Arts on Sunday with Lynn Freeman, Radio New Zeland National, for 17 May 2009

1:30 New Zealand Book Awards

A panel discussion on the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. These most important of awards for our writers generate impassioned debate and disagreement pretty much every year.

Now they’re up for review by Booksellers New Zealand. We have Guy Somerset from the NZ Listener; writer and reviewer Paula Morris; Laura Kroetsch from Booksellers NZ; and writer and former judge, Linda Burgess.

2:30 Chapter and Verse

Interviews with the winners of the Commonwealth Writers Prize who will be announced at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival the night before.