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Book Review: Forecast: Turbulence
The turbulence of the title keys us into the parts weather and water play, but that turbulence also works on a metaphorical level.
Minding your manners in a modern world
If modern life is a battlefield, then everyday etiquettes are the mines hidden across it, many laid where you least expect them. So why, asks Greg Dixon, do people not tread more carefully?
Fiction Addiction: Review - Animal People by Charlotte Wood
The final scenes of my December feature read, Animal People by Charlotte Wood, seem especially appropriate at this time of year.
Peek into a point of view
Nicky Pellegrino checks out a pithy perspective on self-improvement.
Fiction Addiction: Q&A: Bringing Sherlock back to life
Being chosen to write the first official Sherlock Holmes story since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle retired the famous detective has to be the dream job for a writer of mysteries.
A confusing book you can't put down
An offbeat thriller with dementia as a theme absorbs Nicky Pellegrino.
Travel book: <I>Art Galleries to visit in New Zealand</I>
This slim volume, which purports to "provide a guide to the many art galleries of all types that are scattered throughout New Zealand", is by no means comprehensive.
Fiction Addiction: Q&A with Charlotte Wood
Characters in good books have a way of lingering long after the final page is closed. For author Charlotte Wood it was, Stephen, from previous novel, The Children, who worried her so much she wanted to see him progress through the next stage of his life.
Tara Moss has a 'Thing' for snakes
Tara Moss's husband could be forgiven for feeling a little concerned over a rival's competition for his wife's affections.
Book lover: Max Cryer
Max Cryer's books are published worldwide. His latest is Preposterous Proverbs (Exisle).
Fiction Addiction: Reviving Sherlock Holmes - again
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is said to have hated the character of Sherlock Holmes, which he first created for a short story in 1886.
Christmas gift ideas: Search beneath the pages
With Christmas almost here, Canvas book reviewers take the hassle out of gift-shopping with ideas for all ages and tastes.
Fiction Addiction: Rangatira review
Going by the feedback we’ve received in the last month, there’s been a great deal of interest in Paula Morris’s new novel Rangatira.
Book lover: Alison Holst
New Zealand's own favourite food writer dishes the dirt on what it's like to be a bookworm.
Devil in the detail of a Nora Roberts novel
The characters, once they finally arrive, are great, writes Nicky Pellegrino.
Book Review: The Rain Tree
Mirabel Osler, as one friend has said of her, "could make a shopping list seem lyrical".
The special joys of a Kiwi cafe crawl
A new book checks out 70 outlets sure to delight coffee-lovers, writes Jim Eagles.
Travel book: <I>Te Araroa</I>
An updated guide to Te Araroa, our national walkway system, which now stretches the length of the country.
Book Review: Reamde
The default opening for any review of a Neal Stephenson novel is the "cult author, but not really" explanation. Here's how it goes.
Fiction Addiction: Introducing Animal People by Charlotte Wood
Many of us go through the daily grind, but sometimes, even those ordinary moments add up to an extraordinary and life-changing day - that's the premise of December's feature book, Animal People.
Alice Hoffman's tale of heartache and history
The epic scale of a tragic story numbs and grips Nicky Pellegrino.