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Auckland Writers Festival special: Dominic Hoey recalls 1985's biggest events

We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.

Auckland Writers Festival special: Jude Dobson's true story of intrigue and espionage

We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.

'Calamity': New book lays bare 'cover-up' of a steeply declining Joe Biden

'Original Sin' presents evidence that Biden’s cognitive decline began way back in 2015.

‘We need more writers who can just remember’, says Ockham-winning wahine professor

Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku won the General Non-Fiction Award for her memoir Hine Toa.

Auckland Writers Festival special: Uncovering a life at the end of the world

We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.

Ockham Book Awards: All the winners from local literature's biggest night

Wellington author takes fiction's richest prize for a second time.

Watch live: The 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The biggest night on New Zealand’s literary calendar is here.

Simon Wilson: Shaun Hendy's warning on the Covid lessons we're still to learn

OPINION: A new book by the Covid modeller is a compulsive read with provocative ideas.

Auckland Writers Festival special: Jacqueline Bublitz’s latest blockbuster

We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.

Decades after her death, Princess Diana is still larger than life

The Princess of Wales remains a cultural force 25 years after her death.

'A fresh adventure': New Gruffalo book to hit stands for first time in two decades

The book is set for a 2026 release.

'Raw and unfiltered:' Jenny-May Clarkson's emotional life story

TVNZ's Jenny-May Clarkson admits to suffering from self-doubt in her book Full Circle.

'Each one had their own story': Author explores WWII experiences

'Don’t know what you don’t know until you go digging': Dannevirke man's historic journey.

'I want their story known': Author on a mission to tell story of NZ Land Girls

Lynda Taylor's book details the story of land girls and depicts life in World War II

10 rules for a long and happy life (from a joyful 85-year-old)

New York Times: These tips apply at any age, writes Roger Rosenblatt.

Meet the women suspected of murder in Agatha Christie's most famous whodunnit

Behind the scenes at one of the fastest-selling theatre shows in Auckland's history.

Ali Mau: Sexual harm 'the last big taboo subject in our society'

The former broadcaster has shared her experiences in her new memoir.

Succession star Harriet Walter on playing ‘abominable mothers’ and where Shakespeare went wrong

'I feel rather a traitor because my own mother was so wonderful.'