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Breaking out of his own prison
It took a hellish long time for best-selling writer Matthew Quick’s overnight success to come, he tells David Larsen.

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?

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.

After the silence
A family’s story can be far more tumultuous than any blockbuster, as Linda Herrick discovers in a conversation with author Lloyd Jones.

Book review: The Sound Of Things Falling
People who read a lot of novels develop certain discriminations.

Top cop back in business
Stuart MacBride brings back his leading man in his latest thriller, writes Stephen Jewell.

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)
Previously unpublished family photographs of the Queen as a young girl are to be seen by the public for the first time.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
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.

Jonah tells of hurt by trusted manager
Rugby superstar Jonah Lomu has criticised his former manager Phil Kingsley Jones in a new book.

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
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
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
Crime writer Denise Mina tells Doug Johnstone why she sees herself as a political writer