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Kiwi author's debut novel picked up for TV series
Brandy Scott's debut novel will be adapted for TV by the producer of Outrageous Fortune.
Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black's remarkable story
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Never forget - author Susan Orlean on how libraries help us remember
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Shakespeare's debt to the neighbourhood
Elizabethan Londoners living near William Shakespeare's lodgings were his players.
Grimshaw's tales
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Author Greg McGee on what's been keeping him up at night
Author Greg McGee on the necessary secrets that kept him awake at night.
Harry Potter tribute continues its magical success
Harry Potter parody returns to Auckland as love for the boy wizard shows no sign of waning
Salman Rushdie: 'I was groped by Margaret Thatcher'
Margaret Thatcher had a surprisingly 'touchy-feely' side, according to the author.
'Against her will': Amazon sells exploitative books glorifying rape
Books with explicit rape themes are selling on Amazon.
Forget Wonky Donkey, here comes Dinky
Sequel to best-selling Wonky Donkey to be released this year.
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Is there music in maths? Meet the concert pianist and mathematician who thinks so
Mathematician Eugenia Cheng uses music to make us love maths - and see Trump differently.
Variety is the spice of life for author Sally Gardner
Author Sally Gardner on reactions when you swap children's books for erotic fiction.
The parallels between Meghan Markle and Wallis Simpson
Royal biographer Anna Pasternak on why she is backing the 'interlopers'.
New matchmaking service aims to change the stories we tell
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Whitcoulls pulls Jordan Peterson's '12 Rules for Life'
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Auckland architecture guide: 50 buildings, six routes
New architecture walking tour book out
Jeff Tweedy: Recording and discording with Wilco
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Leighton Smith: I have an addiction and it can't be cured
COMMENT: For an addict to be freed, they must first recognise their addiction.
Auckland Writers Fest lineup revealed: PM to star
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