Bookenz

Bookenz

Host: Morrin Rout
Categories: Arts and Culture
Languages: English

Plains Media
Produced By: Plains FM
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With a life long passion for books and for New Zealand authors, programme host Morrin Rout utilizes her wealth of radio broadcasting experience to bring you Bookenz, a weekly programme that brings you the latest on new books and their authors, from both New Zealand and abroad. Join Morrin as she interviews authors from Aotearoa, discussing their best and latest work. For new authors there can be a hard road ahead, and the programme wishes to promote these talented authors. Covering an eclectic mix of books, from fiction and non-fiction to even the occasional cookbook, Bookenz is your programme to discover the next book to curl up with on a sunny Canterbury day. If you have a passion for reading and wish to support our local New Zealand authors, tune in to Bookenz on 96.9 Plains FM weekly at 12pm on Tuesdays, repeated 12:00pm on Saturdays. Subscribe to never miss an episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

All Episodes

Bookenz - Kiri and Michelle with Short - Poto and Bel from Scorpio Books

Published: 06/6/2025 5:03 p.m.

Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events


Bookenz - Claudia from Scorpio Books, Belinda Robinson, Mary Holms

Published: 03/6/2025 12:59 p.m.

Claudia: 4:30 Belinda Robinson: 16:42 Mary Holms: 31:38


Bookenz - Kirsty Gunn and Lars Mytting

Published: 22/5/2025 1:45 p.m.

Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events. Kirsty Gunn - 1:52 Lars Mytting - 28:53


Bookenz - Ngahuia Te Awekotuku - Emma Neale and Damien Wilkins

Published: 20/5/2025 12:00 p.m.

Ngahuia Te Awekotuku - 1:24 Emma Neale - 27:02 Damien Wilkins - 40:57


Bookenz - Dervla Mc Tiernan, Michael Bennet, Catherine Robertson

Published: 13/5/2025 12:00 p.m.

Dervlan Mc Tiernan 3:17 Michael Bennet 23:06 Catherine Robertson 41:58