Kim Hill talked to Women’s Prize-winning American author A.M. Homes on Saturday Morning on Radio New Zealand National. Homes is the authors of 11 books including the novel May We Be Forgiven and the memoir The Mistress’s Daughter. Listen to the interview.

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Charming Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith talked to Finlay Macdonald about W.H. Auden, 15 years of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, his latest book The Forever Girl and his relation, Dr George McCall Smith, who set up New Zealand’s first free health service – in the Hokianga. Listen to the interview.

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Kathryn Ryan interviewed the fascinating Reza Aslan on Nine to Noon. Aslan is an Iranian-American writer and scholar of religions who spoke about his books, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth and No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam which was named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade. Listen to the interview.

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Diana Wichtel profiled prolific British comic, author and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig in the New Zealand Listener and discovered that while Toksvig has written a modern etiquette manual, she isn’t one to get hung up on rules. Read the profile.

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Linda Herrick surveyed the wealth of names coming to Auckland’s Writers Festival in May in the New Zealand Herald. Read the article.

Also in the New Zealand Herald, Herrick wrote about Keri Hulme quitting the West Coast to be in the big smoke for the Festival. Read the article.

TV3 News covered the launch and reported that the Auckland Writers Festival organisers are thrilled with 2014 line-up. Read the article.