Radio New Zealand Book Reviews
Nine to Noon Reviews for July 2026
What We Remember, What We Forget: A memoir in memory
Wednesday 1 July 2026
$35.00
Author: Siobhan Harvey
Publisher: Otago University Press
Reviewer: Elizabeth Heritage
ISBN: 9781991348203
A Real Piece of Work
Thursday 2 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Freya Bromley
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Reviewer: Jenna Todd
ISBN: 9781529155433
Stakes: A memoir
Friday 3 July 2026
$40.00
Author: Noelle McCarthy
Publisher: Penguin Book
Reviewer: Unity Books, Wellington
ISBN: 9781776951031
White River Crossing
Monday 6 July 2026
$38.99
Author: Ian McGuire
Publisher: Scribner
Reviewer: Kim Pitter
ISBN:
The Bookshop Detectives #3: Murder and Mojitos
Tuesday 7 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Gareth & Louise Ward
Publisher: Penguin NZ
Reviewer: Harry Broad
ISBN:
Transcription
Wednesday 8 July 2026
$33.00
Author: Ben Lerner
Publisher: Granta
Reviewer: Stella Chrysostomou
ISBN:
Country People
Thursday 9 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Daniel Mason
Publisher: John Murray
Reviewer: Renata Hopkins
ISBN: 9781399835022
Matariki Holiday
Friday 10 July 2026
Dogs of the World
Monday 13 July 2026
$80.00
Author: Craig Turner-Bullock
Publisher: Sherlock & Co. Publishing
Reviewer: David Hill
ISBN:
Lines of Conscience
Tuesday 14 July 2026
$35.00
Author: Christopher J Minchin
Publisher: Christopher J Minchin
Reviewer: Gail Pittaway
ISBN:
Slow Burn Ahi Tāmau: Women and Photography Mareikura Whakaahua
Wednesday 15 July 2026
$35.00
Author: Lissa Mitchell
Publisher: Te Papa Press
Reviewer: Susanna Andrew
ISBN: 9781991072191
A Tale of Two Publishing Houses
Thursday 16 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Linda Martin
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Reviewer: Lynn Freeman
ISBN: 9781760996161
Nova
Friday 17 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Tim Corballis
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Reviewer: Jack McConnell
ISBN: 9781776923076
The Courage to be Ordinary
Monday 20 July 2026
$40.00
Author: Ichiro Kishimi
Publisher: Penguin
Reviewer: Cynthia Morahan
ISBN: 9781785046773
The End and the Beginning
Tuesday 21 July 2026
$40.00
Author: K. J. Holdom
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Reviewer: Carole Beu
ISBN: 9781668236925
Sisters in Yellow
Wednesday 22 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Mieko Kawakami
Publisher: Picador
Reviewer: Lucy Black
ISBN: 9781035096138
The Palm House
Thursday 23 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Gwendoline Riley
Publisher: Picador
Reviewer: Kiran Dass
ISBN: 9781035021055
LIT
Friday 24 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Anna Woods
Publisher: Bonnier Echo
Reviewer: Laura Caygill
ISBN: 9781786588265
How to Win a Trade War: An Economic Guide for an Anxious World
Monday 27 July 2026
$39.00
Author: Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Reviewer: Gyles Beckford
ISBN: 9781035090198
Enough
Tuesday 28 July 2026
$38.00
Author: Dawn French
Publisher: Penguin
Reviewer: Elisabeth Easther
ISBN: 9780241818947
Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Wednesday 29 July 2026
$40.00
Author: Lisa See
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Reviewer: Lisa Finucane
ISBN: 9781761826078
The Attention Recovery Plan
Thursday 30 July 2026
$39.00
Author: David Gillespie
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Reviewer: Quentin Johnson
ISBN: 9781761263231
AUP New Poets 12
Friday 31 July 2026
$30.00
Author: Various
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Reviewer: Chris Tse
ISBN: 9781776712427