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Sophie Ward: Model, gay icon, Booker nominee
Times: Former Vogue cover girl made headlines for walking red carpet with her girlfriend.

'My reading list is more of a to-read list'
Airini Beautrais on books she would read if she had the time

'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77
Winston Groom, who wrote "Forrest Gump", has died at age 77.

Armchair travel: 'Falling in love in France changed my life'
Author Melanie Cantor fell in love with a Frenchman...but there was no fairy-tale ending.

He invented the Rubik's Cube. He's still learning from it
New York Times: Meet the man who devised one of the world's most popular puzzles.

Read all about it! Wardini wins NZ bookshop of the year
Wardini Books has been named the Nielsen Bookshop of the Year 2020.

Top UK novelists miss out on literary shortlist
Americans dominate the latest Booker literature shortlist

JK Rowling under fire for new novel with 'transvestite serial killer'
The author is again accused of transphobia - this time because of her new book.

Getting comfortable with discomfort
Alison Jones talks with Eleanor Black about This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir

Nick Hornby's new novel takes him on a different tack
Times: The writer on why he wrote a black character for his latest book.

'For people like myself, New Zealand is a heaven'
Mustafa Darbandi, a Kurdish refugee, had to run from peril but found 'home' in NZ.

Poet Kate Camp reads everything from Trollope to Mantel
Poet and author of How to Be Happy Though Human, Kate Camp, shares her reading list.

Ghazaleh Golbakhsh: From prison at age 6 to film-maker and author
From Iran, to NZ, to Hollywood, Ghazelah Golbakhsh discusses her new book of essays.

The many sides to Dan Brown
New York Times: Author of The Da Vinci Code released a classical music album for children.

Whitcoulls Top 100: Ten Kiwi authors make list as Harry Potter series rules the charts
Ten New Zealand authors have made the Whitcoulls Top 100 list this year.

'If I had to go through it, I'm allowed to write about it'
Eleanor Black talks to poet Jess Fiebig

Amazon restricts reviews on Harry and Meghan biography
The 'Sussex Squad' have been trying to boost the book's rating on Amazon.

Sophie Hannah continues to test Poirot's powers of sleuthing
Eleanor Black talks with crime writer Sophie Hannah.

Women writers defy lockdown restrictions
Strong showing from debut women novelists and memoir writers.

Family secrets and squabbles
Canvas book reviews: The Telling Time, by P.J. McKay, and State Highway One, by Sam Coley.

Armchair travel: 'I yearned to be inspired by something mysterious'
Exploring Britain's diverse landscapes taught this author much about her own identity.

Revealed: The new Auckland - the startling numbers behind future faces
Mark Fryer on the Auckland he's known and that just keeps growing

Twilight author reveals she is working on two more books
The Twilight author has let slip some exciting information.

Fight for Freedom: the 'definitive' untold story of Harry and Meghan's decision to blindside the Windsors
Leah McFall talks to the authors of a "definitive" new book on Harry and Meghan

Harry and Meghan book the latest, risky move in royal PR war
It's just the latest foray of British royals into the minefield that is royal biography.