Podcasts about unity books

A five-strong line-up of guests began with avid reader Courtney Johnston who discussed her passion for reading and the books she loves most; writers Carl Shuker and Duncan Sarkies joined to chat about their latest novels and how they came to be; to round off the group Unity Books manager Susanna Andrew and Unity's Aotearoa book buyer Melissa Oliver (Ngāti Porou) joined the stage to give insights on the health of our publishing sector, current trends, and some sparky views on the "Shockams". Books by the authors in the episode: Duncan Sarkies' latest novel: Star Gazers Carl Shuker's latest novel: The Royal Free Book recommendations from our guests: Courtney Johnston: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith A Touch of Mistletoe by Barbara Comyns Irma Voth by Miriam Toews Carl Shuker: Vanishing Point by David Markson Duncan Sarkies: Black Cat, White Dog by Kelly Link The Dark Dark by Samantha Hunt Doppelganger: A trip into the mirror world by Naomi Klein Susanna Andrew:  Makeshift Seasons by Kate Camp Melissa Oliver: This Ragged Grace by Octavia Bright Ash by Louise Wallace The Chthonic Cycle by Una Cruickshank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix published by Tor Nightfire; "Teenage Fern is sent to a maternity home for young, unwed mothers in the summer of 1970.

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel published by Daunt Books

On this day 60 years ago, 4 young lads from Liverpool arrived in Wellington on a plane to commence a week long tour of New Zealand. And they changed everything. It was the Beatles. It wasn't like we weren't warned. The week before was chaos as they toured Australia. 250,000 youngsters welcomed the band in sleepy old Adelaide. But the older generation were not prepared for the excitement, the hysteria and disorder that followed the band wherever they went. They were agog. It was the beginning of the generation gap. It was the beginning of the rise of youth culture. The Beatles opened New Zealand's eyes. The advent of international travel and of television meant they were the world's first international superstars and they were here. Andrew Dickens chats with listeners who remember the day and the week. The adventures are legendary. Most were extraordinarily young and yet the time is burnt into their memory. Take a trip. LISTEN ABOVE When We Was Fab: Inside the Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 (Woodland Press). Andy Neill has ticketed book launch events at Unity Books, Wellington, June 21; Hedley's Books, Masterton, June 22; Big Fan, Auckland. June 25.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Melissa Oliver is a bookseller at Unity Books in Wellington and she is also an avid fan of online book communities and she's on the line now to help break down what this trend is all about.

Melissa Oliver from Unity Books reviews Articulations by Henrietta Bollinger published by Tender Press

Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books Wellington reviews her favourite books from last year: Guest at the Feast: Essays by Colm Toibin, published by Picador; Exiles: Three Island Journeys by William Atkins, published by Faber, and Edge of the Plain - How Borders Make & Break Our World by James Crawford, published by Canongate

Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books reviews Remainders of the Day: Diaries from the Bookshop, Wigtown by Shaun Bythell, published by Profile Books.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini, published by Myriad Editions UK Pub by: Myriad Editions UK, RRP: paperback, $30

Adrian Hardingham from Unity Books reviews Slow Down, You're Here by Brannavan Gnanalingam, published by Lawrence & Gibson

John Duke from Unity Books reviews Mothers, Fathers, and Others by Siri Hustvedt, published by Sceptre.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews The Sea Is Not Made of Water: Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson, published by HarperCollins. Few places are as familiar as the shore - and few as full of mystery and surprise. How do sandhoppers inherit an inbuilt compass from their parents? How do crabs understand the tides? How can the death of one winkle guarantee the lives of its companions? What does a prawn know? In The Sea is Not Made of Water, Adam Nicolson explores the natural wonders of the intertidal and our long human relationship with it. The physics and biology of the seas, the long history of the earth, and the stories we tell of those who have lived here: all interconnect in this zone where the philosopher, scientist and poet can meet and find meaning.

Tilly Lloyd of Unity Books tells us about her favourites from last year - "three marvels of non-fiction".

