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Opinion: The viral literary queen who’s bigger than the Bible
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Pages came to life as Awapuni students dressed up as their favourite book characters.
Life as a mixed-race New Zealander explored in Kaitāia man Mike Bentley's poetry
The new book focuses on life as a Palagi-Samoan Kiwi.
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Why it’s time to take Freud’s disturbing theory about childhood seriously.
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BookTok: 'Worst nightmare' TikTok trend
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'Shop Local' the catchcry as Gisborne’s Paper Plus triumphs at NZ book industry awards
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Review: Poet Ian Rockel’s new work is a ‘cosmic revelation’
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First look inside new five-star Horizon by SkyCity hotel
Locals were commissioned to make art within the new hotel to showcase this country.
Keanu Reeves wrote a book. A really weird one
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