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Multitudes tackle mighty read
New data reveals how many holidaymakers headed off for a summer break lugging an extra 1.1kg of reading.
Fine for outing Rowling
A lawyer who let slip J.K. Rowling's secret thriller-writer identity has been fined 1,000 pounds ($2004) for breaching client…
Are books getting 'specialist'?
Reading books is becoming a "specialist activity" no longer enjoyed by the general public, writer Ruth Rendell has warned. The…
Confessions of ... Librarians
When the two library assistants reflect on the past year they both note an increase in the lending of erotic paperbacks.
Books
Novels boost brain function
Being pulled into the world of a gripping novel can trigger measurable changes in the brain that linger…
Stories of rugby greats lost in WWI
They were the men who played for their country before dying for it.
Kids switch off writing greats
For generations, they were the books that defined childhood .But Asterix cartoons and the works of Roald Dahl and even J.K…
Stories I couldn't put down
It's been a year of highs and lows in the book world. As local publishers and bookshops fought for survival, a Kiwi scooped…
Best of books from 2013
We take a look back at the top rating books stories over the year and share links in case you missed…
Book lover: Catherine Robertson
The book I love most is . .. It's a dead heat between Persuasion by Jane Austen, Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake, and Three…
Book review: Bertie's done proud
At heart, I disapprove of this trend for rewriting or rethinking the classics - the endless Austen spin-offs for example…
Author hired to write Girl with Dragon Tattoo sequel
The Swedish publisher of the best-selling The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy it's hired an author to write a sequel…
Guantanamo Bay bans Brand's book
Russell Brand's autobiography has been banned from Guantanamo Bay, a detained suspect has revealed. The prisoner was reading…
Book catalogues highs and lows
Books Archives
Don Brash has just finished writing a book evaluating his successes and failures.
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
$800 painting proves to be Old Master
A painting that hung on the wall of a priest's home for more than a decade after he bought it for £400 ($808) at an…
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