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95bFM's Loose Reads: Pātea Boys/Ngāti Pātea by Airana...

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2024/09/26

I pānui a Abby i Pātea Boys/Ngāti Pātea nā Airana Ngarewa mō Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Ka kōrero ia ki a Jonny mō tēnei pukapuka whakamīharo: (arohamai, e ako tonu ana ahau!)From the bestselling author of The Bone Tree comes a lively and playful bilingual collection of stories about growing up in Pātea. Interlinked and full of recurring characters, these stories are about growing up in small-town Aotearoa - sneaking away during cross country or doing bombs while the lifeguard isn't looking.The

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Help Wanted by Adele Waldman

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2024/09/16

Biting, sharp and funny, ‘Help Wanted’ by Adelle Waldman follows the daily rhythms and tribulations of workers in the big box megastore, Town Square. Desperate to escape the grips of their line manager Meredith, the employees band together to plot her removal.Shifting perspectives between the workers, this novel explores the unimportant but omnipresent rules and structures governing the daily lives of workers chained to their jobs and class.Irreverent, funny and whip-smart, ‘Help Wanted’ is a

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Brat by Gabriel Smith

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2024/09/08

Abby and Jonny chat about Brat, the debut novel from Gabriel Smith:Jonas Gabriel is an aspiring writer struggling to come to terms with the death of his father and the terminal illness of his mother. Suffering from a rare condition that makes his skin to peel off like a reptile, he can’t seem to stop offending relatives and family friends, often at considerable physical cost to himself.Escaping the spectre of the girlfriend who has left him and the literary agent chasing him for the novel he has not

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti

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2024/09/04

Suri talks to Jonny about Sheila Heti’s latest memoir which is an exploration of form and a radical experiment in diary writing. Each chapter includes diary entries out of chronological order and in a system of alphabetisation- every sentence within a chapter begins with the same letter. From reading Faulkner to kissing in the supermarket, Alphabetical Diaries offers an intimate insight into the minutiae of Heti’s daily life and habits with a playful, poetic flair.Listen below!

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Bestsellers for August 2024

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2024/09/01

Click on the covers to shop!TOP 5 BOOKSKID'S BOOKS View previous Bestsellers

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95bFM's Loose Reads: The Mermaid Chronicles by Megan...

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2024/08/26

Jenna talks to Molly about The Mermaid Chronicles, the new, swimmingly good mer-moir from Megan Dunn.The true tale of how one woman's lifelong obsession became a midlife mermaid odyssey, from the irrepressibly witty author of Tinderbox and Things I Learned at Art School.Listen below! Listen here buy The mermaid Chronicles

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RNZ's Nine to Noon: The Friday Afternoon Club by...

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2024/08/21

Jenna phoned into the Nine to Noon studio today to talk about the fantastic memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club. Following the famous Dunne family, through celebrity, hilarity and then deep tragedy, this book has something for everyone. A masterclass in storytelling! Listen below. Listen here SHOP The Friday Afternoon Club

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Blackouts by Justin Torres

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2024/08/20

Winner of The National Book Award in America, Blackouts is a clever and moving read. A love story between two men - young and old - as they reckon with queer histories and their place within them. Listen to Suri and Jonny talk about it below. listen here shop blackouts

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RNZ's Nine to Noon: The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya

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2024/08/14

A cleverly told story which thoughtfully captures the uncomfortable space between the generational and gender divide of a daughter and a father.Sophia’s father sits in a theatre to watch the debut of his young daughter’s play. But he soon realises the play is about him and a holiday they took together in Sicily.For fans of Deborah Levy, Ian McEwan and Rachel Cusk!Listen to Jenna chat with guest Nine to Noon host, Paddy Gower below. Listen here

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95bFM's Loose Reads: The Survivors by Steve Braunias

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2024/08/12

Jenna has Father’s Day on her mind, with a recommendation that would be great for your Dad, or quite frankly, just yourself! Auckland based journalist Steve Braunias has declared The Survivors is his last book of true crime. Some cases you will know, others Steve was the only media in the room. This series of essays that depicts the human condition, with insight, investigation and humour. Listen to Jenna & Jonny chat about it below. LISTEN HERE

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

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2024/08/06

Told through the eyes of sharp-eyed secret agent Sadie Smith, Creation Lake is a genre-bending espionage tale, with an unexpectedly philosophical core. Set in the ancient caves and dried lakes of France, this atmospheric novel follows Sadie as she infiltrates an extremist group intent on unraveling civilization and replacing it with a primordial society. Headed by the charismatic and evasive Bruno, the group plots violent acts intended to pull Europe back into the Bronze Age.A surprising and

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Behind You is the Sea by Susan...

