Karen talks with playwright Roger Hall, the driving force behind New Zealand Theatre Month, the new nationwide celebration highlighting how diverse and thriving the stage scene is in New Zealand.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-nz-theatre-month.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 2 September 2018.

Karen and Louisa look at the increasingly popular life-writing genre and highlight its wide variety, from an attempt to decipher George Orwell through the smells which feature in his books to Nancy Mitford’s witty take on The Sun King.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog:

https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-life-stories.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 7 October 2018.

Karen and Louisa share some of their favourite books by animal lovers for animal lovers, featuring anthropomorphised animals, inspiring animals, and the human-animal bond in general, whether with cats, dogs, horses or otters.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-books-for-animal-lovers.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 30 September 2018.

The spotlight’s on banned, burned and challenged books through history (including two from Aotearoa), as Karen and Louisa celebrate the freedom to read, and conclude that books always outlast their bans!

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-banned-books-week.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 23 September 2018.

To celebrate Suffrage Day, librarian Renée Orr from our Heritage & Research unit talks about a selection of historical material illustrating wāhine taking action in Aotearoa, from the suffrage petitions of the 1890s to the feminist magazine Broadsheet from the 1980s.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-suffrage-day.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 16 September 2018.

Karen talks with Jeremy 'Mr J' Bishop from Arkham City Comics about his parallel journeys as a librarian and comics fanboy, and how the comics genre succeeded in ensconcing itself in libraries as an indisputably brilliant reading choice.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/books-and-beyond-comic-book-september.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 9 September 2018.

Lorraine Thomson chats with Louisa about her book 'The French way', the story of how she trekked the El Camino de Santiago in Spain: a unique journey combining the physical, mental, historic, geographical, religious and social.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/books-and-beyond-lorraine-thomson.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 18 November 2018.

Karen and Louisa celebrate Labour Day with books about labour and labouring, from ancient Rome to the Victorian mills of Dickens's 'Hard Times', even a thriller set during Auckland's waterfront dispute, Jonothan Cullinane's 'Red Herring'.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-labour-day-2018.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 21 October 2018.

Karen and Louisa celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week by sharing a list of reads recommended by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand as supporting the five ways to wellbeing in nature, along with some books on wellbeing which have spoken to them.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-mental-health-awareness.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 14 October 2018.

A Hallowe’en celebration with tricks from Karen, in the form of recommendations for horrific reading, and a treat from Louisa, a spooky and sinister Roald Dahl short story for your listening enjoyment.

Read more on the Auckland Libraries blog: https://aucklandlibrariesblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/books-and-beyond-halloween.html

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond. Catch us on Planet FM 104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm.

This episode originally aired on Planet FM 104.6 on 28 October 2018.