The team talk about The Auckland Writer's Festival and more...

Rachel starts us off by talking about new books she's excited to see on our shelves, then we get stuck into discussing the amazing programme for The Auckland Writer's Festival. We make bold predictions about the Ockham Book Awards and chat about which authors we can't wait to see at the festival, the pros and cons of Q&A's with authors, and plenty more...   Rachel talks about the following books: The Whisperwicks by Jordan Lees Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Small Hours by Bobby Palmer The Hunter by Tana French What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper   We also discuss these fiction finalists in the Ockham Book Awards: Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton Lioness by Emily Perkins A Better Place by Stephen Daisley Audition by Pip Adam Other Authors we mention who are coming to the Auckland Writer's Festival: Ann Patchett Trent Dalton Bonnie Garmus Suzanne Heywood Freddie Gillies Airana Ngarewa Paul Lynch Olivia Spooner :) Lauren Keenan Barbara Sumner