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From Florida to Japan, the Auckland fashion designer traces her musical milestones.

Writer Lauren Keenan on racing to catch her ideas

Vulnerability, honesty and experience are the lifeblood of Lauren Keenan's tomes.

What are the books that define 2020?

Which were this year's most unforgettable reads? Kiran Dass shares his selection.

The sorrow and bliss of Meg Mason

In the wake of her new book, the Palmerston North-raised journalist opens up.

Soundtrack to My Life: Qiane Matata-Sipu

Storyteller and founder of Nuku shares the tracks that have defined her life to date.

Top choices for the younger reader

Sarah Forster's picks of New Zealand books for the younger reader

NZ books industry like literary sourdough

NZ books industry like literary sourdough - slow to rise in the heat of a global pandemic.

Debra Millar: Medical memoirs are the equivalent of reading crime fiction

Debra Millar tells Eleanor Black why she reads medical memoirs

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Bill Manhire's new collection of poems is full of resonant imagery.

Book review: Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Greek mythology shows how the past influences the present

A bassist and his bow: Nicholas Sandle's mellifluous career

Bassist Nicholas Sandle looks back on his decades-long career.

Mark Stafford on art, grief and escapism

Is Days of the Bagnold Summer the most British film ever?

Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review hot new Brit film Days of the Bagnold Summer.

Beatles, Crowded House and ... Spice Girls? Tim Minchin's life soundtrack

The Australian musical comedian on the songs that shaped his life.

Hens, Harleys & hooleys: The people's republic of Pūhoi

How Covid-19 has helped transform one of New Zealand's most historic communities.