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Celebrated author JD Salinger spoke to readers in his own special way.

Greg Dixon looks back on 10 years of terror, pointless technology, cultural decline and bad TV.

Samoan writer Lani Wendt Young has been commissioned to take down the stories of hundreds of people affected by the Pacific tsunami.

If you had been in Venice just over a year ago and gone to see the elegant Bridge of Sighs, you would have had an unpleasant surprise.

Famous foodie Nigel Slater talks to Stephen Jewell about how his work grew - like his garden - from one book into two.

Wes Anderson's adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1970 novel Fantastic Mr Fox is as much a treat for adults as for older kids.

With the Fox With Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson has tackled a painstaking stop-motion adaptation of a childhood favourite.

Author Anthony Bozza tells Scott Kara why the classic Australian rockers deserve more credit for their sound.

Clint Eastwood's forthcoming film about South Africa's 1995 Rugby World Cup victory may cause NZ rugby loyalists to shout 'Hollywood!'

Here's our list of the Top 10 fiction and Top 10 non-fiction New Zealand books of the decade.

Top Kiwi authors tell us what they'll be reading on the beach this summer - and recommend some favourites.

Charles Darwin spent nine days in New Zealand in 1835. He disliked the young country, but his experience helped shape his monumental theories about evolution.

The first of Stieg Larsson's acclaimed Millennium thrillers makes it to the big screen this week.