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What's with all the swearing? The new wave of profanity-laden self-help guides
There's a new wave of self-help books and they don't give a f*** - or do they?
Ashleigh Young: On what to do with that book inside you
The award winning writer on how to get that novel, memoir or poem you have inside, out.
The 12 things I learned from food books this year
Lesson learned - what cook books taught us this year.
The books you need to pack for the best summer reads
Are your 2019 faves here? Canvas reviewers choose their top books for the year.
What a gift - four authors on childhood books they'll always remember
How life-changing can a book be? Four NZ authors on the power of stories.
What does book publishing reveal about what keeps us up at night?
The brave world of book publishing: why publishers and readers should say yes to the new.
Farewell vampires and changelings, hello West Coast crime
Nalini Singh made her name writing paranormal romance, now she's turning to crime.
Dr Ruth: I never get tired talking about sex, ever
It's not fellatio or orgasm now: famed sex therapist Dr Ruth on what we want to know now.
KFC and a bucket of deep-fried differences
Madeleine Chapman and Simon Wilson dined out at KFC - this is their review.
What the world needs now is love - and strawberries
Is this the food of love? The surprisingly sensual history of the strawberry revealed.
Rebel with a cause - how Janis Joplin escaped conservative Texas to become the high priestess of 60s rock 'n' roll
Janis Joplin, the middle-class Texas girl and 60s countercultural icon, revealed.
Lee Child talks Jack Reacher and Tom Cruise
Times: What does the author put his phenomenal success down to? You'd be surprised.
'Never too soon to read to baby' - study
Babies who are read to at 9 months learn better at four and a half.
Handmaid's Tale author announces New Zealand tour
Praise Be - Margaret Atwood is touring New Zealand in February.
Why moving to Rotorua made an author burst into tears
Zoe Rankin - combining Scottish highlands and Rotorua for psychological thriller plots
Teuila Blakely's 'Sex and the City' memoirs
Actress Teuila Blakely plans to release a book on her single life.
Boxing on - Tyson Fury on the biggest fight of all
Boxer Tyson Fury opens up on the biggest fight of his life.
Jacinda Ardern as you have never seen her before - a comic book superheroine
Ardern has been reimagined as a real-life superwoman along with many other iconic ladies.
Comment: Why I threw away my travel guides
Cherished travel guides have been thrown out - but it wasn't easy
Okay, Boomer! Simon Wilson on a new history of protest in New Zealand
What does a new history of the "objects" of protest have to tell us about progressive NZ?
The forgotten women who powered early New Zealand
New book challenges idea that a colonial woman's place was in the home.
A story of grief and hope 40 years on from Erebus
Sarah Myles' grandfather died in the Erebus air disaster;
Lou Reed meets Alan Partridge in our weekly picks
What on earth is our TimeOut entertainment team recommending this week?
Book reviews: Crime fiction round up
Greg Fleming looks at some of the latest crime fiction releases.
Book review: Stephen King's The Institute
Greg Fleming reviews Stephen King's latest novel.
Craig Smith, the author of one of NZ’s most successful books, The Wonky Donkey is releasing a sequel
Craig Smith, the author of one of NZ’s most successful books, The Wonky Donkey is releasing a sequel. Video / Michael Craig
Move over Wonky, meet Dinky Donkey
The eagerly awaited sequel to one of NZ's favourite kids' books is out now.
Fame caught in the frame: Michael Cooper captured the soul of a decade
Photographer Michael Cooper had an All Areas Access pass to the 1960s - he used it well.
Jo Wood: Ronnie, me and the Rolling Stones
Up close and personal: New photos of the Rolling Stones as never pictured before.
Writing away the pain
Sinead Gleeson has been in pain since she was a child, now it fuels beautiful writing.
Author Christos Tsiolkas: Damascus might be radical but it's not blasphemous. I'm not out to ridicule this faith.
Author Christos Tsiolkas stunned with The Slap, now he's taken on religion.
Poet Dominic Hoey on the songs that shaped his lyrical style
Dominic Hoey lists his favourite songs after the recent release of his third poetry book.