Books and Beyond: 50th anniversary

Karen and Louisa celebrate the 50th anniversary of Books & Beyond with a stroll through past shows, bloopers, and the ones that got away, plus a dip into the Auckland Libraries Top 100 and Great Summer Read.

Listen to this episode on the Auckland Libraries SoundCloud.

Books mentioned in the show

• Body parts: essays on life-writing by Hermione Lee
• Galileo’s middle finger: heretics, activists, and the search for justice in science by Alice Dreger
• Winter eyes by Harry Ricketts
• Murray’s Handbook for Scotland (1894) 
• The trauma cleaner: one woman’s extraordinary life in death, decay and disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
• The Pacific: in the wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill
• Navigators & naturalists: French exploration of New Zealand and the Pacific (1769-1824) by Michale Lee 

Authors mentioned in the show

• Jojo Moyes
• Liane Moriarty
• Nicky Pellegrino
• Catherine Robertson

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 via our Auckland Libraries podcast.