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Bad Sex in Fiction awards
An ecstatic bisexual orgy, which climaxes against a backdrop of imminent nuclear annihilation, has secured the prized Bad…
Travel book: 45 South
This book is a view through the lens of Austrian-born photographer Arno Gasteiger, taking the journey east to west along…
100 years of the crossword
As the centenary of the crossword approaches, Gyles Brandreth and his daughter Saethryd explain why the word puzzle is still…
The Hunger Games: A quiver full of genius
Without the culture and conflicts of the 2000s, The Hunger Games might never have come into being, writes Tim Walker.
Books
Love in the face of death
Former TV host Helena McAlpine and boyfriend Chris Barton share their extraordinary love story with…
Book lover: Dr Libby Weaver
Dr Libby Weaver is a nutrition specialist whose latest books, Dr Libby's Real Food Kitchen and Beauty From The Inside Out…
Book review: Return of the epic
It's been the year of the comeback for the ultra-long novel. I've heard a theory that this trend for epic fiction is a literary…
How Dotcom wooed his wife
In this exclusive extract from a new book written by David Fisher, Kim Dotcom relates how he met his future wife Mona -…
NZ's best wine buys (+WIN!)
The red and white wines that will give you the best bang for your buck have been revealed in the 22nd…
Book review: Bellman & Black
The Gothic ghost story is a literary category that never goes out of fashion. The latest offering in the genre, Bellman…
Bertie forced me to cheer up
Normally gloomy Sebastian Faulks is enjoying the abuse he’s had for daring to write a pastiche of his boyhood hero, P.G…
Eleanor Catton criticises CK Stead
Man Booker prize-winner Eleanor Catton has criticised one of NZ's foremost literary figures on his comments on the Roast…
Book review: History of music sings with interesting anecdotes
At the height of Beatlemania, when they realised the earning power of their songs, John Lennon and Paul McCartney would…
Pike River: Expose talks of failures
Books Archives
The Pike River coal mine should have been shut down well before the devastating explosion, says the…
Fiction Addiction
Fiction Addiction: What book would you most like your kids to read?
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is the book that most people want to pass on to their children, according to a survey…
New Zealand International Film Festival
Taika and Jemaine unleash vampires in USA
Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's new vampire film is heading to the prestigious and influential Sundance Film Festival…
Arts
Revamp mystifies arts commentator
The radical restructuring of Unitec's design and visual arts department has mystified many who took part in a quality assurance…
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