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books Wellington reviews Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes, published by Penguin. Sir Ranulph Fiennes followed in Shackleton's footsteps and brings his own unique insights to bear on these infamous expeditions in this engaging new biography.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books Wellington reviews Shackleton by Ranulph Fiennes, published by Penguin. Sir Ranulph Fiennes followed in Shackleton's footsteps and brings his own unique insights to bear on these infamous expeditions in this engaging new biography.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books Auckland reviews The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon, published by Allan and Unwin.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books Auckland reviews The Shut Ins by Katherine Brabon, published by Allan and Unwin.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books updates Wellington Mornings host Nick Mills on how the iconic book store is coping in Level 4 before reviewing Commercial Hotel by John Summers.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity books Wellington reviews The Wood Age: How one Material Shaped the Whole of Human History by Roland Ennos, published by HarperCollins

In our first book review Unity Books book worm Tilly Lloyd tells Wellington Morning host what is so special about MINE! by James Salzman and Michael Heller.

Briar Lawry of Unity Books Auckland reviews Assembly by Natasha Brown, published by Hamish Hamilton.

Toyah Webb from Unity books in Auckland reviews We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida, published by Atlantic Books

Toyah Webb from Unity books in Auckland reviews We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida, published by Atlantic Books

Ash Davida Jane from Unity Books reviews Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing, published by Picador.

Ash Davida Jane from Unity Books reviews Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing, published by Picador.

The change in Alert Levels means daily life is disrupted in Wellington - and some are feeling that more keenly than others. Three people are all dealing with the ramifications of the visit from the Sydney man that later tested positive, and the level two setting that came into force at 6pm on Wednesday. Unity Books manager Adrian Hardingham, Wellington Marathon manager Michael Jacques, and Whitby Collegiate chief executive Shelley Addison spoke to Susie Ferguson.

The change in Alert Levels means daily life is disrupted in Wellington - and some are feeling that more keenly than others. Three people are all dealing with the ramifications of the visit from the Sydney man that later tested positive, and the level two setting that came into force at 6pm on Wednesday. Unity Books manager Adrian Hardingham, Wellington Marathon manager Michael Jacques, and Whitby Collegiate chief executive Shelley Addison spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Faber.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Faber.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews the YA debut New Zealand novelist Cristina Sanders' Displaced, published by Walker Books.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews the YA debut New Zealand novelist Cristina Sanders' Displaced, published by Walker Books.

Adrian Hardingham from Unity Books reviews Slough House by Mick Herron, published by John Murray.

Adrian Hardingham from Unity Books reviews Slough House by Mick Herron, published by John Murray.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes, published by Orion.

Briar Lawry from Unity Books reviews Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes, published by Orion.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret Macmillan, published by Allen and Unwin.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret Macmillan, published by Allen and Unwin.

Unity Books' Briar Lawry reviews The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter.

Unity Books' Briar Lawry reviews The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter.

Briar Lawry, Unity Books, reviews Bestiary by K-Ming Chang. Published by Harvill Secker.

Briar Lawry, Unity Books, reviews Bestiary by K-Ming Chang. Published by Harvill Secker.

John Duke of Unity Books selects three of his top recent reads: The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom (Corsair) Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (Pan Macmillan) Recollections of my Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit (Granta Books)

John Duke of Unity Books selects three of his top recent reads: The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom (Corsair) Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (Pan Macmillan) Recollections of my Non-Existence by Rebecca Solnit (Granta Books)

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books with her top picks from 2020: Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis, Bodley Head paperback Upriver: from the Sea to the Southern Alps by Colin Heinz Upstream on the Mataura: a Fly Fisher’s Journey to the Source by Dougal Rillstone.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books with her top picks from 2020: Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis, Bodley Head paperback Upriver: from the Sea to the Southern Alps by Colin Heinz Upstream on the Mataura: a Fly Fisher’s Journey to the Source by Dougal Rillstone.

Unity Books has recently published a revision of The Essential Charles Fillmore: A Guide to Practical Mysticism and Metaphysics that is compiled and edited by today’s guest, Rev. James Gaither, Th.D. Charles Fillmore had radical ideas about God, the divine power of human beings, and the spiritual principles that govern the universe. Let’s dive into this book with commentary by Jim.