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2024/08/03

Behind You is the Sea is a collection of linked stories based around a community of Palestinians in Baltimore. Richly developed and compelling, this book is a new favourite at the shop!Listen to Jenna & Jonny chat about it below.LISTEN HERE Shop Behind you is the sea

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Bestsellers for July 2024

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2024/08/01

Click on the covers to shop!TOP 5 BOOKS KID'S BOOKS View previous Bestsellers

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RNZ's Nine to Noon: Mongrel by Hanako Footman

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2024/07/25

Mongrel, a Time Out staff favourite for 2024, follows three women’s explorations of cultural identity. Moving between England and Japan, the threads that connect these characters are revealed. This is a coming of age debut that features an expert hand of character development and an articulate and compelling exploration of cultural identity.Listen to Jenna chat with Kathryn below. Listen here Buy MONGREL

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95bFM's Loose Reads: My Friends by Hisham Matar

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2024/07/22

Suri declares My Friends by Hisham Matar one of her favourite reads of 2024 and one to look out for on the Booker Longlist (which is announced next week). My Friends is a political novel that follows three Libyan men, exiled in London, and their friendship’s journey, weaving together fictional characters along side real events. With themes of loss, grief and friendship, My Friends reveals uncomfortable truths about finding your identity whilst away from home. Suri phoned into the studio, listen to

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95bFM's Loose Reads: All That We Know by Shilo Kino

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2024/07/15

All That We Know is a Tāmaki Makaurau based, coming of age novel about Māreikura Pohe and her journey in rumaki reo whilst navigating viral fame, whānau, activism and relationships.This book is funny, nuanced and asks hard questions - of its characters and the reader. This has become a fast Time Out staff favourite, it’s for fans of Rebecca K. Reilly’s Greta & Valdin and Coco Solid’s How to Loiter in a Turf War. Listen below!LISTEN HERE Buy

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95bFM Author Interview: Beth talks to Tina Makereti

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2024/07/11

Author Tina Makereti’s new novel released on Wednesday 3rd of July. It covers an array of themes such as colonisation, ecological devastation and extremism. It explores the strength of womanhood and the importance of connection in a polarised and fraught world.Set in a small Aotearoa town, a little bit into the future, the story follows three women who find themselves neighbours. A sense of disquiet arises when the Pākehā neighbour’s son moves in sporting a fresh buzzcut and a new tattoo.Beth spoke

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95bFM's Loose Reads: The Mark by Frida Isberg

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2024/07/08

Teetering on the edge of dystopia, debut novel The Mark, takes place in a future Iceland where the device Zoe plays videos to soothe minds ill-at-rest and an Empathy Test determines your societal status. Starting weeks before an explosive referendum to make the Empathy Test mandatory, The Markfollows the story of four characters: lonely, isolated Tristan fearful of what the Test will mean for his future job prospects, Vetur, a teacher worried about the prospects of her failing students and Eyjal, a

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Bestsellers for June 2024

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2024/07/01

Click on the covers to shop!TOP 5 BOOKSKID'S BOOKS View previous Bestsellers

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95bFM's Loose Reads: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan

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2024/07/01

Today we welcome Jonny as bFM’s new breakfast host with the heifty 650-paged Caledonian Road by writer and journalist, Andrew O’Hagan.A huge cast weaves together fully realised characters from all walks of life - an art writer, a Robin Hood style hacker plus Lords, politicians, Russian oligarchs and migrants. This is a Dickensian epic that tells a tale of modern London. It is also readable! and funny! Jenna is tipping this for a Booker nod - the longlist is announced on July 31st. Listen

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