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Beach reads: Top paperback reads for sun and sand

No beach bag is complete without a juicy paperback to weigh down one end of your towel,

The many names of Franz Josef Glacier

Lynley Hargreaves on the story behind Franz Josef Glacier

The gift of reading

Canvas staff pick out their choices for Christmas giving

The best books you didn’t read in 2022

These overlooked titles from the past 12 months deserve to be on your summer reading list.

How the wild survived: a human history of Rakiura

Edited extract from Rakiura, the wild landscapes of Stewart Island, by Rob Brown

Beach study gives a journey back into social memory

David Herkt reviews New Zealand at the Beach

Extract: Needles and Plastic: Flying Nun Records, 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody

Flying Nun record label and the beginning of Hamish Kilgour and Bailter Space

Six must read books: the best summer reads for 2022

We've rounded up a few of the 2022 new releases that fit the summer mood.

Michelle Obama: 'Our hurts become our fears. Our fears become our limits'

In The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama provides tools and inspiration for uncertainty

Netflix’s The Wonder: The strange, true story of the girls who stopped eating

Times: The ‘fasting girls’ were a disturbing historical phenomenon.

Fans snap up Black Fern star Ruby Tui’s book

Black Fern's winger's autobiography tipped to be highest seller of the year for publisher.

'I'm not entirely sure NZ knows what is about to hit them': The next big sporting event coming our way

Maia Jackman and Dr Michele Cox are celebrating middle age - and women's sport!

The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading

Jane Harper's new page-turner, discover the mysteries of wetlands, new cook books

Michelle Obama shares personal stories of coping in new book

Former US first lady struggled with "crushing sense of hopelessness” after 2020 election.

I searched for my birth parents - and unearthed a notorious crime

Times: The job of telling Donna Freed where she came from fell to a nervous social worker.

Geena Davis: How Thelma and Louise changed my life

Geena Davis' memoir on Hollywood and her path to empowerment