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Kiwi sings his way to 'Idol' win
Stan Walker's family say his Australian Idol win is 'like a fairytale'.
Just for laughs
Becoming a comedian didn't work out for Jenny Colgan. Fortunately, being a novelist did.
Novel look at lives of artistic legends
Successfully fictionalising legendary people isn't easy.
Travelling to take musical pulse of America
After two decades of obsession with America, the boy from Mt Roskill journeyed through its heartland.
Four elements for charity
Mark Ellingham (Profile) and Peter Florence (Hay Festival) have compiled four collections of short stories under the title Ox-Tales.
<i>Michele Hewitson Interview:</i> Sam Hunt
'In a perfect world, I would never drink, but it ain't a perfect world' says Sam Hunt.
Plagiarists 'like drug cheats'
A doyen of NZ literature has compared plagiarism to drug cheating in sport because of the unfair advantage it gives over contemporaries.
Ihimaera row should be taken seriously - CK Stead
CK Stead has criticised Auckland University for minimising the seriousness of the Witi Ihimaera plagiarism controversy.
Ihimaera to buy back copies of controversial book
Most copies of Witi Ihimaera's The Trowenna Sea, which contains plagiarised passages, are set to be taken off bookstore shelves.
Ihimaera wins $50,000 arts prize despite plagiarism row
Author Witi Ihimaera was last night presented with a prestigious arts award - a week after he was caught up in a plagiarism row.
Exposed plagiarist Witi Ihimaera given $50,000 award
Witi Ihimaera has been named an Arts Foundation laureate and will receive a $50,000 award - days after admitting plagiarism in his new book.
Time an illusion for new instalment
More well known for his award-winning children's stories than adult sci-fi.
Poetry with music
Like Fiona Farrell, Bernadette Hall spent six months in Ireland courtesy of the Rathcoola Fellowship.
A life full of adventure
Wellington writer Damien Wilkins discusses how a trip to France was a journey in more ways than one.