Ian Rankin

The London Book Fair is a three day event from April 19-21 next and it will be thronged with over 23,000 industry professionals from all areas of the book trade, but mainly publishers wanting to sell new titles and international rights, and store buyers lining up future stock purchases.

In a conversation with LBF Conference Director Orna O’Brien, The Read discovered a key event will be the annual digital conference held on Sunday 18 April. This will focus on three areas: Readers of Today and Tomorrow; Bringing the Book to Life and Transforming the Core of your Businesses.

This week, five Nine to Noon reviewers (Graham Beattie, Laura Kroetsch, Harry Ricketts, Louise O'Brien, and John McIntyre) will discuss their Best Books of 2009.

After the live broadcast, podcasts of the reviews below are available from the Radio NZ website, by clicking on each book title below, care of Radio NZ National (www.radionz.co.nz).

The Bestseller Charts represent the bestselling books in New Zealand for the week up to the date given. The Bestseller Charts are compiled by Nielsen BookScan and comprise data supplied from the New Zealand panel of participating booksellers. 

Information supplied byNielsen BookScan © 2009 Confidential & Proprietary.

The Bestseller Charts represent the bestselling books in New Zealand for the week up to the date given. The Bestseller Charts are compiled by Nielsen BookScan and comprise data supplied from the New Zealand panel of participating booksellers. 

Information supplied byNielsen BookScan © 2009 Confidential & Proprietary.

Please note these charts are subject to copyright and may not be reproduced.

Books are categorised according to country of publication.