: the Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
University of California Press
ISBN 9780520259942

War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo
1982
Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439796637

This author has written about 120 other books for children too.

The Good Book: a Secular Bible
by  A. C. Grayling
Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9780747599609

Also author of a number of other books, includng:

Liberty in the Age of Terror
Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9781408803073

Thinking of Answers
Bloomsbury, 9781408809532 and has just published

The Arts on Sunday with Lynn Freeman
Sunday 22 May 2011

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards Children’s Choice Overall Winner and Children's Choice Picture Book Category Winner

Baa Baa Smart Sheep
Mark Sommerset & Rowan Sommerset
Dreamboat Books
ISBN 978-0-9864668-1-6 hb RRP $29.99
Target age 3+

Radio NZ National Book Readings
  21 - 27 May 2011

NINE TO NOON 10.45am      

Monday 16 – Friday 20 May

Naked in Budapest 
by Heather Hapeta – Eps 6-7 (of 7)
Read by Heather Hapeta
Passionate Nomad Publishing (NZ)
ISBN 9780473116750

Wednesday 25 – Friday 27 May

The Life and Times of a Brown Paper Bag - Eps 1-3 (of 8)
by Kevin Milne
Read by Kevin Milne
Random House
ISBN No. 9781869793821

AFTERNOONS 2.30 PM

Monday 23 May – Friday 27 May

The 10PM Question – Eps 1-5 (of 10)
by Kate De Goldi
Read by John Leigh
Longacre Press
ISBN No. 9781877460 203


ALL NIGHT PROGRAMME 3.05am

Saturday 21 May

Seedy 
by Alice Tawhai
Read by Brian Sergent
One of a series of eleven stories from the book ‘Festival of Miracles’
Huia Press
ISBN No. 186869127X


Sunday 22 May

Maggot Boy 
by Alice Tawhai
Read by Jason te Patu
One of a series of eleven stories from the book ‘Festival of Miracles’
Huia Press
ISBN No. 186869127X

Monday 23 May

Second Chance
by Alice Tawhai
Read by Madeleine Sami
One of a series of eleven stories from the book ‘Festival of Miracles’
Huia Press
ISBN No. 186869127X

Tuesday 24 May

Imagining Winter 
by Alice Tawhai
Read by Jennifer Ludlam
One of a series of eleven stories from the book ‘Festival of Miracles’
Huia Press
ISBN No. 186869127X

Wednesday  25 May

The Magic Taro
by Alice Tawhai
Read by Isobel Kalolo
One of a series of eleven stories from the book ‘Festival of Miracles’
Huia Press
ISBN No. 186869127X


Thursday 26 May

Thicker Than Water 
by Alice Tawhai
Read by Nancy Brunning
One of a series of eleven stories from the book ‘Festival of Miracles’
Huia Press
ISBN No. 186869127X


Friday 27 May

The Festival of Miracles 
by Alice Tawhai
Read by Miriama McDowell
One of a series of eleven stories from the book ‘Festival of Miracles’
Huia Press
ISBN No. 186869127X


Sunday 22 May 3.04pm

A History Of The World In 100 Objects
Eps 4 (of 6)
by Neil Macgregor  -
Penguin Books
ISBN No. 9781846144134

 
Monday 23 May – Friday 27 May 5.10am
 

A History Of The World In 100 Objects
by Neil Macgregor  -
Penguin Books
ISBN No. 9781846144134

Read the schedule for Nine to Noon's The Book Review

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