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Who's the top contender for a Ngaio Marsh crime fiction award?

Crime pays? Greg Fleming on judging the 2019 Ngaio Marsh Awards for NZ crime fiction.

Book reviews: Crime fiction round-up

Greg Fleming on the latest James Ellroy, Robert Pobi, Don Winslow and Tom Marcus.

Canvas confession box: Author Joy Cowley and the martinis incident

Living legend Joy Cowley on getting drunk at Roald Dahl's home and erotic dreams at 83.

Looking good - New Zealand's best designed books celebrated

Can you judge a book by its cover? Judges for the PANZ book awards tell us how it's done.

Discovering the man you love doesn't exist

What do you do when you discover the man you love doesn't even exist?

Alan Duff: Don't blame colonisation and racism for the problems of Māori

White liberals and academics aren't helping solve problems of Māori, Alan Duff says.

Once were Warriors author's childhood tainted by violence

Alan Duff shares his difficult childhood, while examining today's issues with parenting.

Neil Finn saved me: Australian writer Andrew Stafford on having something to believe in

The note and the will were ready, then journalist Andrew Stafford played a Neil Finn song.

The hopes and fears that come with publishing a book

Ashleigh Young on the thrill and the fear of publishing a book.

The Obamas as you've never seen them before

Snapshot of a life: the photographer who took the Obama family's most personal portraits.

The Notebook author tried to shut down gay club at Christian school

Nicholas Sparks has been accused of anti-LGBT discrimination at the school he co-founded.

Anne Frank diary to be launched in te reo Māori

A discussion at Parihaka inspired a Dutchman-turned-Kiwi to tell the story in te reo.

Beloved Kiwi author Joy Cowley: 'I'm losing my eyesight'

Author Joy Cowley has revealed she has just under 30 per cent eyesight left.

New book exposes some of publishing's most intriguing stories

Publishing dynasty shares its own stories about working with a who's who of writers.

Local Focus: Book sale's final chapter

William Colenso College's final book sale. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

US author: Trump short of vision for re-election

Michael Wolf talks about his new book with Mike Hosking