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'To Kill a Mockingbird' author dies
Harper Lee, the novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice became standard reading for millions and an Oscar-winning film, has died.
Harper Lee, the novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice became standard reading for millions and an Oscar-winning film, has died.
Scottish writer Peter May tells Stephen Jewell about returning to his homeland for his latest novel and putting himself into his character's mind.
Greg Fleming meets three Auckland chefs who share the books that have inspired their culinary journeys
Matthew Hayes talks about claims of joint authorship and the impact on the duration of copyright.
What did the Cold War and housework have in common? British author Helen Dunmore reveals the 'ordinary' part of the dramatic period in history to Nicky Pellegrino and how she gets to intimately know her characters.
The new Harry Potter play will become a new Harry Potter book, it was confirmed today.
A summer reading programme run by Auckland Libraries has helped more than 12,000 children keep on top of their reading over the long holiday break.
Despite being pulled from the shelves in NZ, Ian Wishart's controversial new book on the Marlborough Sounds murders has been a big seller online.
Kim Knight discovers how to successfully swear your way to self-fulfilment.
Today on the anniversary of his death, Emma Michelle and Anne Maxwell reflect on how JD Salinger's writing first influenced the world and how it continues to do so now.
Smiling broadly and chatting happily as she signed cookbook after cookbook, Nigella Lawson charmed hundreds of fans in Invercargill yesterday.
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is in Invercargill today. We look at similarities and differences between the South Island city and her home in London.
Domestic goddess charms fans who braved the summer heat to meet her in Auckland.
Please add the name of Elizabeth Harrower to the embarrassingly long list of authors I should have read years ago.
Caitlyn Jenner is releasing a memoir about her transition from male to female.
Do you stand out from the crowd. A new book details how you can.
"Tell me what you eat," said the French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1825, "and I'll tell you what you are."
She's best known to the world as a writer of Indian food books, however, as Madhur Jaffrey tells Michele Kayal, her first love is the theatre.
For 70 years, the reprinting of Adolf Hitler's autobiography was prohibited in Germany because of fears it could be used as right-wing propaganda