Spend some time in the literary lounge and listen to librarians chat about books, host guest authors, and provide hot tips on making the most out of your library.

Books & Beyond

Alison is joined in the studio by the distinguished and award-winning writer and literary critic Stephanie Johnson. Join us for a lively conversation about Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and a chat about Stephanie's recent works.
Books mentioned in this programme can be requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members, and are available in multiple formats:
The writers' festival (2015): https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=3de98321-f46a-5b7d-b08f-68a9ea8cf079&entityType=FormatGroup

Everything changes (2021): https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=41c2dfe0-2b20-5a37-b1d8-afc1b5210568&entityType=FormatGroup

Nine lives: New Zealand writers on notable New Zealanders (2021): https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=6ff4e778-bf80-506d-8943-2da53b880c2c&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: We Read Auckland: Stephanie Johnson

Join BFFs Ineka and Alison in the Literary Lounge and hear all about Larry & Viv, Sam & Lisa, Jaime and Regina, Nora & Daniel, Ezra & Yonatan and Lyss & The Rarkyn. 

Books mentioned in this programme can be requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members, and are often available in multiple formats: 

Larry & Viv / Graeme Lay / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=3955bde8-58ed-5d81-938b-1e67366baee2&entityType=FormatGroup

The Rarkyn’s familiar / Nicky Lee / 2022 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=1ea17f22-851d-5a4e-9cfd-4e67b908f0d8&entityType=FormatGroup

Idol / Louise O’Neill / 2022 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=99d829c1-6682-5e34-b390-8d14fa882cc5&entityType=FormatGroup

The girl in his shadow by Audrey Blake: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=871738ff-dc3b-594c-ac53-84f8e471105c&entityType=FormatGroup

Abomination / Ashley Goldberg / 2022 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=3d38c117-ea99-5070-811e-37bbfaa01099&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge:  Best friends forever

All the titles discussed in this Literary Lounge episode are about outsiders: those who have been othered by society and taught that they don’t belong for one reason or another. Join Alison and Ineka and find out that love wins, every time. 

Books mentioned in this programme can be requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members, and are often available in multiple formats: 
 

Not quite white by Laila Woozeer / 2022 / Non-fiction - Memoir / eAudiobook: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=19b3b1d2-5607-11ed-bf54-d707fa697c50&entityType=Agent 
 

How to be a bad Muslim and other essays by Mohamed Hassan / 2022 / Non-Fiction NZ: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=274ed507-9fda-5e5d-9e94-42aaa3bb16d4&entityType=FormatGroup
 
Joan is okay by Weike Wang / 2022 / Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=90adab71-b9c8-5e11-aab1-fcd37684f620&entityType=FormatGroup
 
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka / 2022 / Crime Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=9e5f7b4e-628c-53a6-b196-e2225bfd25bc&entityType=FormatGroup  
 
Delilah Green doesn’t care by Ashley Herring Blake / 2022 / Romance Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=81e0f29e-8407-5c8d-ab8e-3dd9e5edc60b&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: Others and lovers

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge and celebrate the gutsy, the determined, the courageous and brave. 

Books mentioned in the show can be borrowed or requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members in multiple formats:

Joan by Katherine J. Chen / 2022 / Adult Fiction – Historical: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=54ab2d36-cfba-59a8-bf3d-f782ca61a1c5&entityType=FormatGroup

A gentle radical: the life of Jeanette Fitzsimons by Gareth Hughes / 2022 / Adult Non-Fiction – Biography: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e89e4c94-feb0-5131-8c0a-ba0e9aa81a5a&entityType=FormatGroup

To the sea by Nikki Crutchley / 2021 / Adult Fiction – Crime: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4098bc55-f419-5e2f-98be-ccd6401ae770&entityType=FormatGroup

Iona Iverson's rules for commuting by Clare Pooley / 2022 / Adult Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5440604a-1109-59fe-9372-f4b0d63505ec&entityType=FormatGroup

Small things like these by Claire Keegan / 2021 / Available in Adult Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=af2d91f7-9596-5012-a8ce-4af1d182b239&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: True grit

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge and hear tales of resilience, resistance and rapturous reunions. 

