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Anthology shines light on complexity of culture in New Zealand
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Reading helps Rebecca K. Reilly be part of the conversation
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Airini Beautrais: The year's brightest star
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Lying for a living: How Jo Spain became a writer
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Ex appeal: Why we're all so invested in Bennifer 2.0
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Zoom brings writers to readers in a time of Covid
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Michelle Langstone on keeping watch over her father's last parade
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Seachange to Silicon Valley: Vendela Vida's new novel is a love letter to a city in flux
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Treasure trove of rare books for sale
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How to Writers Festival: A guide to attending
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Harry and Meghan v the royals: New book chapters could be 'final straw'
The couple's biographers are set to drop new material - and the impact could be momentous.
Monarchy may 'not outlast Prince William'
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Spellbound in a town of dark secrets and forces
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Country vet life like Jane Austen in Red Band gumboots
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Susanna Gendall: I love heroines who bake cake
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A clash of classes: Clare Moleta's remarkable dystopian debut
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Nineteen ways to be Ai Weiwei
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