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Nate is up to chat about ‘Earth 7’ by Deb Olin Unferth. Heartbreaking, mind-expanding, soaring with beauty, Earth 7 is at once a love letter to the world and a portrait of its slow disappearance. Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Jenna comes up to chat about the Arts Laureate award winner Catherine Chidgey’s new book “The Starving Bride”. Juggling dark wit she navigates tricky topics like disordered eating and past trauma in absurd circumstances. Females, friendships and self sacrifice, this is one for the books! Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Nate is up to chat about 'The Strangers' by Naomi Alderman and it's meditation on profound grief, pulling real experiences into the world of speculative fiction.  Thanks to Time Out Bookstore!

Jenna is up to chat about ‘Partita’ by Barbara Kingsolver, and the clashing of the main character’s individualist desire to actualise her gifts as a pianist against the communist beliefs of her love affair. Discovering a passionate, mature love, both exciting and mundane, it’s about who has access to the arts, and the role art should have in your life. Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

Nate is up to chat about 'And How Are Things With You' by Mia Farlane out of Mākaro Press! Thanks to Timeout Bookstore!

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!

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

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!

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

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!