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Restaurant review: Chikos

In a not-so-trendy part of town is an eatery offering exciting modern European cuisine with flavours from Bangkok to Texas.

Irish author's anorexia relapse book leads new wave of young adult fiction

With her positive messages and dark themes, Louise O’Neill is leading a new wave of young adult fiction that appeals to anxious parents too. ‘We need to be open and honest,’ she tells Sarah Hughes.

Runner goes the distance

Eugene Bingham describes how running helps him find freedom - freedom to quit worrying and be happy.

Review: Puhoi Valley Cafe

If the weather's right, you can opt to pack a basket with cheese and antipasto and enjoy a picnic on the grassy property.

Dear D&P: The guys I meet only want one thing

I really look after myself and am pretty, have hair extensions, acrylic nails, a spray tan, implants, false lashes but all the guys I meet want only one thing.

Hayley Holt: The high achiever

Hayley Holt is back and stronger than ever, celebrating two years sober and considering a life in politics.

Engineer's thriller questions real-life

Engineer Paul Hardisty, a veteran of working in developing nations, has set his first thriller in Yemen. It’s a novel which raises plenty of questions about real-life, he tells Craig Sisterson.

Stephen King's new moving novel

Almost 30 years later, Morris Bellamy, the pasty-skinned, red-lipped villain of King's new novel, Finders Keepers, takes a less nuanced approach when confronting his own literary hero.

Dear D&P: I fear my dad is getting scammed by European wives

My elderly father is going to European countries to meet women he has met online. But the women always want to get married, and I am sure they are just going to rip him off. I want him to stop.

New Zealand's most private author

Author Charlotte Grimshaw talks to Linda Herrick about the strangely familiar characters in her new novel, growing up with her famous father, C.K. Stead, and how a dog named Philip has changed her.

Hollywood's most interesting actress?

As much as the camera has always loved Lake Bell, she has now stepped behind it to write and direct, while still starring as the thinking woman’s Bridget Jones in a new rom-com.

How Lance O'Sullivan turned his life around

Dr Lance O’Sullivan has made it his dream to change the world from the Far North. But, as Greg Dixon discovers, first he had to change himself.

James Griffin: Let's say goodbye to July

And here we are, on the cusp of July, that month where everyone looks at each other and mutters things along the lines of, "Man, the year's over half over, where did it all go?"

Stephanie Johnson on how to make merry mischief

A couple of years ago, Stephanie Johnson wrote a highly entertaining novel about a writing class at an Auckland tertiary institution.

In Canvas: Good doctor

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow’s Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow’s Weekend Herald.

When fiction meets fact

Five books that make you see the world differently.