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Short cuts: Three books to check out this weekend

Inspiration for creative writers.

Pleasingly odd: Young mother takes to OnlyFans in new novel

The X-rated social media platform sets the scene in Rufi Thorpe's new novel.

Progress paradox: How the 17th century laid foundations for our modern world

Historian Paul Strathern on the 16th century’s intellectual successes that led us to now.

From Hillary to high-speed internet: How Everest became the McDonald’s of climbing

In Everest, Inc, Will Cockrell finds how capitalism conquered the world's highest peak.

The Hewitson Profile: The curious case of the poetic pathologist

Cynric Temple-Camp on writing about NZ's most infamous cases.

War’s waste: A time-travelling romance gone wrong

New Japanese time-travel novel shies away from moral issues it raises.

Deadly Animals: Marie Tierney’s ambitious tale of teen detective Ava Bonney

Author draws on her own life experience for macabre whodunit set in 1980s Birmingham.

Blooming brilliant: The strange smarts of plants

A joyously curious investigation of the surprising senses and smarts of plants.

Harry Ricketts: The early years of one of NZ’s best poets and critics

Writing about his early years, Harry Ricketts is thoughtful, engaging, and whimsical.

Three crime books to check out this weekend

A trio of seasoned crime writers keep readers guessing.

How a new director put her mark on NZ’s largest writers festival

New arrival Lyndsey Fineran made an already successful festival even better.

The Antipodean Express provides an amiable dollop of armchair travel

Train journeys don't come more epic than a very long one from Wellington to Salamanca.

The remarkable lives of bookmakers exposed in a sweaty, dirty history

The hard graft that went into making books through the ages is brought to life.

New Kiwi novel on the testosterone and torments of late adolescence

Review: David Hill on Avi Duckor-Jones' "engrossing, convincing picture of teens"

To Sing of War: Ambitious WWII novel explores the conflict on Australia’s doorstep

Review: "A closely researched and heartfelt portrayal of the war."

Author Salman Rushdie on his attempted murder

His book on life before and after the attack that nearly killed him.