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Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
Three important writers, all women over 65, were given…
WWII Kiwi airmen our 'best and brightest'
On the 70th anniversary of D-Day a book seeks to win recognition for young flyers who bravely took the fight to the enemy…
Grumpy cat writes book #2
Some people never write a book. Now Grumpy Cat has written two.
Historical fiction deserves a future
Historical fiction is booming. The much-publicised success of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites , Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries…
Peter Calder: Demise of Oxford Dictionary's print version raises barely a murmur
As storms of outrage go, it was mild. It barely caused a ripple.
Books
Amazon feud with publisher Hachette escalates
Amazon and Hachette Book Group are widely believed to be bickering over e-book pricing and whether Amazon…
Book lover: Auckland author Shonagh Koea
The book I love most is ... At Lady Molly's which is one of the novels in Anthony Powell's 12-volume series A Dance…
Racy read a mixed bag
Some novels slip into the world without much fuss and others are accompanied by a loud fanfare. The Truth About The Harry…
Icy tale intrigues yet isolates us
Michael Cunningham is a writer who mostly polarises readers. Those who love him really love him, for his articulation of…
Stranger than fiction
Swiss writer Joel Dicker’s literary crime novel has taken Europe by storm. Now it’s out in English…
Once we were rivals
Stroll past King's College on The Strand and you can't help but notice the striking window display, made up of pictures…
Creativity fills in historical gaps
Graeme Lay's sequel to his best-selling novel, The Secret Life of James Cook, wisely follows the same approach as before…
The joys and blemishes of humanity
Vincent O’Sullivan, the New Zealand Poet Laureate, has written numerous collections of poetry, short stories, plays and…
NZ wins big at world cookbook awards
New Zealand foodies have taken out culinary royalty like Jamie Oliver, Neil Perry and Oprah Winfrey's personal chef to win…
Writing on the web for old-school text books
Books Archives
Students' needs increasingly met online but printed books still seen as key
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
NZ film fest's big rockumentary line-up (+video)
The New Zealand International Film Festival today reveals the first four films confirmed for 2014.
Arts
June deadline for Hundertwasser decision
June 25 is D-Day for Whangarei's controversial Hundertwasser Arts Centre project. Whangarei District Councillors today voted…
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