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Cold beer makes Otago hills bearable for ultra-marathoner Tamati

Ultra-marathoner begins epic run

Lisa Tamati will run the length of the country - 2,200 km - in just 33 days. That's the equivalent of 52 marathons in just over a month.

Author philosophical about book error

League: Book extract: Inga had to get tough quick at Wigan

Palin gets $1.7m for memoir

Literary honour 'reward for a lot of hard yakka'

Political commentator and academic Ranginui Walker says people these days think he has mellowed - but he reckons he hasn't changed.

Aussie wine taster's guide implies psychic insight

An Australian wine writer's latest book recommends several New Zealand wines, some of which had not even been bottled when it was released.

'Kafkaesque' dispute over author's manuscript

<i>That Guy</i>: My autobiography - Lots of flashing, less reality

Good food on the run

Books focus of chain's $22m expansion

Where angels feared to fly: An RAF pilot's diary

Gabaldon outsells Brown

Mike Moore: 'I'm a bit of a contrarian'

Publisher keeps Moore's big title despite protests from modest author

'Abortion addict' releases tell-all book

An American woman confesses to being an "abortion addict" after terminating 15 pregnancies in 17 years.