Books mentioned in the show can be borrowed or requested for Click and Collect by Auckland Libraries members using the links below: 

Rough lives speak / Street Poets & Artists Collective Enterprise: Richard Whelan, Tim Gray, Richard Nightingale, Lana Te Rore, John Joseph Hughes, Ta Iuli, Filipo Tu'u (artist); editors: Daren Kamali, David Eggleton – 2022 – Adult Poetry: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=007e36f7-1c23-5acf-a42a-3a37405b3a07&entityType=FormatGroup

The colony / Audrey Magee – 2022 – Adult Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=8dfbc9e9-5538-5811-b78b-bc8e8e9900a3&entityType=FormatGroup

Finding me: a memoir / Viola Davis – 2022 – Adult Non-Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=6ea7d420-5582-5099-b233-ba60371bed00&entityType=FormatGroup

All about Evie / Matson Taylor – 2022 – Adult Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4aa6efff-381a-5a2f-99d5-0c2e36c8ba5a&entityType=FormatGroup

Long past summer / Noué Kirwan – 2022 – Adult Romance: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=c76a8844-6b0b-57af-9d06-e596e91b0243&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: Getting real

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they discuss books about chivalry, champagne, churches and cancel culture. 

Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue – most are available in multiple formats 

American Fever / Dur E Aziz Amna – Fiction – 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=1bbd1135-c3c6-5448-899d-3af2372204b6&entityType=FormatGroup

The dance tree / Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Historical Fiction – 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e36739d2-6121-56d9-a4c5-3b0fca134504&entityType=FormatGroup
 
The marriage portrait / Maggie O’Farrell – Historical Fiction – 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=093c4a6e-783d-5d52-92b4-2ad5613a6f4c&entityType=FormatGroup
 
The ghosts of Paris / Tara Moss – Historical Crime Fiction – 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=9df10193-cf7a-5f25-b68e-765de544a697&entityType=FormatGroup  
 
Girlcrush : a hot, dark story / Florence Given – Fiction – 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=1e12c57e-1454-58ad-bf6c-b7cde72fe613&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: A bad thing happened on the way to capitalism

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge for a memoir special. These titles all released in 2022 will allow you to have a glimpse into extraordinary (and ordinary) lives.

Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Most are available in multiple formats. 

All of this: a memoir of death and desire / Rebecca Woolf / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7b552439-ecde-5025-b63b-a69bebc820e8&entityType=FormatGroup

Straight up / Ruby Tui / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7ccfa333-16d6-51b4-acd7-f531a648b3fd&entityType=FormatGroup

Vital signs: heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious stories of a junior doctor's first year / Izzy Lomax-Sawyers / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=caca0ad6-80ff-5c5c-908e-2a1507b5d65f&entityType=FormatGroup

The instant / Amy Liptrot / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=11657734-8f4e-50cc-a192-5653e7216943&entityType=FormatGroup

Tales from the Fatherland: two dads, one adoption and the meaning of parenthood / Ben Fergusson / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5d8ad5ff-6bfa-5ade-b87b-ca72de38bc39&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond Literary Lounge: Life and times

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they bust some myths about literary blokes. Our featured male fiction authors write about far more than just hunting, shooting and fishing. 

Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – most are available in multiple formats 

All the broken places / John Boyne / 2022 / Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=a69db313-3574-5fb5-8f48-64f5230a4d4e&entityType=FormatGroup

Leonard and Hungry Paul / Rónán Hession / 2019 / Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4a2c338d-1ad5-5b57-a859-fea400019f66&entityType=FormatGroup

The trees / Percival Everett / 2021 / Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=a4bf9864-ee8e-58e5-8b0f-323e42ebafc5&entityType=FormatGroup

The queen of Dirt Island / Donal Ryan / 2022 / Fiction: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e3a95948-2b4b-5198-86c9-bd2ecf2a2f78&entityType=FormatGroup

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Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: It's raining men

Join Alison and Ineka in the Literary Lounge as they talk about some of the hottest books of 2022. 

Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – most are available in multiple formats  

Better the blood / Michael Bennett / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=9edb6c1a-22ce-576e-baf1-1278464d56ba&entityType=FormatGroup

The doctor’s wife / Fiona Sussman / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e6312f2e-16ff-5778-8369-9d0c3a7208e6&entityType=FormatGroup 

The last resort: a chronicle of paradise, profit, and peril at the beach / Sarah Stodola 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2712752b-40c0-5396-90f0-2c564c77ed70&entityType=FormatGroup

Women making waves: trailblazing surfers in and out of the water / Lara Enzig / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e0f85cb0-9027-5144-9eb5-37bc9de43174&entityType=FormatGroup

True Biz / Sara Novic / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=3c7001f7-c66a-52c6-bb3c-a487c0363725&entityType=FormatGroup

How to take over the world: practical schemes and scientific solutions for the aspiring supervillain / Ryan North / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=0dd9a531-7bbc-5e87-91e6-c43e85dc1a86&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: Making waves

Alison and Ineka are joined in the studio by librarian Deehan from Epsom Library. Find your happy ever after as we talk love, romance, soulmates and steam! 

Check out Dee's latest romance reads on her Bookstagram account: https://www.instagram.com/deeeeeespicks

Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in multiple formats. 
 
Pick-and-mix: Cute and colourful covers 
New York Minute / Kate Spencer / 2022
Something wilder / Christina Lauren / 2022 
You and me on vacation / Emily Henry / 2021 
Loathe to love you / Ali Hazelwood / 2023 
PLUS The OG of illustrated romance covers, The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory published 2018
And one more we just couldn't go past - Real men knit / Kwana Jackson / 2020
  
Love for every body and every mind – Own Voice authored romances featuring neurodiverse, differently abled and chronically ill characters 
Two wrongs make a right / Chloe Liese / 2022
The kiss quotient / Helen Hoang / 2018 
Act your age, Eve Brown (Book 3 of the Brown Sister series) / Talia Hibbert / 2021
See also Book One: Get a life, Chloe Brown and Book 2: Take a hint, Dani Brown.
 
Latinx love stories 
You had me at Hola / Alexis Daria / 2020
West side love story / Priscilla Oliveras / 2022
Ramon and Julieta / Alana Quintana Albertson 
 
LGBTQI+ adult romance - who’s top on BookTok? 
Red, white and royal blue / Casey McQuiston / 2019 
One last stop / Casey McQuiston / 2021 
 
Bridgerton, but make it queer:  
The queer principles of Kit Webb / Cat Sebastian / 2021
A lady for a duke / Alexis Hall / 2022
Slippery creatures / KJ Charles / 2020 
Hot tip! Be one of the first to read Book 1 of KJ Charles’ new Doomsday series, ‘The secret lives of country gentlemen’. Described as ‘Bridgerton meets Poldark’, it’s due on library shelves from March 2023. 
 
LGBTQI+ Rom-Coms 
I’m so (not) over you / Kosoko Jackson / 2022
Written in the stars / Alexandria Bellefleur / 2020(Book 1 in the Written in the stars series – titles are connected by characters but also suitable as stand-alone reads: see also Book 2 Hang the moon and Book 3 Count your lucky stars.
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care / Ashley Herring Blake / 2022 Book 1 in the Bright Falls series - see also Book 2, Astrid Parker doesn’t fail.

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: All for love and love for all

Alison and Ineka are joined in the studio once again by librarian Deehan from Epsom Library, for the second part of our romance exploration. 

Find out how the romance novel has evolved from the OG of the rom-com, Jane Austen, to the bonkbusters of the 1980s through to Hoover, Henry and other BookTok megastar authors of today. 

Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in multiple formats. 

