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Dear World, I'm Toby from England
A book about New Zealand got Toby Little started on a mammoth letter-writing project. Joe Shute meets him.

Literary world heads to NZ
Booker and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and standout New Zealand writers are lined up for the Auckland Writers Festival.

Rowling's whopping post-Potter earnings
JK Rowling has earned a further NZ$11.2 billion from the Harry Potter brand since completing the young adult book series.

Art Green: 'Not the ideal way to start a relationship'
Art Green talks about his new book Eat Clean, Live Lean, wanting children with his girlfriend Matilda and the second season of The Bachelor.

Alyssa Rosenberg: It's time for JK Rowling to let other people write Harry Potter books
COMMENT: Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published in 2007 and the second of the two-part movie adaptation of JK Rowling's final Harry Potter novels was released in 2011, the author and her creation have been in a kind of limbo.

Author of banned book pens sequel
Dawe says Into the World is a story about the traps that young men fall into, with a focus on the results of bad decisions.

Is JK Rowling's new story racist?
In an anxiously anticipated new story, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has transported her world of magical wizarding across the Atlantic and some Native American commentators are not happy with the result, saying it exploits and distorts Native culture.

Sequel to banned book arrives next week
A sequel to the controversial book Into the River is set to be released at a launch in Mt Eden next Tuesday.

Rowling's surprise for Harry Potter fans
JK Rowling has dropped a bombshell on Harry Potter fans, previewing new stories that promise to unveil "the whole story".

New book claims Oracle broke rules
An American journalist claims to have uncovered evidence that Oracle broke the rules in their famous comeback win over Team NZ in the 2013 America's Cup.

Is this the new Fifty Shades of Grey?
Is this 'geeky' Oxford graduate's debut the sexiest book of the year?

The most insulting things about ageing
Book extract: Helen Garner's assault on condescension.

Reaching out to ghosts
Sally Gardner's imagination seems inexorably drawn to the past, but what if the journey was real? She talks to Stephen Jewell about her latest novel and its time-travelling teenagers.

Cooks and their books
Greg Fleming meets three Auckland chefs who share the books that have inspired their culinary journeys

Matthew Hayes: The impact on the duration of copyright
Matthew Hayes talks about claims of joint authorship and the impact on the duration of copyright.

Helen Dunmore's cold war drama
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.

New Harry Potter book to be released in July
The new Harry Potter play will become a new Harry Potter book, it was confirmed today.

What to expect at the LGBTIQ Literary Festival
Jennifer Dann finds out what audiences can expect from New Zealand's first LGBTIQ Literary Festival this month.

How novelist baked her way out of depression
Best-selling author Marian Keyes tells Jennifer Dann why she hates the term chick-lit and how she baked herself out of depression

Kids flock to summer reading dare
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.