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EntertainmentBook Review: <i>King Of The Badgers</i>Taking a sharp look at humanity's foibles.18 May 05:00 PM
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EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Gallows Bird</i>The fact that a reality television show features in Camilla Lackberg's mesmerising new novel will mean little to New Zealand readers of this best-selling Nordic writer, but her fellow Swedes might discern a little score-settling.15 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Novel in the Viola</i>A witty, irreverent and gutsy heroine carries this new novel.15 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleFive of the best: Public librariesThe best thing to come out of Auckland's Super City amalgamation is that you can borrow 3.5 million items from 55 libraries from Wellsford to Waiuku. Here we choose our favourite handful.13 May 10:00 PM
LifestyleFinding a way to deal with the TalebanUK journalist James Fergusson tackled questions on the Taleban at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.13 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleCandace Bushnell: The inspiration behind Sex and the CityJust when you thought <i>Sex and the City</i> had taken its last gasp, the creator of the iconic characters releases two novels for younger readers. Rebecca Barry Hill talks to the original Carrie Bradshaw, Candace Bushnell.13 May 02:00 AM
EntertainmentBritney Spears' life made into a comicBritney Spears' life has been turned into a comic book.12 May 10:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Caribou Island</i>The disintegration of American dreams into nightmares is the leitmotiv of this first novel. Its narrative punches you from the first paragraph: "I'm ten years old ... I opened our front door and found my mother hanging from the rafters..."11 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentOut of left fieldSick of cheesy 'chick-lit'? A new novel about brain injury revises the genre.08 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook lover: David MitchellDavid Mitchell is a UK author whose most recent novel is <i>The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet</i>. He will be appearing at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. 08 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleFor the love of books - some of our top shopsBuying ebooks may be convenient but it can't compete with the personality and charm of our best bookshops, writes Danielle Wright.06 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMonica Ali: The princess and the pressBrimming from the excitement of the royal nuptials, a story about a self-exiled princess proves timely for writer Monica Ali.05 May 08:00 PM
EntertainmentNiall Ferguson the history boyPopular historian Niall Ferguson tells Stephen Jewell how television democratises knowledge and why colonialism wasn't all bad.05 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Fosterling</i>Emma Neale is a poet, novelist, teacher and anthologist living in Dunedin. Her latest novel, <i>Fosterling</i>, is the sort of book that can only come from multiple roles and experiences.05 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleGoing down Memory lane with a cookbook for mumFamily treasures helped create a stunning, unique cookbook with nostalgic appeal.02 May 05:00 PM
