Books and Beyond: Life stories

Whose life stories are the most requested at Auckland Libraries right now? Steven Adams and Princess Margaret! 

This week on Books and Beyond, Louisa and Karen talk about one of our most popular genres: the biography.

Listen to this episode on the Auckland Libraries podcast.

Books mentioned in the show

• Steven Adams: my life, my fight by Steven Adams and Madeleine Chapman 
• Body parts: essays on life-writing by Hermione Lee
• Orwell's nose: a pathological biography by John Sutherland 
• Christopher Walken A to Z: the man, the movies, the legend by Robert Schnakenberg 
• Cleopatra: a life by Stacy Schiff
• Vincent and Theo: the Van Gogh brothers by Deborah Heiligman
• Daphne du Maurier by Margaret Forster 
• Take six girls: the lives of the Mitford sisters by Laura Thompson 
• The Sun King: Louis XIV at Versailles by Nancy Mitford
• Ma'am darling: 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown
• Graham Henry: final word by Bob Howitt 

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.

Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm. Listen to recent shows on the Auckland Libraries podcast.