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Interview: NZ crime writer Paul Thomas

Issue 3746 2nd Dec 2013

The godfather of contemporary NZ crime writing has brought back offbeat local hero Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka.

Issue Listener Plus 29th Nov 2013

You have to go to German for the lovingly rude “Von hinten Lyzeum, von vorne Museum” (“From behind a girls’ school, from the front a museum”).

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby releases a second compilation of his Stuff I’ve Been Reading columns in the Believer magazine.

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

Catherine Robertson’s new monthly roundup.

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

A fully formed debut.

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

A new popular history marking the centenary of World War I is trailblazing.

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

No slight is too small to warrant venomous payback in Morrissey’s autobiography.

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

Christopher Moore’s new monthly roundup of New Zealand non-fiction.

Issue Listener Plus 3837 25th Nov 2013

Ann Packer picks the year’s reading highlights for children and young adults.

Issue 3838 21st Nov 2013

Books & Culture editor Guy Somerset and the Listener’s team of reviewers on the year’s reading highlights.