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The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading

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Bullied, bullying and bystanders: Tips for teens and parents

How to put your hand up, if you're the bullied or the bystander.

'Epic misjudgment': Inside Meghan Markle's disastrous attempt to edit Vogue

Revenge, by Tom Bower, makes a series of bombshell claims about Harry and Meghan.

The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading

A dystopia set in 2041 and an examination into future family ties

Trump asked top aide why his generals couldn't be like Hitler's, book says

New York Times: John Kelly replied that Germany's generals 'tried to kill Hitler 3 times'.

Hundertwasser: 'His art and his buildings were gifts to humanity'.

In his last years at Kaurinui, Hundertwasser hiked to his Mountain Hut almost every day.

Fergie buys a $9.6m house to help out her daughters

The Duchess of York's first book for Mills & Boon was a surprise hit with reviewers.

The bookshelf: Top picks for your weekend reading

Including a witchy rom-com and the latest literary crime thriller from J.P. Pomare.

Michael Bennett's new novel is sure to feature on many critics' end-of-year best lists

It's a remarkable, post-colonial crime novel that's more than just a page-turner.

Why George R.R. Martin isn't so sure about GoT prequel

Author was "apprehensive" to hand over his story for prequel series House of the Dragon.

Questions about real unsolved murder linger over Where the Crawdads Sing

New York Times: Movie renews questions about author's involvement in 1995 murder.

Meghan Markle left the Queen 'irritated' after rejecting suggestion on reconciliation

The Duchess of Sussexes' rejection left Prince Charles and the Queen 'irritated'.

New story of 'an average young woman navigating rough waters'

Teenage diary served as the basis for Kate Camp's book.

Winter reading: Bitingly good books to curl up with

New Zealand's drinking culture, the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack, and pirates.

Was James Bond pinched from a teacher named Bottome?

Phyllis Bottome.

The coolest literary magazines you've never heard of

Plus, Kate de Goldi returns, and discover a new work of sci-fi Pasifikafuturism.

More mysterious than the X-Files: David Duchovny is now a serious novelist

David Duchovny has now had more hit novels than hit TV series. How did that happen?

Will the robot who can mimic Shakespeare make authors obsolete?

Times: It takes only seconds for the latest AI computers to write like the Bard.