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Marie Kondo is back - and her new book could change workplaces all over the world

Marie Kondo's new book could be one of 2020 best-sellers.

Poet-musician Kate Tempest: raging for those on the margins

Kate Tempest: "Music is an antidote to the numbness".

Stars of our own heavenly show

This treasure is one we have lost our connection with says author Naomi Arnold.

The wild child who finally found peace

Elizabeth Wurtzel, who has died, had traded her unruly life for a far more serene one.

2020 in books - the fiction you won't want to miss

Another year, another swag of books - what to look out for this year.

Petrolheads worst offenders at failing to return Auckland Library books

Four of the top 10 longest overdue books over the past five years were vehicle-related.

Editorial: New Year resolutions - One thing you can do to change your life

EDITORIAL: Five days in, how many New Year's resolutions have you already broken?

Visionary publisher Sonny Mehta dies at 77

Publisher had a keen eye for best-sellers and works of literature.

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.

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.

Farewell vampires and changelings, hello West Coast crime

Nalini Singh made her name writing paranormal romance, now she's turning to crime.

Michael Hill jeweller becomes cartoonist

The jeweller has launched a new project.

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.