Nicholas Reid - Columnists

A secret endeavour

Issue 3810 9th May 2013

Graeme Lay’s James Cook novel based on a fictional personal journal makes for a good, brisk read.

Issue 3805 9th Apr 2013

This celebration of 40 years of diplomatic relations with China is a little too diplomatic.

Issue 3793 10th Jan 2013

At least New Zealand comes out well in CJ Sansom’s counter-factual thriller.

Issue 3791 27th Dec 2012

The grey zone of Portuguese neutrality in World War II.

Issue 3786 27th Nov 2012

Our reviewer’s verdict on this month’s Listener Book Club choice.

Issue 3782 3rd Nov 2012

Whisky gives Neville Peat a new angle on Ernest Shackleton.

Issue 3779 13th Oct 2012

Joe Bennett’s bullshit detector is well-honed, but results in little more than a steady diet of sneers.

Issue 3774 8th Sep 2012

Mario Vargas Llosa writes about the British diplomat who joined Ireland’s nationalist uprising.

Issue 3693 5th Jul 2012

For her second book, Sue Orr plays around with some of the world's greatest short stories.

Issue 3747 3rd Mar 2012

At nearly 70, anthropologist and poet Michael Jackson returns to New Zealand in search of his roots.