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95bFM: Loose Reads

Get your bookworm on with a rotating roster of, um, bookworms. Including Jenna Todd & Suri Reddy from Time Out Bookstore, bringing us a different book to talk about each week. Broadcast from Auckland, New Zealand on Monday mornings after 9am, on 95bFM Breakfast with Mikey Havoc.

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Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina September 28, 2026

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2026/09/27

For Loose Reads this week, Jenna joins Rosetta to chat about the debut novel by Terri Te Tau, 'The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances'.Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina September 21st, 2026

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2026/09/20

Nate is up to chat about 'Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun,' by Ecuadorian author, Mónica Ojeda. Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina September 14, 2026

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2026/09/13

For Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Jenna is up in the studio to chat about Witi Ihimaera's 2026 book, Te Kaukau | The Swimmer: I te Ao o te Reo, and Atakohu Middleton's new book, Waka Aroha: He Kohinga Pakipoto.Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina September 7, 2026

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2026/09/06

Nate is back up in the studio, this week reviewing Marlon James's new book The Disappearers. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina August 31, 2026

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2026/08/30

Jenna is up in the studio, giving us her Father's Day pukapuka reccomendations! This week, she's reviewing Jon Ronson's thrilling read, The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unravelling Men. Whakarongo mai nei!Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Whakataukī o tēnei wiki w/ Arini Loader: Rāhina...

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2026/08/23

Arini phones in to bring us a whakataukī all about appreciating the little things! Whakarongo mai nei. E tino ana nā te aroha // It is surely given from love

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina August 24, 2026

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2026/08/23

Nate chats with Rosetta about the riveting new pukapuka from Pip Adam, Kluge! You can catch Pip Adam speaking about the book upstairs at Timeout on Tuesday at 6pm. Whakarongo mai nei!Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina August 10, 2026

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2026/08/09

Nate joins Rosetta and Milly in the studio, to tell us all about Valeria Luiselli's Beginning Middle End. Whakarongo mai nei!Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina August 3, 2026

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2026/08/02

Jenna chats with Rosetta and Milly about Daisy Johnson's new book, Long Wave. Whakarongo mai nei!Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina July 27, 2026

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2026/07/27

Nate is back up in the studio for Loose Reads! Today on the show, he chats with Milly about Christian Kracht's Air - whakarongo mai nei!Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina July 20, 2026

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2026/07/19

Jenna joins Rosetta and Milly for a chat about Ben Lerner's Transcription. Whakarongo mai nei!Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina July 13, 2026

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2026/07/12

Nate is back up in the studio for Loose Reads! Today on the show, he chats with Rosetta and Milly about Yáng Shuāng-zǐ's Taiwan Travelogue - whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina July 6, 2026

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2026/07/05

Jenna joins Rosetta and Milly for Loose Reads! This week, they chat about Gwendoline Riley's The Palm House! Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina June 29, 2026

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2026/06/28

Nate joins Rosetta and Milly for a chat about Saleem Haddad's Floodlines. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina June 22, 2026

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2026/06/21

Jenna is back up in the studio to chat about an exciting Pulitzer Prize winning pukapuka, Daniel Kraus' Angel Down! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina June 15, 2026

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2026/06/14

This week on Loose Reads, Nate is reviewing the wonderful and weird pukapuka The Shadow of the Object, by Chloe Aridjis. Whakarongo mai nei! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina June 8, 2026

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2026/06/08

Jenna is back, and chatting a super important book with Milly this Rāhina! Whakarongo mai nei, listen back for her review of bFM alumni Noelle McCarthy's Stakes. Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rātu June 2, 2026

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2026/06/01

Nate is back up in the studio chatting pukapuka with Rosetta and Milly! Today he delves into the auto-fiction works of Pirkko Saiso. Whakarongo mai nei!Thanks to Timeout!

Loose Reads w/ Jenna: Rāhina May 25, 2026

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2026/05/24

Jenna is back up in the studio chatting pukapuka with Rosetta and Milly! Whakarongo mai nei, listen back for her review of Douglas Stuart's John of John.Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Loose Reads w/ Nate: Rāhina May 18, 2026

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2026/05/17

Nate is back up in the studio chatting with Rosetta and Milly about some of his favourites from the Auckland Writers Festival last week! They also recap the winners of the Ockham Book Awards last week. Whakarongo main nei! Thanks to Timeout!

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