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<i>My job</i>: Using books to open young minds

Cult Twitter feed spawns book, possible TV series

The man behind the Twitter feed 'Shit My Dad Says' is in talks with CBS about turning the 2.0 phenomenon into a TV pilot.

Author says Tiger indulged as a child

Grace and charity

A first-time author has drawn on her past in a novel that explores themes of family and sacrifice, as Nicky Pellegrino explains.

Book lover: Gareth Farr

Gareth Farr is a composer and entertainer.

If you can't stand the heat...

A decade after his explosive memoir, Kitchen Confidential laid bare the underbelly of the restaurant scene, Anthony Bourdain is back for a second helping. He talks to food writer and critic Jay Rayner.

Warrior of words faces new enemy

Brendon McCullum - 'Why I nearly quit NZ cricket'

"In what other industry would you be expected to take options that cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars?"

Book Review: <i>Born to Run</i>

Gerbil kiss rewarded

Cricket books fetch $17k

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Rewriting history no way to rehabilitate a nation's past

Vampires evolved to become kind and sexy - researcher

A university researcher has written an academic paper on the social acceptability of vampires, now seen as an "everyman with fangs".

Travel book: <i>An Island Sanctuary: A house in Greece</i>

The sort of book that makes you want to sell up everything and flee to the sunshine of the Dodecanese islands.

Austen's power

A look at the rise of Jane Austen fan fiction.

Review: <i>Sex & Sravinsky</i>

Book lover: Dorothy Vinicombe