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Anti-nuclear 'little people'
At the start of 1985, Maire Leadbeater took her two children for a January break on Kawau Island.
Sleep Store - wide awake to a business opportunity
For a parent there is only one thing more precious than their child: seeing that child fast asleep.
Travel books: Around the world from cover to cover
While the summer holiday season is still going strong, there's nothing better than whiling away the hours with a good travel…
Book review: New look at old evil
America's dark history of slavery has inspired a plethora of novels and you might, quite reasonably, feel you don't need…
Books
Book review: Granta 124: Travel
The theme of this edition of Granta , the magazine of new writing, is travel. The genre has perhaps…
Girl power packs a punch with teens
Girl power is taking on a whole new meaning in the reading world, with more and more books featuring brave young heroines…
Rift over racy kids' book
The head of the Film and Literature Board of Review has broken ranks with his board to express strong reservations about…
Catton a prize draw
Man Booker prizewinning author Eleanor Catton has catapulted a little-known South Auckland tertiary writing course to international…
Trip into Nazi past stirs emotions
Geoffrey Rush was standing in the town square of the quaint German village of Gerlitz, in the country's…
Escape to the world of words
New Zealand's top publishers offer their picks for this year's best summer reading.
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
Books Archives
When the two library assistants reflect on the past year they both note an increase in the lending of…
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
T.J. McNamara: The way we were
The city of Auckland was born in Victorian times and Auckland Art Gallery, in its architecture and collections, is a spectacular…
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