Compelling New Zealand novels and poetry top Carol Markwell's reading list

In a week's time, a lot of people will start saying, "It hasn't sunk in yet." Why?

Why teenage girls aren't going to take it anymore.

The Apprentice. Prime reality viewing.

The restaurant where the food is as lush as the furniture is plush.

"She was unconventional, doing something considered exceptional even for a man to do."

The musician on receiving his most treasured possession and what it means for his future.

"I became aware I was living based on choices I had made many years earlier."

Distract yourself with some landmarks in Olympic-related cinema.

The Auckland artist on omens, Aussies and navigating a pathway to the future.

Novel brings the Red Squad era back to life

Michael Pollan on taking a more enlightened approach to drugs.

What crime author Anne Harré has in her to-read pile

"It feels like a small act of defiance."

Thriller writer Lee Child talks to his biographer, Heather Martin

The short form is growing.

'I emerged from the theatre an absolute blubbery mess' - Shane Bosher on The Normal Heart

'The higher I climbed, the more the southerly intensified. It shoved me in the face.'

Greg and Zanna investigate their feelings over a deeply unfunny movie starring a comedian.

TV creator Becky Kuek picks the five bangers that mean the most to her.

I like to read - I really do - but do I really?

Characters and thrills aplenty in new crime writing

'You want to be like Elsa from Frozen, creating ice-palaces with a flick of her hands.'

Karl Puschmann chats to the former frontman about his new lockdown inspired book.

Steve Braunias on walking and talking

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Abrams: 'Introversion is how I navigate the world but it is not in conflict with ambition'

Personal experience helps create authenticity, says award-winning writer

Grace Kelly and Joan Didion graced its halls, where no man was allowed above the lobby.