History 

The mysteries of Udolpho / Ann Radcliffe / 1794: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=c37c54fc-1289-5e2d-963b-77b8c2fa9e50&entityType=FormatGroup

The flame and the flower / Kathleen Woodiwiss / 2009:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b84a9148-75cb-56d7-94f9-082ebc3225e4&entityType=FormatGroup

Bonkbusters of the 1980s 

Lace / Shirley Conran / 1982: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=38e0cbf0-acb7-5ad2-8033-aa2d3db65db6&entityType=FormatGroup

Hollywood wives / Jackie Collins / 1983:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e2844056-4a27-5913-93df-b17950143edf&entityType=FormatGroup

Scruples / Judith Krantz / 1978:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=64f8bf48-9226-50f5-ac94-14200550ed10&entityType=FormatGroup

Riders / Jilly Cooper / 1985: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2b4567ef-2d57-5ebe-9f42-1091288569aa&entityType=FormatGroup

Modern Love 

It ends with us / Colleen Hoover / 2016: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=06561c11-d002-5855-a450-9606ac29aa7f&entityType=FormatGroup 

See more Colleen Hoover titles: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=c817e8c2-3b82-11ec-a90c-b7a018ea069a&entityType=Agent

Never never / Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher / 2023: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7a967e32-5d62-515f-8ef6-7bf49425226d&entityType=FormatGroup

Beach read / Emily Henry / 2020: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b8123497-9a13-5902-a632-cb7072b3b145&entityType=FormatGroup

Twisted games / Ana Huang / 2022 (Book #2 of the Twisted series):  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=492b14de-e205-5cb2-b292-766b8d10a4ac&entityType=FormatGroup

See all Ana Huang titles: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4b16bc30-325a-11ed-abc0-539194f81d0a&entityType=Agent

It happened one summer / Tessa Bailey / 2021:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=568b6506-3660-5068-9329-0e8516d8bdf4&entityType=FormatGroup

Hook, line and sinker / Tessa Bailey / 2022:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e41133dd-ba32-50fa-a16d-5431f40ba6e8&entityType=FormatGroup

The love hypothesis / Ali Hazelwood / 2021: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=05ab052d-bc84-5605-86d8-3a8bd75b6d15&entityType=FormatGroup

Closed Door Romance 

The cheat sheet / Sarah Adams / 2022: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=68a44ba9-76ba-5ac8-87fb-740f2dd520d7&entityType=FormatGroup

The flat share / Beth O’Leary / 2019: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=1a87ef8d-c759-5f39-885e-ee8713bdbb50&entityType=FormatGroup 

Dual Point of View 

One day / David Nicholls / 2009: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=0b1d5a77-fb2e-58e8-924a-47a1c60efeed&entityType=FormatGroup

Grey / E.L. James / 2015:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f371ffad-b550-5e1f-8d3c-2900f74711f1&entityType=FormatGroup

Midnight sun / Stephenie Meyer / 2020: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=6660dd16-e586-5448-8d3f-b8ba9eb3d9df&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Literary Lounge: Romantic revolution

Alison is joined by Christchurch author Jade Pengelly, whose book Tales of a vet nurse has just been published to rave reviews. You never know who or what is going to walk, crawl or slither through the doors of a busy veterinary hospital. 

You can request the book from the Auckland Libraries Catalogue: 

Tales of a vet nurse: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d94990d3-f5cf-5684-b117-015abd59029c&entityType=FormatGroup

Jade’s reading recommendations for kids who love animals: 

The saddle club series by Bonnie Bryant: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=14cd388b-546f-11ed-a59e-41bbba619007&entityType=Concept

Thoroughbred series by Joanna Campbell:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b76e066c-5393-5a65-926e-cabfa1647430&entityType=FormatGroup

Pony mysteries series by Jeanne Betancourt: https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5f5cd44e-73da-561a-ab7f-5a46708e345e&entityType=FormatGroup

Chicken soup for the pet-lover's soul:  https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=da0be835-8a78-55c3-9282-336b04cc216d&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Jade Pengelly - Tales of a vet nurse

Alison is joined by the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival curator Bridget van der Zijpp. Find out what to expect at this live and in-person celebration of local and international writing, making and thinking. For more information, visit www.writersfestival.co.nz

Books and Beyond: Auckland Writers Festival 2023: Preview special

Alison is joined by the multi-award winning New Zealand author Leonie Agnew, who has just published her novel The impossible story of Hannah Kemp. This is a coming-of-age story and journey of healing through the power of storytelling. 

