Jane Tolerton - Columnists

The Brookes: a hell of a place

Issue Listener Plus 3806 25th Apr 2013

Oral historian Jane Tolerton, author of a new book of Kiwi soldiers’ extraordinary World War I memories, shares a rugby family’s tale.

Interview: Gallipoli veteran Martin Brooke

By Jane Tolerton in Anzac Day

Issue 3806 11th Apr 2013

"If there had been any rats, they would have been killed and cooked"

Behind the scenes of the writing

By Jane Tolerton in Culture

Issue 3805 4th Apr 2013

Unlike the protagonist of her new novel, 'Life After Life', Kate Atkinson isn’t one to relive the past.

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things

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By Jane Tolerton in Books

Issue 3796 31st Jan 2013

As the Listener Book Club resumes with a month-long look at Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice on the 200th anniversary of its first publication, biographer Paula Byrne tackles the myth of the “interesting little spinster”.

Interview: Kate Summerscale

By Jane Tolerton in Books

Issue 3764 30th Jun 2012

In her best-selling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and now Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace, historical non-fiction author Kate Summerscale’s forte is combining story and backstory.

Interview: Titanic Lives author Richard Davenport-Hines

By Jane Tolerton in Books

Issue 3754 21st Apr 2012

The sinking of the Titanic has parallels for today’s masters of the universe, with their misplaced faith in technology and “the market”, says the author of a new book about the disaster.