95bfm: Loose Reads

I tēnei rā, kei te kōrero Jenna i te pukapuka ngā Mike McRoberts: 'Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo'! Mike McRoberts' 'Speaking My Language' narrates the iconic journalist's journey through reconnecting with his whakapapa and reo, and offers mātauranga for others hoping to do the same. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Nate is up in studio for Loose Reads! He's chatting with Rosetta and Milly about Arundhati Roy’s Memoir 'Mother Mary Comes to Me.' Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Today on Loose Reads, Jenna is up in studio to chat with Rosetta and Milly about Vera, Or Faith by Gary Shteyngart - a boldly imagined story of family and country told through the clear and wondrous eyes of a child. Whakarongo mai nei!

Today on Loose Reads, Suri is up in the studio to chat about Endling by Maria Reva - An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Today on Loose Reads, Jenna is chatting about The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine: in which three women from very different families are brought together when their sons are accused of assaulting a young woman whose social standing they see as far below their own. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Today on Loose Reads, Suri is up in the studio to chat about Among Friends by Hal Ebbott - A betrayal that should shatter their seemingly perfect lives. But will they let it? Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Jenna is up for a chat about some exciting book news - including a new book from NZ music expert Gareth Shute, the Bookers Prize Shortlist, and more! Jenna also chats with Milly and Rosetta about Neil Blackmore's Objects of Desire. Whakarongo mai nei!

Today on Loose Reads, Jenna is up in the studio to chat about Susan Choi's novel Flashlight - a story of the lives of the three people who make a family, the one moment in history that shatters what held them together, and the reverberations of that event that last a lifetime. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Suri is up in the studio to chat about Mary McCarthy's 1957 memoir Memories of a Catholic Girlhood: a witty, scathing, piercingly insightful and stylishly written reflection on the author's 1920s upbringing. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to TimeOut Bookstore! 

This week Jenna reviews the new novel from Jamaican/U.K. author William Rayfet Hunter, Sunstruck. It's a sun-drenched yet turbulent novel and marks a bold debut for Hunter. Whakarongo mai nei!