Podcast
Books and Beyond
It's raining men
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: bit.ly/3UzkHCg Leonard and Hungry Paul / Rónán Hession / 2019 / Fiction: bit.ly/3FzUAqr The trees / Percival Everett / 2021 / Fiction: bit.ly/3hdpAmH The queen of Dirt Island / Donal Ryan / 2022 / Fiction: bit.ly/3W35Tg7
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