John Duke of Unity Books reviews Talking Animals by Joni Murphy, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

John Duke of Unity Books reviews Talking Animals by Joni Murphy, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

This session from the Going West Festival in 2018 explores creative non-fiction. Award winning novelist, essayist, academic, teacher of creative writing and the founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature Paula Morris leads a lively discussion on writing true stories, and the demands and possibilities of the essay form and creative non-fiction at a time of upheaval and transformation in the media and publishing landscape.  She describes her fellow panelists as “all distinguished, all opinionated and all very good non-fiction writers”.  Joining her on stage are journalist, writer and editor Simon Wilson, Susanna Andrew of Unity Books, who is an accomplished editor and reviewer, and economics essayist Shamubeel Eaqub, to discuss non-fiction writing and reading in Aotearoa. Paula Morris Award winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, teacher and academic In 2018 she published an essay and short story collection called False River. Simon Wilson Editor of The Journal of Urgent Writing. Award winning journalist, former editor at Metro, former Auckland editor at The Spinoff, Senior Writer at the New Zealand Herald. Susanna Andrew Co-editor with Jolisa Gracewood of Tell You What: Best New Zealand nonfiction. Reader, reviewer, editor (bookseller at Unity Books). Instigator of ‘True Stories Told Live' events at the NZ Book Council, convenor of judges for the non-fiction prize for the NZ Book Awards Shamubeel Eaqub Economist, author and columnist, economics essayist. Writer of three Bridget Williams Books Text series titles: Generation Rent, Economic Futures, Growing Apart: Regional Prosperity in New Zealand, and with AUP co-wrote with Ralph Lattimore, The New Zealand Economy: An Introduction

Niki Ward of Unity Books reviews What We'll Build by Oliver Jeffers, published by HarperCollins. Plus, The Night After Christmas by Kes Gray and Claire Powell, published by Hachette.

Niki Ward of Unity Books reviews What We'll Build by Oliver Jeffers, published by HarperCollins. Plus, The Night After Christmas by Kes Gray and Claire Powell, published by Hachette.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael Sandel. This book is published by Allen Lane. These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarised politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael Sandel. This book is published by Allen Lane. These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarised politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.

Hera Lindsay Bird of Unity Books reviews Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, pictures by Jon Klassen, published by Allen and Unwin.

Hera Lindsay Bird of Unity Books reviews Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, pictures by Jon Klassen, published by Allen and Unwin.

John Duke of Unity Books reviews Dance Prone by David Coventry, published by Victoria University Press. A novel of music, ritual and love. Set simultaneously during the post-punk period and the narrative present of 2019, Dance Prone was born out of a love of the underground and indie rock scenes of the 1980s, and a fascination for their role in the cultural apparatus of memory, social decay and its reconstruction.

John Duke of Unity Books reviews Dance Prone by David Coventry, published by Victoria University Press. A novel of music, ritual and love. Set simultaneously during the post-punk period and the narrative present of 2019, Dance Prone was born out of a love of the underground and indie rock scenes of the 1980s, and a fascination for their role in the cultural apparatus of memory, social decay and its reconstruction.

This is a recording of an event that took place at Unity Books on 14 October 2020. Thanks to Eamonn Marra for the recording.

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, published by Bloomsbury. Born to a black mother and a white father in a still-segregated Mississippi, Natasha’s childhood is irrevocably changed when her parents’ divorce and her mother remarries a man, who a decade later, will shoot her mother dead outside their home in Memorial Drive. From the Pulitzer Prize-wining Poet Laureate comes this intimate story of race, family, violence and heart-shattering insight.

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, published by Bloomsbury. Born to a black mother and a white father in a still-segregated Mississippi, Natasha’s childhood is irrevocably changed when her parents’ divorce and her mother remarries a man, who a decade later, will shoot her mother dead outside their home in Memorial Drive. From the Pulitzer Prize-wining Poet Laureate comes this intimate story of race, family, violence and heart-shattering insight.

This is a recording of a live event held at Unity Books on 23 September 2020. Brannavan Gnanalingam talks about his new novel Sprigs and Pip Adam talks about her new novel Nothing to See. Writer Kirsten McDougall chairs the conversation.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Why Visit America by Matthew Baker, published by Bloomsbury. A collection of stories that portray a future world within touching distance of our own. This is an America riven by the dilemmas confronting us - from ageing to consumerism, from drugs to internet culture, from prisons to babies - turned on their head. The back cover reliably describes Baker as one of the most darkly innovative and defiantly strange voices of the moment.

