Episode Playlist
Books Aloud Ep 12 - All about bones and teeth( 0:26:57)
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We have some pretty bad bone jokes about bones, we learn about what bones are made up of, some info about teeth and how to look after your them.
Books Aloud is a show embracing New Zealand authors, locally and nationally. In each episode we will bring you an exert from a book, an interview or an entire narration of a book.
Published: 14/09/2024 9:30:00 a.m.
Books Aloud - Ep10 - Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees( 0:23:57)
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Author Rachel Weston joins us to talk about her new book - Kiwi bees have tiny knees.
Most people are not aware that New Zealand has native bees, but once you meet them, you’re sure to fall in love with them! With 36 stunning photographic images, fun illustrations, diagrams and QR video clips of native bees zipping and zooming, Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees is an informative, interactive visual feast!
Kiwi Bees Have Tiny Knees connects children to the world around them, where native bees, ngaro huruhuru, have had a long evolutionary history with New Zealand’s unique heritage – they are a taonga! Not only do they have knees (not quite how we imagine them) but the book is FULL of wonderful pictures, facts, illustrations and information to help us look after our native bees. A delightful book that is a pleasure to go through for both young and young at heart.
The book is available at westonbooks.co.nz or rachelweston.co.nz where you can find more of Rachel's wonderful stores including Bumblebees Have Smelly Feet.
Published: 14/09/2024 8:00:00 a.m.
Books Aloud Ep 9 - Pamm Millage talks about her book ASTRAL( 0:30:49)
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Pamm Millage chats to Oliver in the Levin Mall Studio about her new book, ASTRAL: Discover the Greatest Human Delusion of All Time, which is an Amazon Best Seller. Pamm also takes us into the world of hypnotherapy, and some self-affirmation techniques that you can use in your everyday life.
Books Aloud is a show embracing New Zealand authors, locally and nationally. In each episode we will bring you an exert from a book, an interview or an entire narration of a book.
Published: 7/09/2024 8:00:00 a.m.
Books Aloud Ep 8 - Rēwena and Rabbit Stew by Katie Cooper( 0:25:27)
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A look through the kitchen window into early rural life in Aotearoa.
Cookhouses and wharekai, hāngī pits and coal ranges, boil-ups and mutton – this book tells the hearty story of sustenance and manaakitanga in rural New Zealand.
The rhythms and routines of country life are at the heart of this compelling account of the rural kitchen in Aotearoa. Historian Katie Cooper explores how cooking and food practices shaped the daily lives, homes and communities of rural Pākehā and Māori throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Delving into cooking technologies, provisions, gender roles and hospitality, the story of New Zealand’s rural kitchen highlights more than just the practicalities of putting food on the table.
Thoroughly researched and richly illustrated, Rēwena and Rabbit Stew reveals the fascinating social and cultural milieu in which rural people produced, cooked and shared food in Aotearoa.
Books Aloud is a show embracing New Zealand authors, locally and nationally. In each episode we will bring you an exert from a book, an interview or an entire narration of a book.
Published: 17/08/2024 8:00:00 a.m.
Books Aloud Ep 7 - Lost cows of Kapiti by Michael Peryer( 0:6:3)
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How does a farmer lose his cows overnight? One dark stormy night a herd of cows escaped from their farm and ended up wandering down the beach, a very long way from home…
This story, based on real events, is narrated by Kapiti Mayor Janet Holborow, this is Michael's fifth story to be published as a children’s book.
You can purchase your own version of the book here https://www.kapitibirdtours.co.nz/product/the-lost-cows-of-kapiti/
Books Aloud is a show embracing New Zealand authors, locally and nationally. In each episode we will bring you an exert from a book, an interview or an entire narration of a book.
Published: 10/08/2024 8:00:00 a.m.
Books Aloud - Ep 6 - Weeping Angels by Riley Chance ( 0:27:11)
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Inspired by personal experience, NZ author Riley Chance turns his attention to the topic of family violence in this page-turning thriller. Catherine catches up with Riley and digs into the characters and storyline of this great read.
Book is available now and you can visit Riley at his website www.rileychance.com
Published: 3/08/2024 8:00:00 a.m.
Ep 5 - The Tramp by Caz Bartholomew - a pick-a-path story( 0:25:31)
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We talk to local author Caz Bartholomew about her nail-biting pick-a-path adventure story where YOU get to decide what happens next!
You can get this book through Caz directly at the website https://pickapath.nz/ and is available in some bookstores on the Kapiti Coast.
Books Aloud is a show embracing New Zealand authors, locally and nationally. In each episode we will bring you an exert from a book, an interview or an entire narration of a book.
Published: 27/07/2024 8:00:00 a.m.
Ep 4 - Sight Lines - Women and Art in Aotearoa by Dr Kirsty Baker. ( 0:27:34)
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Books Aloud Ep 4 -We have a korero with the talented Dr Kirsty Baker about her beautiful book - Sight Lines - a book about extraordinary women and groundbreaking art. From ancient whatu kākahu to contemporary installation art, Frances Hodgkins to Merata Mita, Fiona Clark to Mataaho Collective, Sight Lines tells the story of art made by women in Aotearoa. Gathered here are painters, photographers, performers, sculptors, weavers, textile artists, poets and activists. They have worked individually, collaboratively and in collectives. They have defied restrictive definitions of what art should be and what it can do. Their stories and their work enable us to ask new questions of art history in Aotearoa.
With more than 150 striking images and essays by Chloe Cull, Ngarino Ellis, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Rangimarie Sophie Jolley, Lana Lopesi, Hanahiva Rose, Huhana Smith and Megan Tamati-Quennell alongside the author, Sight Lines is a bold new account of art-making in Aotearoa through 35 extraordinary women artists.
Books Aloud is a show embracing New Zealand authors, locally and nationally. In each episode we will bring you an exert from a book, an interview or an entire narration of a book.
Published: 20/07/2024 8:00:00 a.m.
Books Aloud Ep 3 - A Thousand Paper Cups by Jodie Shelley - We talk to NZ writer Jodie Shelley about her hilarious and heartbreaking 2nd novel. ( 0:23:59)
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A finalist in The Wishing Shelf Awards, New Zealand writer Jodie Shelley releases her second engaging novel, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking. The book is available at https://www.jodieshelleywrites.com
About the book:
The Lewis brothers are each making their way in the world, but when youngest brother Benjamin reveals he is gay, their father Murray cuts him from his will. How will the family navigate the stormy seas that result?
When Hugo receives a poor report from his teacher, it serves as a catalyst for his father Henry to intensify his brutal campaign against Hugo and his mum. Will they ever be safe?
Emma is a new teacher, doing her best for the kids in her class. When the principal increases the frequency of parent-teacher interviews she must conduct, it’s enough to drive Emma to drink. Will she ever get better at this dreaded part of her job?
An engaging and amusing Kiwi tale, set against a backdrop of failed parent-teacher interactions and fashion crimes. Hilarious and heartbreaking in turn, A Thousand Paper Cups explores the blight of family harm, homophobia and the misplaced loyalties of children to their imperfect parents.
Books Aloud is a show embracing New Zealand authors, locally and nationally. In each episode we will bring you an exert from a book, an interview or an entire narration of a book.
Published: 13/07/2024 8:00:00 a.m.