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