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Book of the Day: After The Spike: The Risks of Global Depopulation and the Case for People

Forget about overpopulation: plummeting fertility rates mean we should have more kids.

Book of the Day: Fox by Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates dishes up an engrossingly gross whodunnit inspired by real-life case.

Katherine Mansfield close up: A new biography gets very personal

The brilliant light and terrible shadow of Mansfield’s life related afresh in a new book.

Ruth Spencer on writing Rural NZ in 100 Objects: 'I’m more Carrie Bradshaw than carry chainsaw’

In New Zealand, town and country aren’t so far apart after all.

Top 10 bestselling NZ books: October 25

The local books we've been buying this week.

Age and mercy: Latest poetry collections focus on human condition

Ranging from affectionate to bracing, keep an eye out on for these new releases.

End game? Why super smart AI might doom humanity

We hugely underestimate AI and human extinction is a serious threat, say two researchers.

Book of the Day: The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s

Injustice, hatred & violence bound together in a vivid account of 1970s global terrorism.

Talking TikTok and brainrot words: How social media has rewired language

Linguistic purists are delulu if they think social media language will end civilisation.

Top 10 bestselling NZ books: October 11

The local books Kiwis have been buying this week.

Memoir vs make-believe: NZ author on why writing fiction is scarier than nonfiction

Ingrid Horrocks assumed writing fiction would be easier than non-fiction. She was wrong.

Three new novels to look out for this month

A sharp political dramedy, a heady cocktail of fact and fiction and story set in Tasmania.

The future of money and democracy: Economist believes golden age of central banking is over

Economist David McWilliams, who sees central bankers as a 'priestly caste', to visit NZ.

Book of the Day: All Her Lives by Ingrid Horrocks

Things shaping women’s lives, loves and causes comprise stories in new fiction collection.

Making headaches history? The hunt for the Holy Grail of headache medication

Can any such thing as a perfect remedy ever be found for complex headache disorders?

Book of the Day: The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done by Clare Stephens

Debut novel vividly reveals the effects of being targeted on social media.