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![Fear factor](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Fear factor
A poignant blog shows just what an impact fear can have on women’s lives and dreams. Anna Maxted — no stranger to crippling anxiety — is prompted to ask ... What are we all so afraid of?
![Love of gore propels southern man to international stardom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Love of gore propels southern man to international stardom
In the world that Paul Cleave creates, Christchurch is a violent and seedy city, inhabited by kidnappers, jaded ex-cops, and twisted serial killers.
![Book review: Frederick's Coat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Book review: Frederick's Coat
Johno Ryan is doomed, it seems. He's barely out of short pants when his father and his grandfather sit him down and explain that their family are criminals: that's what they do.
![Book review: The Sound Of Things Falling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Book review: The Sound Of Things Falling
People who read a lot of novels develop certain discriminations.
![Book review: <I>The Travel Book</I>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Book review: <I>The Travel Book</I>
Unless you're a gazillionaire signed up for one of those trips into space, your next holiday is somewhere inside these pages.
![Royal baby book reveals unseen snaps of Queen (+pics)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Royal baby book reveals unseen snaps of Queen (+pics)
Previously unpublished family photographs of the Queen as a young girl are to be seen by the public for the first time.
![Chat replay: Tamaki expert](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Chat replay: Tamaki expert
Church historian and author Peter Lineham is joining us at midday for a chat on his new book Destiny: The Life and Times of a Self-Made Apostle.
![Racy kids' book goes to censor](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Racy kids' book goes to censor
A controversial children's novel is being reviewed by the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
![Animals in motion: pets after the quakes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Animals in motion: pets after the quakes
Massive forces bent faults below the Canterbury Plains, jolting a sleeping city awake at 4.35am. The other world - that occupied by animals - got an almighty fright too.
![Award honours poet](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Award honours poet
A new poetry prize has been launched to honour Auckland poet Sarah Broom who passed away in April at the age of 41, just before her collection Gleam was published.
![Books: Looking at the ripples](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Books: Looking at the ripples
Crime writer Denise Mina tells Doug Johnstone why she sees herself as a political writer
![Once upon a time...](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Once upon a time...
Dionne Christian finds the Storylines Festival is perfect to encourage kids' love of reading and writing.
![Destiny's head the real star at biography launch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Destiny's head the real star at biography launch
It's the shoes at the foot of Bishop Brian Tamaki's impressive all-black ensemble that catch the eye as his delegation sweeps up the library stairs at Massey University's North Shore campus.
![Kooky Kiwi collections + share your own](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Kooky Kiwi collections + share your own
Why do we collect things and devote so much time, and in some cases money, to surrounding ourselves with common or unusual objects?