Bookenz: Recent Episodes
Ruth Todd and Morrin Rout
Produced at PlainsFM. With a life long passion for books and growing passion for New Zealand authors, programme hosts Ruth Todd and Morrin Rout utilise their wealth of radio broadcasting experience to bring you Bookenz. A weekly programme that brings you the latest on new books and their authors, from both New Zealand and abroad.
Developed as a continuation from the book review segment on “Women on Air” (a programme Ruth and Morrin were involved in for an impressive 20 years!), Bookenz is bursting with book talk, reviews, interviews with writers and poets, and also news of local literary events. Here in New Zealand we have some of the best authors in the world, and while these writers are recognised overseas they often go unnoticed in their home country! Bookenz supports these New Zealand authors and gives listeners the best new books to add to their library.
Join Ruth and Morrin as they interview emerging or existing authors, discussing their best and latest work. For new authors there can be a hard road ahead, and the programme wishes to promote these talented authors. Covering an eclectic mix of books, from fiction and non-fiction to even the occasional cookbook, Bookenz is your programme to discover the next book to curl up with on a sunny Canterbury day.
Bookenz organises several fundraising events each year with touring writers which have proven to be very popular events to the wider community.
If you have a passion for reading and wish to support our local New Zealand authors, tune in to Bookenz on 96.9 Plains FM weekly at 12pm on Tuesdays, repeated 12:30pm on Saturdays.
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Morrin chats with Rose Collins, poet author of My Thoughts Are All Of Swimming, and Ruth Todd talks to Ruth Shaw about her book The Bookseller At The End Of The World.
Morrin chats with Dunedin author Paddy Richardson about her latest book 'By the Green of the Spring' and to poet Elizabeth Morton about her latest collection 'Naming the Beasts'
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Ruth talks to Robert Sullivan about his first collection and Morrin talks to Erik Kennedy about his book "Another Beautiful Day Indoors"
Ruth speaks with Angela Caughey about her book 'A Better Brain for Life' and Morrin chats with Charity Norman about her new book 'Remember Me'
Ruth chats with author Keri Bloomfield about her new book 'Nothing Like a Dane' and Morrin speaks with poet Anna Jackson about her collection 'Actions and Travels'
Ruth chats with historical novelist Deborah Challinor about her new book ' The Leonard Girls' and Morrin talks with architectural writer John Walsh about his new book 'Wellington Architecture - A Walking Guide'
Ruth chats with Steve Braunias about his newest book and Morrin talks with Lloyd Jones about his novel 'The Fish'
Ruth chats with author Christine Leunens about her book 'In Amber's Wake' and Morrin talks with Lisa Mead about her book 'Breaking Good'
Ruth chats with Patricia Bell about her book 'The Library of Unfinished Business' and Morrin speaks with poet and painter Greg O'Brien about his new collection 'House and Contents'
Morrin speaks with Maria Samuela about her short story collection 'Beats of the Pa'u' and Ruth speaks with Juliet Batten about 'The Pomegranate Journal - Reflective writing on the art of getting older, one day at a time.
Ruth speaks with Rebekah Ballagh about her book 'Words of Comfort' and Morrin speaks with Sally Blundell about 'Ravenscar House'
Ruth chats with novelist Liam McIlvaney about his new book 'The Heretic' and Morrin speaks with poet Maggie Rainey-Smith about her collection 'Formica'
Morrin talks with Graeme Lay about his book ' Larry and Viv', and Ruth chats to Nicky Pelligrino about her book on menopause ' Don't Sweat It'
Ruth chats with Tessa Duder about her award winning classic 'Night Race to Kawau', and Morrin talks with Alexander McKinnon about his first book ' Come Back to Mona Vale'
Ruth chats with crime writer Tina Clough about her new book ' The Shadow Broker' and Morrin talks with Sue Allison about her book ' Friends In Deed'
Morrin chats with Matt McEvoy about his new book '30 Queer Lives' and Ruth speaks with Catherine Robertson about her newest novel 'Spellbound'
Ruth speaks with crime writer Nikki Crutchley about her new book 'To The Sea', and Morrin chats with Richard Shaw about his memoir 'The Forgotten Coast'
Ruth chats with Stephanie Parkyn about her new novel 'The Freedom of Birds' and to James Norcliffe about his book 'The Frog Prince'
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Ruth chats with Karen Zelas about her new novel Resolutions; and Morrin Rout talks with Annette Lees about her book After Dark
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Morrin talks with Tā Mark Solomon about his memoir 'Mana Whakatipu : Ngai Tahu leader Mark Solomon on leadership and life'
Bridget Van Der Zijpp - "I Laugh Me Broken", Jessica Mudditt - "Our Home in Myanmar"
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Annamaria Garden "Burnout", Ron Hay "The Spirit of the Mountains"
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Morrin chats with Megan Dunn about her new book, 'Things I Learned At Art School', and Ruth talks with Gavin Bishop about his new book ' Atua:Māori Gods and Heroes'
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events
Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events