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Susanna Gendall: I love heroines who bake cake

Heroines who bake cake, exile and more are on Susanna Gendall's reading list.

A clash of classes: Clare Moleta's remarkable dystopian debut

In a world of wars and climate disasters comes a harrowing quest to find a missing child.

Nineteen ways to be Ai Weiwei

The artist, activist and humanist appears in the Auckland Writers Festival this month.

The story of how Bridgerton got to Netflix is a page-turner

"It really is a Cinderella story" - Bridgerton author on the Netflix dream come true.

'We're all suffering': How to be a man in the #metoo era

The Times: Justin Baldoni is at war with toxic masculinity – starting with his own.

Taken Places: How words are wired to our senses

Where do stories live? Author Tracey Slaughter has an answer.

Banned rugby book back on the shelves after more than 50 years

Censors have eased restrictions on a Kiwi rugby book banned more than half a century ago.

How some New Zealanders go missing

Steve Braunias' collection of twelve tales casts a devastating light on crime in NZ.

Catherine Robertson and writing's new ballgame

On the heels of her seventh novel, Catherine is navigating the writing world differently.

Bridgerton shocker: Heartthrob won't star in season 2

I'm not crying, you're crying: Lady Whistledown says we've seen the end of Rege-Jean Page.

Why our children are crying out for real books

Lockdown taught us there's still nothing like a physical book to inspire kids to read.

The First Woman reviewed: a battle to discover self in an embattled Uganda tied up in traditions

A young woman's personal awakening amid familial and political strife.

'Put me in any bookstore and I will find something I want to read'

Nalini Singh says she's guilty of tsundoku

After a year of digital learning, let's hear it for real books

THE CONVERSATION: Children still read books, but many have moved to the digital kind.

The Family Doctor: Debra Oswald's first foray into crime fiction

Debra Oswald's new thriller combines social realism with a story of revenge.

The mysterious case of George Saunders and the missing email

Does George Saunders hate me?

'The year that literature died': School dumps Shakespeare, replaces with magazines

Reviewer suggested students focus on texts that were simpler and more appealing.

'Huge hole inside me': Prince Harry gives advice to grieving kids in new book

'I wish I was able to hug you', the prince writes in a new book about losing a parent.