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![Snoopy and the meaning of life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Snoopy and the meaning of life
As Charlie Brown celebrates his 65th birthday, Lucy Davies learns how his creator, Charles M Schulz, reinvented comics for the modern world.
![The rise of adult colouring books](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The rise of adult colouring books
The adult art craze is driving a resurgence in book sales but many bookworms are colouring-in rather than reading.
![Book review: Golden Age, Jane Smiley](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book review: Golden Age, Jane Smiley
Bill Bryson famously came from Iowa ("Somebody had to"). So do the farming dynasty of Jane Smiley's now-completed trilogy.
![Rising interest for controversial book](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rising interest for controversial book
Controversy around youth novel Into the River has stirred rising interest in the book at some libraries.
![Dan Carter biography due in two weeks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dan Carter biography due in two weeks
Publishers have put off printing to include the final result in the final chapter - but the book is supposed to be out by November 14.
![Hobbit author's annotated map of Middle Earth found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hobbit author's annotated map of Middle Earth found
J.R.R Tolkien's annotated map of Middle-earth has been discovered inside a copy of The Lord of the Rings.
![JK Rowling announces play depicting middle-aged Harry Potter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
JK Rowling announces play depicting middle-aged Harry Potter
Rowling reveals two-part play based on her books depicts wizard 19 years after leaving Hogwarts
![The hardy souls who tamed the heartland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The hardy souls who tamed the heartland
An edited extract from High Country Stations of the Mackenzie, written by Mary Hobbs reveals the pioneers of the famed Mt Cook Station.
![Google's book-scanning project ruled to be legal 'fair use'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Google's book-scanning project ruled to be legal 'fair use'
Google can continue to scan books without paying authors after a court rules it was 'fair use'.
![Rowling shows dark side with book that gave her nightmares](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rowling shows dark side with book that gave her nightmares
The author's newest crime book emphasises the dark twist her career has taken, with her most gruesome plot to date and research which gave her "nightmares".
![Travis Barker opens up about near-fatal plane crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Travis Barker opens up about near-fatal plane crash
The Blink-182 rocker was one of only two survivors when a Learjet 60 carrying him and five others crashed in South Carolina in 2008.
![Book review: The Porcelain Thief, Huan Hsu](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book review: The Porcelain Thief, Huan Hsu
The Porcelain Thief describes Hsu's search for it, which, of course, necessitated his taking a job with a wealthy uncle in Shanghai and learning the language and customs of his ancestral home.
![Book review: Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies, Jay Parini](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book review: Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies, Jay Parini
It was the small screen that made him big. While many high-minded intellectuals disdained television, Vidal realised its power.
![Book review: I'll Never Write My Memoirs, Grace Jones](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book review: I'll Never Write My Memoirs, Grace Jones
It's not at all easy to talk about Grace Jones - disco queen, new waver, Bond villain, diva, android, androgyne - as if she is a real person.
![Into the River book ban lifted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Into the River book ban lifted
The book, which features sexually explicit content, drug use and use of slang for female genitalia, is now classified as unrestricted.
![Ladybird books offer wry take on adult issues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ladybird books offer wry take on adult issues
They were the wholesome educational aids which taught generations of children the basics of everything from cake decorating to nuclear power.
![Snape casts unlikely spell over Potter fans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Snape casts unlikely spell over Potter fans
The internet is braced for meltdown as the first official drawing of the world's most unlikely sex symbol is unveiled.
![22-year-old Kiwi scores US book series contract](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
22-year-old Kiwi scores US book series contract
Friends teased her as a child, but Hamilton 22-year-old Yvette Willemse is now a proper author with a four-book contract with an American publisher.
![Book review: The Secret War, Max Hastings](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book review: The Secret War, Max Hastings
This is Hastings' first sortie into the secret world as he puts the codebreakers' achievements in context by measuring them against competing sources of secret intelligence.
![Author Frederick Forsyth reveals his secret past](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Author Frederick Forsyth reveals his secret past
From East Berlin to war-torn Africa, Frederick Forsyth's Bond-like past shows what made him a natural fit for MI6.
![Book review: From The Cutting Room Of Barney Kettle, Kate De Goldi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Book review: From The Cutting Room Of Barney Kettle, Kate De Goldi
This is a cross-over novel of "stories within stories within stories". We're told at the start it's written by a supine, seriously-injured survivor of some major disaster.
!['I must be the opposite of a psychopath'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'I must be the opposite of a psychopath'
Bestselling novelist Jojo Moyes on how her childhood shapes her popular novels.
![Lucy Mangan: Are TV box sets the new novels?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lucy Mangan: Are TV box sets the new novels?
Clive James has just spoken for many, wondering aloud why he is "wasting" so much time binge-watching box sets of television dramas such as Game of Thrones, writes Lucy Mangan. The multi-disc box set is increasingly our answer to the novel.
![Kate Tempest set to storm NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kate Tempest set to storm NZ
Kate Tempest is a woman of many talents, with a background as a poet, playwright and a novelist. When she's here in January, she'll be showcasing her skills as a rapper.