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I Am Pilgrim author Terry Hayes returns

Celebrated author and screenwriter Terry Hayes retraces his path from Mad Max days.

Te Papa book highlights missing stories of Māori experiences that remain untold

The editors of a new book based on Te Papa’s NZ Wars Collections identify some favourites.

Book takes: From clean-cut scientist to the most important figure in NZ organic farming

"His playground was literally a bomb site, but he transformed this into his first garden."

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: March 9

First published in 2020, this book holds on to a top 10 spot.

Review: A glimpse into the private world of one of Australia’s most prestigious authors

Book of observations is a delightfully quirky view inside the mind of an author.

New thrillers from bestselling authors range from readable to bonkers

Cads, frauds and cover-ups feature in new thrillers.

Review: Margaret Atwood spearheads collaborative novel with pandemic focus

Joys and sorrows of city-dwellers caught in pandemic played out in collaborative novel.

Ockham NZ Book Award finalists announced – which Kiwi author stands to win $65,000?

Shortlist announced for NZ's most prestigious book awards.

Review: Nostalgia is a seductive siren, it's no wonder we get stuck living in the past

Nostalgia is widely enjoyed, but why is the word so often used with a sneer attached?

Review: A mother’s courageous response to the loss of her son publicly murdered by ISIS

As bereaved mother Diane Foley asks, what are you if your child dies?

Review: Feijoa frenzy – the sweet and the sour of our most divisive fruit

An enthusiastic ramble on the history, science and devotees of the polarising fruit.

Book takes: Dehydration, fatigue, hypothermia, sharks and crocs couldn’t beat marathon ocean paddler

Aussie athlete Bonnie Hancock on what it took to "touch the stars".

Top 10 best-selling New Zealand books: February 24

Veteran NZ author holds the top spot, but there's a hot new cookbook in the top 10.

Review: Smart, funny, playful novel tackling the 21st century’s most pervasive fear is a delight to read

All the Words We Know is glittering, inventive, poignant.

Review: Why have so many modern mass global uprisings failed?

If We Burn is a peerless and lucid account of a remarkable period in history.

Review: The extraordinary romance that blossomed amid Auschwitz’s horrific ‘conveyor belt’ of death

US journalist writes about 'death camp' romantic relationship, never before documented.