The Good Word - Series One

Book show The Good Word certainly delivers on its promise, with a jam-packed format that covers a lot of literature. Writer Emily Perkins opens each of the 13 episodes with a book club, where three figures from the literary or arts world discuss their thoughts on a new release. Next, Emily hosts a local celebrity in the studio, who talks about a book that is important to them. For the third and final segment, field reporter Finlay Macdonald presents 'Under the Covers', interviewing historians and biographers about a famous New Zealand book — classics like as Maurice Gee's Under the Mountain, Robin Hyde's The Godwit's Fly, and even The Edmonds Cookery Book. A full episode guide can be found here. 

He writes quite a lot about science, but he looks at science with the kind of wonder and reverence that a writer can bring but . . . . when he's just writing about relationships and people and events, he brings the kind of precision that a chemist would have in their daily life...

– Guest Don McGlashan praises Italian author and chemist Primo Levi's short story collection The Periodic Table, in episode two

Key Cast & Crew

Elizabeth McRae

Panel Member (episodes 2, 5, 10, 12 & 13)

Finlay Macdonald

Reporter

Emily Perkins

Presenter

Wallace Chapman

Panel Member (episodes 1 - 4, 7, 9, 10, 12 & 13)

Brendon Butt

Studio Director

Kath Akuhata-Brown

Panel Member (episodes 1, 4, 6, 8, 11 & 13)