Radio New Zealand Book Reviews
Nine to Noon Reviews for November 2026
Somebody Always Comes Looking
Mon 2 November
$38.00
Author Paul Cleave
Publisher Upstart Press
Reviewer Louise Ward
ISBN 9781776941018
Bookrapt's Treasury
Mon 2 November
$58.00
Author ed. Debbie McCauley
Publisher Mauao Publishing
Reviewer Louise Ward
ISBN 9780473769826
Bedford Street
Wed 4 November
$35.00
Author Ross Murray
Publisher Earth's End Publishing
Reviewer Lucy Black
ISBN 9780473781170
Music Against the Night
Wed 4 November
$37.00
Author Yiyun Li
Publisher HarperCollins
Reviewer Lucy Black
ISBN
The Cost of Living
Mon 9 November
$50.00
Author Ross Webb
Publisher Otago University Press
Reviewer Gyles Beckford
ISBN
Fry & Laurie
Wed 11 November
$65.00
Author Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
Publisher Penguin
Reviewer Sonja de Friez
ISBN
Devil on my Shoulder
Wed 11 November
$45.00
Author Alice Cooper
Publisher Penguin
Reviewer Sonja de Friez
ISBN 9781529966657
The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances
Fri 13 November
$38.00
Author Terri Te Tau
Publisher Spoor Books
Reviewer Elizabeth Heritage
ISBN
Mincemeat
Fri 13 November
$38.00
Author Anthony Lapwood
Publisher Aporo Press
Reviewer Elizabeth Heritage
ISBN
The Beaded Curtain
Mon 16 November
$40.00
Author Lloyd Jones
Publisher Massey University Press
Reviewer Simon Wilson
ISBN 9781991309402
Front Row Seat
Mon 16 November
$35.00
Author Juliet A. Gerrard
Publisher Auckland University Press
Reviewer Simon Wilson
ISBN 9781776711932
Butterflies and Moths of Aotearoa
Wed 18 November
$50.00
Author Liv Sisson
Publisher Penguin
Reviewer Lynn Freeman
ISBN 9781776951369
Arts Legends Aotearoa
Wed 18 November
$70.00
Author The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi
Publisher Massey University Press
Reviewer Lynn Freeman
ISBN 9781991309303
Gaining Ground
Mon 23 November
$35.00
Author Joan Barfoot
Publisher Faber & Faber
Reviewer Kiran Dass
ISBN 9780571399888
Protector of Beyond
Wed 25 November
$24.00
Author Shara Curlett
Publisher Penguin
Reviewer Louise Ward
ISBN 9781761357329
Landfall Tauraka 252
Fri 27 November
$35.00
Author ed. Lynley Edmeades
Publisher Otago University Press
Reviewer Harry Ricketts
ISBN 9781991348296
Lifted
Fri 27 November
$30.00
Author Mandy Hager
Publisher One Tree House
Reviewer Harry Ricketts
ISBN 9781990035531
Context Collapse
Fri 27 November
$42.00
Author Ryan Ruby
Publisher Seven Stories Press
Reviewer Harry Ricketts
ISBN 9781644214237
Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
Mon 30 November
$40.00
Author Dame Judi Dench
Publisher Penguin
Reviewer Gail Pittaway
ISBN 9780241799550
Death by Misadventure
Mon 30 November
$34.00
Author Jane Bitomsky
Publisher Lake Union Publishing
Reviewer Gail Pittaway
ISBN 9781662540585