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![After solo travel inspiration? These 5 books should top your list](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
After solo travel inspiration? These 5 books should top your list
Kindle your solo travel journey with these wanderlust-filled reads.
![Canvas: Bella's Books: The Other Brother](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Canvas: Bella's Books: The Other Brother
Wellington teenager Bella Fraei reviews The Other Brother by Jax Calder. Video / Canvas
!['She's the real deal isn't she': verdict on Catherine Chidgey's 'Pet'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'She's the real deal isn't she': verdict on Catherine Chidgey's 'Pet'
'A skilfully written and chilling book, Chidgey is indeed the real deal.'
![Joe Bennett: My favourite work from late novelist Martin Amis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Joe Bennett: My favourite work from late novelist Martin Amis
Columnist Joe Bennett on the best work of late novelist Martin Amis.
![A celebration of mums filling pages with delight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
A celebration of mums filling pages with delight
Milla and her grandmother Rose explore all the wonderfully different, yet often familiar mums on display in Sarina Dickson's new book, Mumapalooza: A Celebration of Mums. Video / Ella Wilks
![The Gubyllub: Kindness as a cure to bullying](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The Gubyllub: Kindness as a cure to bullying
A rhyming children’s picture book about combatting bullying
![Why Harry Potter series is a literary masterpiece](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Why Harry Potter series is a literary masterpiece
Opinion: JK Rowling is more than a lightning rod for controversy.
![Children's book educates about animal cruelty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Children's book educates about animal cruelty
A local writer shares what inspired his book.
![Birnam Wood review: Fair is foul, and foul is fair in world of eco-thriller](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Birnam Wood review: Fair is foul, and foul is fair in world of eco-thriller
Kiran Dass reviews Eleanor Catton's new novel
![Beach study gives a journey back into social memory](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Beach study gives a journey back into social memory
David Herkt reviews New Zealand at the Beach
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Reviews of new books and a conversation with author/illustrator Jean Donaldson
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Mel C talks to Eleanor Black, quick questions with poet laureate Chris Tse.
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Plus Owen Marshall answers 5 Quick Questions.
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Tragedy and trauma are at the core of Lauren Roche's debut novel.
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Sit back to the rise and fall of counterculture, and other glacially cool writers.
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
A dystopia set in 2041 and an examination into future family ties
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Including a witchy rom-com and the latest literary crime thriller from J.P. Pomare.
![Dominic Hoey: 'This place is a lot darker than it is advertised overseas. They just get Lord of the Rings and Jacinda'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dominic Hoey: 'This place is a lot darker than it is advertised overseas. They just get Lord of the Rings and Jacinda'
Dominic Hoey's new novel confronts 21st century Aotearoa and some social truths.
![New children's books have a woke problem](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New children's books have a woke problem
Claire Alfree explores the modern political minefields of children's books.
![The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading
Sit back to David Trubridge, Keri Hulme and three-ingredient recipes.
![Winter reading: Bitingly good books to curl up with](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Winter reading: Bitingly good books to curl up with
New Zealand's drinking culture, the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack, and pirates.