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Kirsten McDougall's dreary apocalypse: 'You can't just pussyfoot around anymore'
She's a Killer is intended as an alarm for a New Zealand in environmental crisis.
She's a Killer is intended as an alarm for a New Zealand in environmental crisis.
A collection of stories to savour by an award-winning writer
From New York to Wānaka: The inspiration behind her new cookbook with mum Annabel.
Joy Watson's books have resonated with thousands of children and their parents.
"How do you oppose the Holocaust?" one teacher asked.
Mo Gawdat believes we face an apocalyptic threat from artificial intelligence.
An interweaving of tales in search of the lobster, worldwide
One of the best spots for a pit stop on an NZ road trip, Featherston is full of surprises.
Only a handful of the stories stretch out longer than a page (and, even then, barely).
Paul Little looks at a new version of a well-known Māori myth collection
How a shy teenager became a sporting great - and a headline magnet.
Times: Author also reveals how he inadvertently helped finance an attempted coup.
'Story and books are a vehicle of how we communicate between generations.'
Annette Lees evokes the power of the night
On fiction with a touch of history and an astonishing read.
'Before I made a living from books I'd do anything to pay the bills.'
The joy of reading to students and the politics of question time
The co-editor of Skinny Dip is renewing my vows with New Zealand literature.
Owen Eastwood found a sense of belonging by being an outsider
"Looking after my well-being is a mental, social and spiritual thing."
In Samira Sedira's People Like Them, issues of class, race and jealousy are at the fore.
The stunningly strange states of Paige Clarke's short story collection She Is Haunted.
Debut novel sees two distinct women offering their sides of the same story.
Sally Rooney on why sex in literary fiction is a turn-off and not much fun to write.
Behind the Coast presenter's bubbly persona is a story of heartbreak and resilience.
Sebastian Faulks says James Bond boosted his pension fund
The art of goodness from garden to table
David Hill on what he's reading - a focus on NZ writers
Bridget van der Zijpp's third novel sees a middle-aged novelist throw caution to the wind.