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Bond: The man with the golden puns
Say it ain’t so. Can it really be half a century since that ultimate male fantasy, Bond, James Bond, first slithered across the big screen? Dixon, Greg Dixon, crunches the numbers and talks to Sir Roger Moore ...
Work of fiction worth the long wait
The return of a favourite character is welcomed by Nicky Pellegrino.
The horror of love
British historian and writer Lisa Hilton delves into the complicated love life of writer Nancy Mitford. Linda Herrick reports.
The book that started the green revolution
Fifty years ago, few people worried about pollution, deforestation or whaling. Then a remarkable book came along. Michael McCarthy looks back to the woman and the book credited with inspiring the environmental movement.
New novel tackles depression
Chick lit darling's new novel tackles depression, says Nicky Pellegrino.
The unsettling thrill of fear
Stephen Jewell talks to Scottish writer Louise Welsh about the importance of place and season.
Hooking you from the very first line
Uniting such complex threads is a notable achievement, says Nicky Pellegrino.
$6m bill to star at fair
New Zealand is spending an estimated $6 million to be the star attraction at a German book fair - an invitation Australia turned down because it was too expensive.
Building blocks of a successful vineyard
How a simple plan led to the success of Waiheke Island's Mudbrick vineyard.
Jim Traue: Education's home advantage
Failure starts before a child has even set foot in the classroom, writes Jim Traue.
Twelve Questions with Emily Perkins
Novelist Emily Perkins keeps company with Virginia Woolf in her latest book, The Forrests, according to reviews. Perkins is to promote NZ literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair with other Kiwi writers next month.
In search of secrecy and subterfuge
British writer Ian McEwan tells Boyd Tonkin why all novels are spy novels.