95bFM: Loose Reads

Milly and Tuva'a chat to Suri from the Time Out book store about a book that follows a water droplet throughout time! From a Mesopotamian King all the way to modern day.. Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Jenna reviews the first two volumes from On The Calculation of Volumes by Solvej Balle. The first book in the septology by the Danish author has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Jenna phones in to review the latest from award-winning authour Tina Makereti (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā). Makereti's newest work is a collection of essays titled This Compulsion Within Us is introspective and personal, whakarongo mai nei to hear Jenna's whakaaro on this week's recommended read! Thanks to our pals at Time Out Bookstore!

Suri catches Jonny up on the Auckland Writers' and Readers' Festival.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore. 

Jenna is gearing up for the busiest week in books with the Auckland Book Festival, Ockham Book Awards and reviews the ninth novel from Catherine Chidgey, The Book of Guilt.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

This week Suri reviews 1985 by Dominic Hoey - a cinematic fiction set in Grey Lynn. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

Ex-bFM newsreader George is in the studio with Jonny to review Graydon Carter's recently published memoir When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines. The memoir details Carter's illustrous and long-lasting career as a editor at Vanity Fair during the rock'n'roll era of print media. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

Suri reviews the novella Stag Dance by Torrey Peters, the follow-up publication to Peters' Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby. The novella is a collection of acidicly sharp short stories that trace the 'rough edges' of trans experiences. Suri highly recommends this read so whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

Jenna reviews Vincenzo Latronico's International Booker prized nominated novel Perfection. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

This week Suri discusses The Clay Eaters by Gregory Kan. A haunting read that weaves history and memoir. Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

Jenna reviews The Antidote by Karen Russell. Set in 1930s Nebraska, the author's latest book delves into collective memory (and forgetting), man-made environmental disaster, and the genocide of the native American nations of the mid-West. Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Suri discusses the new novel Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore!

This week's book review on Loose Reads is Suri's take on the debut novel by Nussaibah Younis, Fundamentally - brought to you by Time Out Bookstore.    

Jenna chats about the spooooooky new book from Susan Barker Old Soul.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Abby gives you the low down on Star Gazers by Duncan Sarkies, a local read due for release this Thursday! If you're looking for a piece of fun and satirical fiction, Star Gazers is highly recommended. For fans of political intrigue, comedy and alpacas. Thanks to our friends at Time Out! 

Jonny brings you Loose Reads thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

This week on Loose Reads, Suri discusses the reprint of Barbara Kingsolver's 1989 novel Holding The Line. The novel, which kickstarted her writing career, traces the women-led Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983. Whakarongo mai nei!  Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore.

The first Loose Reads of 2025! Thanks to our friends at Time Out Bookstore

Jenna and Jonny take requests from listeners for book recommendations for Christmas presents and summer reading. Whakarongo mai nei!

This week Jonny gets some sci-fi fantasy summer reading recommendations from Suri. Including a new comic from the creator of Watchmen Alan Moore, Rebecca Yarros's new book Onyx Storm and more!

Jenna chats some of the staff picks from Time Out in time for Christmas - first up is Juice by Australian author Tim Winton. Whakarongo mai nei!

Jonny chats to Suri about the book recommendation of the week. The latest book from Ta-Nehisi Coates titled The Message. The book contains three interweaving essays that investigate how fictional and factual narrations distort and expose our realities.

Jenna reviews Samantha Harvey's sixth book and winner of the Booker Prize 2024 Orbit. Whakarongo mai nei!

Suri reviews Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru. 

On Loose Reads this week, Jenna recommends a summer read and potential Christmas present, The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. This novel also happens to be nominated for the 2024 Booker Prize! Whakarongo mai nei~

Jenna phones in from Time Out in Maungawhai to talk about New Zealand author Damien Wilkins' new book Delirious. Whakarongo mai nei!

Suri from Time Out Bookstore talks to us about A Sunny Place for Shady People from Argentinian writer Mariana Enríquez. This is Enríquez's first short story collection since The Dangers of Smoking in Bed was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. The stories in this most recent collection weave the occult, ghosts, love, queer counterculture and Argentina's turbulent and brutal past. 

Jenna from Time Out Bookstore talks to us about the new book from Becky Manawatu called Kataraina - it's an intense read and follows on from Aue, whilst taking a different stylistic tack.  This Saturday is also Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day and it's happening all across local bookstores in Tāmaki Makaurau in 12th October 2024!

Suri chats to Aneeka about the new novel from 2018 Booker Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk titled The Empusiam - a centenarian response to Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. For lovers of folkloric horror with a touch of comedy, and feminist parables.Whakarongo mai nei! 

Abby chats to Jonny about the new book from Airana Ngarewa (Ngāti Ruanui, Nga Rauru, Ngāruahine). Ngāti Pātea/Pātea Boys is a bilingual book in reo Māori and English about a group of boys growing up in Pātea and is a fantastic resource for those on their reo Māori journey - perfect for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Suri from Time Out joins Jonny to chat about a brand new book - Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman. A workplace satire set in a dystopian alternate reality, it follows the underling employees of an Amazon-type workplace and the daily minutae that dictate the experience of the working class strata.

Abby from Time Out brings up Brat by Gabriel Smith! Autofiction, ghost stories, not like anything you've ever read before.

Suri from Time Out joins Jonny for Loose Reads today! Suri reviews Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti, an experimental take on the memoir format. In Alphabetical Diaries, Heti alphabetically orders 10 years worth of journalled sentences (with the aid of an Excel spreadsheet). The book is the product of a decade of editing, so that only Heti's favourite sentences remained. Whilst some letters contain many entries, others such as Q only contain one. It's a blend of literary criticism and a peep into an author's most intimate thoughts. 

Jenna from Time Out Bookstore chats about the new book from Megan Dunn - The Mermaid Memoirs.

Suri from Time Out Bookstore visits the studio to chat about Blackouts by Justin Torres!

Jenna reviews The Survivors by Steve Braunias. Thanks Time Out Bookstore!

Suri from Time Out Bookstore reviews Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner.

Jenna from Time Out Bookstore visits the bFM studio to review Behind you is the sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj.

Suri reviews Hisham Matar's My Friends on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

Jenna reviews All That We Know by Shilo Kino on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!

Suri reviews The Mark by Frid Isberg on Loose Reads. Whakarongo mai nei!