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Crime writer's stories go from Auckland to Hollywood

Local writer Ben Sanders tells Greg Fleming about transposing his previously Auckland-based crimes Stateside and finding his storylines while daydreaming.

Book review: How to be Great, James Adonis

Book review: Stories Men Tell: New Zealand Men Talk About Their Lives

JK Rowling inspired by rejection letters

The Harry Potter author has told how publishers suggested she could benefit from a writing course when she approached them under pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

Another outing for Kiwi author

Book review: The Life of Elves, Muriel Barbery

English author probing humanity's dark side

Crime fiction round up

Greg Fleming reviews the latest batch of crime fiction

Complaint upheld over Margaret Mahy's book being read on air

A complaint about the reading of a novel written by a beloved Kiwi children's author has been upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority.

Author of banned book pens sequel

Dawe says Into the World is a story about the traps that young men fall into, with a focus on the results of bad decisions.

Is JK Rowling's new story racist?

In an anxiously anticipated new story, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has transported her world of magical wizarding across the Atlantic and some Native American commentators are not happy with the result, saying it exploits and distorts Native culture.

Rowling reveals new Potter villains

The second chapter of JK Rowling's History of Magic in America includes even more revelations about the previously untold past of wizards and witches in the New World.

Five big reveals from Rowling's new Potter story

JK Rowling has unveiled the first of four chapters from her History of Magic in North America. Rachel Bache takes a closer look at the lessons we can learn about the wizarding world.

Sequel to banned book arrives next week

A sequel to the controversial book Into the River is set to be released at a launch in Mt Eden next Tuesday.

NZ Book Award finalists named

Rowling's surprise for Harry Potter fans

JK Rowling has dropped a bombshell on Harry Potter fans, previewing new stories that promise to unveil "the whole story".

New book claims Oracle broke rules

An American journalist claims to have uncovered evidence that Oracle broke the rules in their famous comeback win over Team NZ in the 2013 America's Cup.

Serving unexpected offerings

No one gets beheaded; some readers are displeased.