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Faeries, hell, robots, time travel: Jack Remiel Cottrell's very short stories have it all

Only a handful of the stories stretch out longer than a page (and, even then, barely).

A picture book for adults: Where lobsters go, humankind may follow

A picture book for adults

Sonya Wilson: 'I'm a sucker for a good opening line'

Sonya Wilson on her books, aimed at all ages

Putting a Māori lens over a classic collection of myths

Paul Little looks at a new version of a well-known Māori myth collection

Sex, drugs and a sporting tell-all? Sonny Bill Williams has finally found his voice

How a shy teenager became a sporting great - and a headline magnet.

Jeffrey Archer on his prison years and his latest crime caper

Times: Author also reveals how he inadvertently helped finance an attempted coup.

Anthony Doerr: 'A fable is a drug.'

'Story and books are a vehicle of how we communicate between generations.'

After Dark, by Annette Lees: 'The parallel night world is as close as our front door'

Annette Lees evokes the power of the night

Joan Mackenzie: 'I often like a bit of history with my fiction'

On fiction with a touch of history and an astonishing read.

"I make a deal with God. He stands on my verandah and asks after my husband."

The stunningly strange states of Paige Clarke's short story collection She Is Haunted.

Two sisters and two voices merge for powerful debut novel

Debut novel sees two distinct women offering their sides of the same story.

Debut novel with a vivid Auckland flavour

A debut novel with pitch-perfect narrative

Oh, put it away! Why sex in novels rarely succeeds

Sally Rooney on why sex in literary fiction is a turn-off and not much fun to write.

'My story of heartbreak and hope': Toni Street on surrogacy, losing three siblings

Behind the Coast presenter's bubbly persona is a story of heartbreak and resilience.

Sebastian Faulks' Austrian trilogy part two: love as a kind of puzzle to be solved

Sebastian Faulks says James Bond boosted his pension fund

Homegrown Happiness: Your guide to gardening and good food

The art of goodness from garden to table

'Being lucky enough to know some of the stories behind the fiction makes it fascinating to see their transformation

David Hill on what he's reading - a focus on NZ writers

'You don't go to Berlin to set up a cosy house in the suburbs and have kids'

Bridget van der Zijpp's third novel sees a middle-aged novelist throw caution to the wind.