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Playing identical twins in HBO TV series was a new challenge for the Oscar-nominee.

Internet erupts over Twilight news

Twilight fever is back after author Stephenie Meyer announced a new book.

Rockers gift books banned in local schools

Band steps in after school board bans The Great Gatsby and Catch-22.

Crime fiction - the latest releases reviewed

Now book shops are back in business, are these the top crime picks for you?

Female sexual desire? Lisa Taddeo wrote the book on it

What do you learn when you spend eight years talking to three women about sex?

Review: The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold.

Online shopping may see boom in book sales - are these the latest releases to buy?

Book sales set to ramp up as online shopping returns - latest releases reviewed.

Going global - amazing stories of Kiwis in lockdown around the world

New Zealanders around the world share their stories for moving Covid-19 isolation series.

Novels to inspire and entertain

Books to read when lockdown ends.

Loved-up literature: chapter two

In the second of two instalments, NZ writers exclusively craft stories on love for Canvas.

The best travel movies, books and TV shows to keep wanderlust alive

Ahead of Easter weekend, these books, shows and movies will keep your travel dreams alive.

Novel idea: Penned up in isolation

Retreat did not turn out to be writing paradise aspiring novelist hoped for.

Loved-up literature for unsettling days

On love: four short stories on what love means and can look like now.

Kiwi writer reveals why she wanted to write about her marriage break-up

Ending a marriage: problems don't go away if you don't talk about them.

New books to note

Canvas book reviews: four new titles to put on the "to read" list.

'The gun was loaded': Wendyl Nissen on shock closure of Bauer

Former editor hopes buyer will be found for iconic magazine titles.