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Real Life by Brandon Taylor, published by Daunt Books. This mid-western campus novel gives us a fresh view of student life as Wallace, a gay, black, PhD biochemistry student in a predominantly white town is pushed out of his protective shell. Over drinks, 'dinner things’ and lab time he is forced to consider what kind of a life is for him. Long-listed for the 2020 Booker Prize, this is a tender and fresh account of American life. 

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews The Doctor Who Fooled the World by Brian Deer, published by Scribe.

The Panel speaks to Jo McColl, the owner of Unity Books in Auckland, to find out what people are reading in anxious times.

Topics - A ten thousand strong petition calling on the government to improve sick leave entitlements was today presented to the Minister of Workplace Relations, Andrew Little. Entrepreneur Dean Hall joins The Panel to discuss the implications of the desired changes. The Covid lockdown in Melbourne has lead to a deadly snake boom, the Guardian reports. Snake hunter Mark Pelly joins The Panel from Melbourne to discuss. Have you found yourself looking for a different type of book to your usual in these anxious times? The Panel speaks to Jo McColl, the owner of Unity Books in Auckland, to find out if there are any trends emerging post-lockdown 2.0.

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga, published by Faber & Faber. A follow-up to the highly acclaimed Nervous Condition, written as Rhodesia came to an end, and Zimbabwe began. In this new work, Tambu is no longer an outspoken child full of hope, she is a thirty-year-old woman living in Harare - educated yet unemployed, and forced to reckon with the knowledge that her country has betrayed its convictions. Long-listed for the Booker Prize 2020, for good reason. Complex, rich and simply wonderful.

Marcus Greville from Unity Books, Wellington, reviews Miss Aluminium by Susanna Moore. Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. In 1963 after the death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Susanna Moore leaves her home in Hawai'i with no money and no belongings to live with her Irish grandmother in Philadelphia. She soon receives four trunks of expensive clothes from a concerned family friend, allowing her to assume the first of many disguises needed to find her way as a model, script reader and writer. Moore gives us a sardonic, often humorous portrait of Hollywood in the seventies, and of a young woman's hard-won arrival at self-hood.

Hera Lindsay Bird of Unity Books reviews The Dominant Animal: Stories by Kathryn Scanlan. Published by Faber Factory. Forty surgically concise short, short stories fold neatly into this gorgeous new novella by by the artist and writer Kathryn Scanlan. Part horror, part fable, part poetry and part aphorism, set in an unnamed rural midwest or an anonymous city, each set piece tells you all you need to know to understand the state of America right now. Read it in one session, because you will go back again and again to uncover the hidden layers of beauty.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books, Wellington, reviews A Place for Everything: the Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders. Published by Picador (hardback).

An in-depth conversation with Wellington record reviewer and retailer Colin Morris. We talk about his life from England to Wellington, from owning record stores to working for Unity Books; to a life filled with music and with recommendations for others across the counter and across print and radio. Colin shares some of his stories about meeting many of the most famous people in music (B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Mavis Staples) and about dedicating his life to his love of good music.

An in-depth conversation with Wellington record reviewer and retailer Colin Morris. We talk about his life from England to Wellington, from owning record stores to working for Unity Books; to a life filled with music and with recommendations for others across the counter and across print and radio. Colin shares some of his stories about meeting many of the most famous people in music (B.B. King, Quincy Jones, Mavis Staples) and about dedicating his life to his love of good music. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass, published by Bloomsbury. Laura is a paediatric nurse: her hands are raw from washing, her fridge is empty, her boyfriend a stranger. Yet Laura comes alive on the ward - calm and caring, she relieves the families of their terrible burden and takes on their pain. Spread over three nights, we see Laura haunted by her tiredness, and wonder how far can she go before she breaks. In these strange times, this book will get you in its clutches and leave you wanting more.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books, Wellington, reviews Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils by David Farrier. Published by Fourth Estate.

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang. This book is published by Virago, UK.

Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader by Vivian Gornick. This book is published by Black Inc.

Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Too. This book is published by Scribner, UK. First published in 2016, this slender novel had a profound impact in South Korea. Now this 2020 English translation lays bare the casual misogyny so prevalent in the life of an ordinary woman, who, if she were born a boy, would live very differently.

Author and performer Eamonn Marra came on to talk to David about his debut book '2000ft Above Worry Level' – available now at your favourite independent book store. Image courtesy Unity Books

Rev Ogun Holder is an ordained Unity Minister. Hisother titles over the years including speaker, teacher, author, musician, music therapist, parent, husband, widower, podcaster, blogger, social media consultant, and self-proclaimed geek. His first full-length book Rants To Revelations: Unabashedly Honest Reflections on Life, Spirituality, and the Meaning of God was published by Unity Books in Fall 2012. He currently serves as the Senior Minister of Unity on The River in Amesbury, MA. In his non-existent free time he co-hosts Pub Theology Live, a weekly podcast on life, culture, faith, meaning, and identity. Features: God became a presence that was fully present as me Taking responsibility for spiritual wellness Questioning our faith moves us forward Surrender -making it happen versus letting it happen Original sin versus original blessing Power of spiritual community Abundance is a state of being Grief cracked me open, bringing me deeper into myself “I was attached to being loved” Death is a gift not a loss "A person knows what’s theirs to do!"

Awake 2 Oneness Radio with Rev. Ogun Holder, Senior Minister of Unity on the River on Friday, February 15, 2019 at 7:00 PM EST. This program has been pre-recorded. Rev. Ogun joined Unity on the River located in Amesbury, MA in January 2015 as the Senior Minister. Rev. Ogun is an ordained Unity Minister and his many titles include speaker, teacher, author, online radio show host, blogger, musician, parent, social media consultant, and self-proclaimed geek. His first full-length book, Rants To Revelations: Unabashedly Honest Reflections on Life, Spirituality, and the Meaning of God, was published by Unity Books in the Fall 2012. He also writes the Classic & Contemporary column for Unity Magazine, which features a modern version of texts by classic Unity authors. He has also written for Unity Leaders Magazine, and the Daily Word, an internationally distributed inspirational magazine. To learn more about Rev.Ogun and Unity on The River go to: https://www.unityontheriver.org/ http://www.ogunholder.com/

The Ice Shelf by Anne Kennedy is the subject of today's discussion about reading and writing with Pip Adam.

This week on The Council Fire, we're speaking with Rev. Ogun Holder about his new book, "Rants to Revelations." Rev. Holder's many titles include speaker, teacher, author, radio show host, blogger, musician, husband, parent, social media consultant, and self-proclaimed geek. His first book, "Rants To Revelations: Unabashedly Honest Reflections on Life, Spirituality, and the Meaning of God" was published by Unity Books in Fall 2012. A popular and engaging speaker, Ogun is the Senior Minister and Executive Director of Unity for All, an online nonprofit ministry on a mission of Global Transformation through Spiritual Education, Empowerment, and Engagement. Originally from Barbados, Ogun moved to the USA in 1994 to pursue a degree in Music Therapy. He's worked successfully with a variety of populations in schools, hospitals, adult day-care facilities, and his own private practice. Also an experienced church music director, having served multiple Unity communities, Ogun currently lives in the Washington DC metro area with his wife and their daughter Joy.  

David joins me to discuss his spiritual novel Messengers, published by Unity Books, and how praying with love, mercy and compassion is the key to our future.

Join Rev. Kelly and special guest Rev. Robert Brumet for the first of several conversations about his latest book, Birthing a Greater Reality. This book is divided into three general segments. First it focuses on the big picture, starting from the beginning of time: we look at who we are, why we are here, and what choices lie before us at this point in our evolutionary journey. Second, we focus on the personal level: asking ourselves, Who am I, and why am I here? To transform, we must explore these answers and reconsider them at the deepest level of our identity. Finally, we integrate our understanding of global evolution with the wisdom derived from personal transformation. We then have a blueprint for what is ours to do. According to Robert, "As we align our heart's deepest desire with the direction of evolution, we become God's hands and feet in this evolving universe of form." Join us for a firsthand look at this newest book from Unity Books.