Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Nine to Noon this week - Scheduled interviews and reviews
Hekia Parata on the future of the decile system, and a principal discusses his school’s $70 000 loss from a decile change
The global clampdown on multinational companies that avoid paying tax
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
10-11am
Disability advocate Robert Martin
Book review: Maori Boy, by Witi Ihimaera, reviewed by Paul Diamond.
Reading: Up The Olive Tree by Venetia Sherson (Part 1 of 5).
11-12pm
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
Guest chef Alan Brown on how to make your own wood-fired pizza oven, and recipes for pizza primavera, splayed chook, and meringues, from his book The Great Kiwi Pizza Oven.
Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne.
Robert Martin is intellectually disabled, he is a disability advocate and New Zealand's Candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the 2016 election. Robert Martin was born in New Zealand in 1957, he was a forceps baby and because of complications at his birth was left intellectually handicapped. He grew up largely in institutions and felt outside of society, but has gone on to be an advocate for people with disabilities. A book has just been released about his life, Becoming a Person, The biography of Robert Martin by John McRae.
AUT Senior Lecturer and chef Alan Brown has been drawn throughout his cooking career to food cooked in ovens fuelled by wood. He has written The Complete Kiwi Pizza Oven to celebrate the New Zealand love of cooking outdoors. It includes advice for building a pizza oven and advice for great pizza. He shares his favourite recipes with listeners.
COMING UP
Tuesday 18 November
9-10am
News and current events.
Getting farm workers the training that they and the industry need.
How to safely intervene to prevent sexual violence.
US correspondent Jack Hitt.
10-11am
Sir Brian Souter on his career from bus conductor to international coach service magnate.
Book review: South of Darkness by John Marsden, reviewed by Geoff Robinson.
Reading: Up The Olive Tree by Venetia Sherson (Part 2 of 5).
11-12pm
Business commentator Rod Oram.
Rachel Sussman talks about photographing the world's oldest continuously living organisms.
Media commentator Gavin Ellis.
Wednesday 19 November
9-10am
News and current events.
Labour’s new leader.
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton.
10-11am
Dr. Joseph Bulbulia on using tools from the biological sciences to investigate spiritual habits and beliefs – and how our beliefs change when times get tough.
Book review: Emma by Alexander McCall Smith, reviewed by Harry Ricketts.
Reading: Up The Olive Tree by Venetia Sherson (Part 3 of 5).
11-12pm
Marty Duda features the music of his artist of the week.
Legal commentator Nick Russell on defamation.
Arts commentator Mark Amery.
Thursday 20 November
9-10am
News and current events.
A new approach to identifying, before birth, infants likely to have impaired brain development that would normally only become apparent later in childhood.
UK correspondent Kate Adie.
10-11am
Anthropologist David Boarder Giles who's preoccupied with food waste generated in our cities, and is a convert to dumpster diving.
Book review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss, reviewed by Louise O’Brien.
Reading: Up The Olive Tree by Venetia Sherson (Part 4 of 5).
11-12pm
New technology commentator Sarah Putt.
Simone Colwill on parenting when you’re sick.
Film reviewer Dan Slevin.
Friday 21 November
9-10am
News and current events.
Tyrannosaurus Rex expert, Dr. Thomas Holtz.
Asia correspondent Jamil Anderlini.
10-11am
Author Jonathan Eig on the history of the contraceptive pill and its revolutionary effect.
Book review from Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books.
Reading: Up The Olive Tree by Venetia Sherson (Part 5 of 5).
11-12pm
Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat Records plays new music.
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer.
Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink tell jokes about the week’s news.
A highly entertaining account of fifty-nine year old Venetia Sherson’s experience working as a WWOOFer in Italy. She is asked to undertake everything from mustering sheep to picking olives but it is vivid portraits of the people she works for and alongside that leaves the most lasting impression.
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