Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku, Aotearoa’s first Māori woman professor and a trailblazing voice in women’s, queer and Māori liberation movements, talks to RNZ’s Saturday Morning programme about Hine Toa her memoir about identity and bravery.

Award-winning historical documentary producer and writer Jude Dobson talks with RNZ about the incredible story of Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour who parachuted into occupied France as an undercover agent.

Screenwriter and debut novelist Gavin Strawhan talks to RNZ about The Call, his crime novel centered on a 501-deportee gang, set in remote coastal Aotearoa.

RNZ’s Mark Amery invited award-winning author of fiction, poetry and essays, Tracey Slaughter, to play Fast Favourites. Tracey picks out some favourite poems, cultural initiatives and music.

This week for Bookmarks we speak to one of New Zealand's best selling novelists Deborah Challinor. The talented writer has a knack for writing gripping, accurate historical fiction which comes from her background as a doctored historian. She joins RNZ’s Jesse Mulligan to talk about what she likes to read, watch and listen to when she's not penning a best seller herself.

Doctor turned young adult writer and now adult fiction writer, Eileen Merriman, has a new book out, 'The Night She Fell'. The story follows the death of a clever law student from a wealthy family who fell from three stories up in her Dunedin student flat. Whodunnit, or whodunwhat? And why?

Eileen, who is a clinical director of haematology and lead thrombosis clinician at North Shore Hospital, speaks with RNZ.

Sheryl Beaumont's latest novel weaves together two pivotal points in 20th century history: efforts to crack the enigma code during World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The War Photographers introduces readers to Mae, a young woman recruited from Cambridge to work at Bletchley Park and her granddaughter Rachel, who's working as a photojournalist as the Cold War is drawing to a close. She speaks with Katyhryn Ryan of RNZ

Paul Cleave is a crime writer and three-time Ngaio Marsh Award winner whose books have been translated into 20 languages. His first novel, The Cleane has been turned into a six part TV series called Dark City: The Cleaner (from March 4 on Neon/Sky Go/SoHo) and Paul has been intricately involved in the process - as the production's screenwriter. He joins Kathryn to talk about bringing his characters to life on screen.

Kate Evans' obsession with the feijoa has taken her all over the world to discover the origins and horticultural journey of the fruit Kiwis have taken to their hearts. Her new book - Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging - is part-science writing, part-personal memoir, and seeks to uncover why out of all places, New Zealand took in the fruit as its own. She speaks with RNZ’s Kathryn Ryan.

Hard To Find books is Aotearoa's largest second hand book business. It was set up in an Auckland garage way back in 1983, and now also encompasses a Dunedin store and thriving online business. Founder and passionate book fan Warwick Jordan speaks to RNZ afternoons.

Desmond Bovey lived in France for thirty years, predominantly working as an art director. Upon returning home to Whanganui he was in search of a project to reconnect with Aotearoa - and worked on some environmental projects for DOC and Forest and Bird. The result is his book - Tongariro National Park - an artists field guide. He speaks to Kathryn Ryan of RNZ.

Sometimes trying to the right thing turns out to be the wrong thing. Emma Wright always thought raising children to feel good about their bodies involved teaching healthy eating habits with giving praise for being gorgeous just the way they are. Wrong, she says now. Emma speaks with RNZ about her new book Body-Confident: A modern and practical guide to raising happy eaters.

Flavio Manzoni is a high flying Italian architect and automobile designer - currently Chief Design Officer at Ferrari. He's a big deal, and has an unlikely connection to a self published book by a small New Zealand charity, Bread. Bread’s founder talks to RNZ afternoons.

How do you build a life after the kids have left home? What if they decide to move to the other side of the world? How do you keep a sense of place when life changes completely? Lyn Davidson faced those big questions when she left Aotearoa with scant resources to build a life in Scotland and has turned this frightening experience into her memoir Do You Still have Time for Chaos? Lynn speaksz with RNZ’s Susana Lei'ataua.

Nita Joseph and her late husband Tim opened Treasure Island Caravan Park in Patua, Northland, in 1985 and put a lifetime's worth of hard yakka into creating the perfect summer holiday destination. Nita and author Elaine Webster join Susana Lei'ataua on RNZ’s The Weekend to discuss the book.

Siblings Paul and Jane Rangiwahia have teamed up to produce the book Kai and Kindness focusing on food to nourish the body and soul. Jane has come up with no fuss recipes for sharing with friends and whanau, while her artist brother Paul has illustrated the hardback. The pair talk to Kathryn Ryan of RNZ.

No prizes for guessing which music group Pātea author Airana Ngarewa wants to listen to on a road trip. The author of The Bone Tree, shares his summer favourites with RNZ’s Anna Thomas.

RNZ’s Anna Thomas caught up with poet and artist Terry Fitzgibbon about his new book 'Salt: Coastal Connections' published by White Cloud Books.