Books on Radio NZ National: 29/01/10-04/02/10

26 Jan 2010

The following books will feature on 'Saturday Morning' with Kim Hill, 'the Arts on Sunday' with Lynn Freeman, and 'Nine to Noon' with Kathryn Ryan, on Radio NZ National in the coming week:

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Saturday Morning with Kim Hill 30/01/10

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:

Mendel in the Kitchen: a Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Food -Nina V. Fedorof (National Academies Press, ISBN: 9780309092050)
Leviathan, or The Whale - Philip Hoare (Fourth Estate, ISBN: 9780007230143) Philip Hoare has also written biographies of Noel Coward and aesthete Stephen Tennant, and histories of the military hospital at Spike Island, and Victorian utopian sects. He is a guest at New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week (8-14 March) during the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010 (25 February - 21 March).
Iranian-born writer Fariba Hachtroudi is the author of a number of books in French, including L’Exilée (1985) and Khomeyni Express (2009). She is currently the French writer in residence at the Randell Cottage in Wellington.
Children’s Books with Kate De Goldi Kate De Goldi’s most recent book is The 10pm Question (Longacre), and she provides the foreword to the reissue of 1968 novel Sydney Bridge Upside Down by New Zealand writer David Ballantyne (Text Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-921520-02-0). Kate will discuss four books found on the children’s shelves of the Canterbury Public Library that are not widely available in shops: Marcelo in the Real World by Franciso X Stork (Arthur Levine Books/Scholastic), On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck (Dial Books/Penguin), The Locked Garden by Gloria Whelan (HarperCollins), and Rodzina by Karen Cushman (Clarion Books).

Find more information about 'Saturday Morning with Kim Hill' on the Radio NZ National website:

www.radionz.co.nz/saturday

The Arts on Sunday with Lynn Freeman 31/01/10

The ‘Arts on Sunday’ is hosted by Lynn Freeman and airs every Sunday afternoon on Radio New Zealand National.

This Sunday, interviews and discussions will feature the following books:

A new editor mentoring programme has been announced, matching experienced editors Jane Parkin and Anna Rogers with two early career editors.

We talk to the mentoring programme’s creator, Rachel Lawson.

Ithaca Island Bay Leaves - Vana Manasiadis
(Seraph Press)

Find more information about the 'Arts on Sunday' on the Radio NZ National website: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday

Radio NZ National Book Readings 01-04/02/10

The following books will be read aloud on Radio NZ National this week:

NINE TO NOON 10.45am Monday 1- Tuesday 2 February Paulie Tallis - Owen Marshall; eps 1-2 (of 2) (Radio New Zealand)
Wednesday 3 February 10.45am The Don Fernando Motels - Owen Marshall (Radio New Zealand)
Thursday 4 - Friday 5 February 10.45am Living As A Moon - Owen Marshall (Vintage, ISBN 9781869792510)
AFTERNOONS 2.30pm Monday 1 - Friday 5 February The Blue - Mary McCalllum; eps 1-5 (of 15) (Penguin Books, ISBN 9781877361999)
Wednesday 3 February 9.05pm Deep Vein Thrombosis - Mel Johnstone and Rochelle Savage (Radio New Zealand)
All Night Programme 3.05am Saturday 30 January - Friday 5 February Skin to Skin - Carol Archie; eps 5-10 (of 15) (Penguin Books; ISBN 0143019627)
Saturday 30 January 5.10am On Growing - Abeer Yusria Hoque (Commonwealth Short Story - CSS)
Saturday 23 January 5.12pm Shanghai Sheba: The China Monologues - Sheba Williams; eps 5 (of 5) (Radio New Zealand)
Sunday 31 January 5.10am The Seasons - Vanessa Savage (CSS)

Speaking Volumes reviews on 'Nine to Noon' with Kathryn Ryan

This week Kathryn Ryan will discuss the Best Books of 2009 with five reviewers. See the line-up here.

The February Speaking Volumes schedule can be viewed here.

Children's Book Review on 'Nine to Noon' with John McIntyre

Once a fortnight, John McIntyre from The Children's Bookshop (Kilbirnie) reviews a selection of children's books on 'Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan', at 10.30am, on Radio NZ National.

On Friday 29 January, he will review the following titles:

The Chicken Thief - Beatrice Rodriguez (Gecko Press, 9781877467318)
Gone - Michael Grant (Egmont Books, 9781405242356)
Stephen Fry Presents Oscar Wilde's Stories For All Ages - Illustrated by Nicole Stewart (HarperCollins, 9780007342457)