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95bFM's Loose Reads: Objects of Desire by Neil Blackmore

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2025/08/04

It’s been a week of book news! First, Jenna delves into the Booker longlist. She then mentions Gareth Shute’s new music book, Songs from the Shaky Isles (including an event this Friday 8th August) and chats an upcoming event with Liz Pelly, author of Mood Machine.From there, we chat this week’s book. Jenna has brought in Neil Blackmore’s Objects of Desire. An entertaining romp through mid-century literature and literary characters through the eyes of a grifter who is caught between love and

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Bestsellers for July 2025

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2025/07/29

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn

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2025/07/28

Edward St Aubyn returns to his characters from Double Blind(2021) in his latest novel, Parallel Lines.The novel opens with the stories of Sebastian and Olivia; twins who are separated at birth and experience vastly different upbringings- Olivia enjoys the comforts of upper middle-class life, whilst Sebastian, thrown into foster care from birth, is surviving life in an institution after a schizophrenic episode.Foisted into the lives of Sebastian and Olivia are Martin (Olivia's father and Sebastian's

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Flashlight by Susan Choi

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2025/07/21

Jenna was in the bFM studio with Rosetta & Milly this morning, chatting Susan Choi’s Flashlight. This is a richly written novel that is an expansive character study following a father, mother and daughter whilst moving between Japan, America and Korea. It’s about identity and secrets - from others and oneself. This is for fans of Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son, Pachinko, Franzen and perhaps even The Bee Sting! Listen below: Listen here

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RNZ's Nine to Noon: Endling by Maria Reva

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2025/07/18

Jenna chatted to Kathryn about Maria Reva’s Endling. This starts as an innocent narrative about snails, Ukraine’s romance tourism industry and a kidnapping. However, the Russian invasion explodes the novel’s structure; asking the question, how can one write and create art in a time of war?This novel is genuinely funny, it’s adventurous, it’s sad. It’s meta. It asks the big questions. What are art and love in a time of tragedy? How can we have hope? And perhaps Reva gives that in the form of a left

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Memories of a Catholic Girlhood...

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2025/07/14

Today we welcome new 95bFM Breakfast hosts, Rosetta and Milly!Mary McCarthy (author of The Groupand The Company She Keeps) recounts her changing relationship to Catholicism in this darkly funny, punchy memoir.Newly published as part of Fitzcarraldo's non-fiction collection, Memories of a Catholic Girlhoodchronicles the life of an American girlhood steeped in Irish-Catholic Orthodoxy.When her parents die young, Mary McCarthy and her three siblings are taken under the care of her disciplinarian Irish

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Sunstruck by William Rayfet Hunter

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2025/07/07

Sunstruck is a searing read that makes you feel like you’re roasting in a European summer. Starting with a Saltburn-esque premise, Hunter’s characters move beyond a French chateau into London. Exploring themes of masculinity, desire, power, class and sexuality, Sunstruck is great debut to add to the pile. Sunstruck is the winner of the #Merky prize, which is Stormy’s imprint with Penguin.Jenna with guest breakfast host Sam in the studio, listen to the full review below!

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Bestsellers for June 2025

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2025/06/30

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Things in Nature Merely Grow by...

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2025/06/30

Suri delves into Yiyun Li’s memoir of grief after the tragic death of both of her sons. This one is a tear jerker.She visited Milly and Tuva’a in the studio - listen below! Listen here SHOP Things in Nature Merely Grow

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95bFM's Loose Reads: We Do Not Part by Han Kang

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2025/06/25

We Do Not Part, is Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s latest novel. It starts with a curious premise: A woman, Kyungha, sets on a mission from Seoul to Jeju island on behalf of her artist friend, Inseon, who has badly cut her hand in an accident. The task is to feed her bird Ama before it dies.A poetic and political novel, We Do Not Part ultimately traverses trauma, loss, reparations and the desperate need not to forget the past.Jenna buzzed through to breakfast hosts Milly and Tuva'a in the studio to

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95bFM's Loose Reads: There are Rivers in the Sky by...

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2025/06/18

Suri has been procrastinating from her exams to read Booker shortlisted Elif Shafak’s There are Rivers in the Sky. Following one drop of water from Mesopotamia to Victorian London to contemporary Turkey, Shafak’s lush writing has made her a favourite amongst our customers.Listen to Suri’s thoughts on her call to the studio with Milly and Tuva'a below.Listen here SHOP there are rivers in the sky

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95bFM's Loose Reads: On the Calculation of Volume I &...

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2025/06/09

On the Calculation of Volume I & II are the first of a seven book series by Danish author Solvej Balle. Following antiquarian book dealer Tara Selter as her 18th November day is caught in a groundhog time loop. These books are hypnotic, philosophical and we believe it will be a hugely followed series over the next few years.Jenna joined breakfast hosts Milly and Tuva'a in the studio to discuss. Listen below. Listen here Shop On the

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Bestsellers for May 2025

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2025/06/03

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RNZ's Nine to Noon: Gabriele by Anne and Claire Berest

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2025/05/30

This ‘true novel’ was published in French before Anne Berest's brilliant novel, The Postcard. Here, you can see where it all began.Based on the authors' great grandparents, who were the great pioneers of cubism and the Dada movement, Gabriele is atmospheric, lively and captures an incredible time in art and world politics.Listen below for the full review with Jenna and Susie Ferguson.BUY Gabriele

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95bFM's Loose Reads: This Compulsion in Us by Tina...

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2025/05/28

Acclaimed writer, Tina Makereti, has just released her first collection of essays. Spanning 15 years of writing, this collection explores whakapapa, whānau, whenua, whare toanga & connection in the life of a writer. Published by Te Herenga Waka University Press, This Compulsion in Us is on the shelf now. Jenna called into the studio this morning, listen below for more. Listen here Shop This Compulsion in Us

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Auckland Writers Festival Recap

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2025/05/19

Suri phoned into the studio this morning to revise a HUGE week at Auckland Writers Festival, including the Ockham Book Awards. Listen below for a great recap!Listen here

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95bFM's Loose Reads: The Book of Guilt by Catherine...

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2025/05/13

Jenna phoned into the studio this morning ahead of the biggest week in books for New Zealand.The Auckland Writers Festival kicks of this week at the Aotea Centre. There are loads of events for the whole whānau, check out the programme here. It’s also been a big week due to the hugely anticipated release of Catherine Chidgey’s The Book of Guilt, a compelling speculative novel, set in 1979 England. Perfectly plotted, full of twists and moral questions, this is set to be one of the biggest books of

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95bFM's Loose Reads: 1985 by Dominic Hoey

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2025/05/05

Dominic Hoey's hotly anticipated new novel1985tells the story of a family on the brink of losing it all: their home, their lives, their sanity and their loves.We follow the book's narrator, ten year old Obie who, along with his best friend and loyal sidekick Al, embarks on quests to find treasure and slay digital dragons to keep his family alive. Obie and Al face down dangerous criminals, pimply bullies and the looming threat of gentrification, armed only with their newly-found street smarts and

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Bestsellers for April 2025

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2025/04/29

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Author Interview: Duncan Sarkies

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2025/04/29

Before Abby left Time Out for the dark side (publishing), she prepared these interview

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