 This book can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below – it is available in multiple formats. 

https://bit.ly/3Bx6UoN

Books and Beyond: Leonie Agnew - The impossible story of Hannah Kemp

Alison is joined in the studio by graphic novelist Chelsey Furedi who talks about her book Project Nought – a fast paced time travel adventure with a hint of romance. 
This book can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the link below – it is available in multiple formats. 

https://bit.ly/3Bx6UoN 

Find out more at https://www.chelseyfuredi.com/

Books and Beyond: Chelsey Furedi - Project nought

Alison is joined in the studio by author Josie Shapiro discussing her debut novel Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts. This beautiful coming of age story of young runner Mickey Bloom and her determination to achieve her dreams is also a love letter to Auckland.

This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2023. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.

'Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts' can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3YfvsNj

We Read Auckland 2023: Josie Shapiro - Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Hurts

Alison is joined in the studio by author Dominic Hoey discussing his action-packed and darkly funny novel, Poor People with Money. A fighter with a face covered in scars, a life full of debt and a brother who has mysteriously disappeared, Avondale local Monday Woolridge goes looking for income and answers in some dark places.

Poor People with Money can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3q0XjVa

This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2023. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.

We Read Auckland 2023: Dominic Hoey - Poor People with Money

Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr. Emma Espiner, discussing her poised and candid memoir, There’s a Cure for This. From quietly perceived inequities of her early life, Espiner's stories trace her hard-won revelations as a Māori medical student and junior doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic.

There’s a Cure for This can be borrowed from Bestie collection displays in all Auckland Council libraries or requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue. Available in multiple formats: https://bit.ly/3Ybo1ab

This interview was recorded for Auckland Council Libraries' We Read Auckland festival of Auckland's readers and writers, celebrated 1 - 31 August 2023. Visit aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/WeReadAKL for more details.

We Read Auckland 2023: Dr. Emma Espiner - There's a Cure for This

Happy Pride!
Alison is joined in the studio by two special guests, Rhi and Sebastian, who talk about some of their favourite queer reads.
Celebrate Pride year-round and embrace your rainbow joy by exploring the huge and diverse range of books and resources at Auckland Libraries.

Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in multiple formats.
Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis (2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4c671c27-7174-5766-b987-21d5b3817d9b&entityType=FormatGroup
Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire (2016-2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=%22Wayward%20children%20;%22&searchType=series&pageSize=10
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (2022) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=26511bf4-ff7f-5440-ab2c-cf43f3d33038&entityType=FormatGroup
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Eric LaRocca) (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=277e7b95-1d41-5da5-979a-75cf68abe6fe&entityType=FormatGroup
The Stars & the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=8fb498da-0d18-5d27-b31b-aaf85ba77ec1&entityType=FormatGroup
The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f762893d-70d3-510c-9d08-a1ddf2455555&entityType=FormatGroup
The Seep by Chana Porter (2020) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=49ba1a4d-779d-5f35-92f4-3cdc68bf7dad&entityType=FormatGroup
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4c5beba2-a7b8-56af-a47a-425691d9ba30&entityType=FormatGroup
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ba919808-bcd9-5dc0-83c9-fa4bba405ef5&entityType=FormatGroup
Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=3acc0d05-1eaa-541b-9e08-c676b4e8acf8&entityType=FormatGroup

Books and Beyond: Pride 2024

Alison is joined over Zoom by author Dr Bex Bell, discussing her groundbreaking book about healing Imposter Syndrome and ending self-sabotage. Dr Bex has worked with people from all walks of life and her book is full of effective strategies that will help erase the anxiety about never feeling good enough. We had some technical issues when recording the interview - keep listening, because it was a great conversation! Inner Critic to Inner Coach can be borrowed and requested from the Auckland Libraries' catalogue https://bit.ly/3vVV4VW

Books and Beyond: Dr. Bex Bell - Inner critic to inner coach

Welcome to Ngā Pātaka Kōrero Auckland Libraries podcast page! Catch up on author talks, events and concerts, and hear more in-depth commentary from the curatorial team behind our taonga treasured collections and exhibitions.

Books & Beyond

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