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Anne O'Brien: 'Teetering book piles occupy every available surface'

Auckland Writers Festival director Anne O'Brien on what she's reading

The Head Hunters and the vacant neighbourhood home: Inside NZ's biggest meth lab

Exclusive extract from Herald reporter's book on the evolution of organised crime in NZ.

Dawn French talks new book, return to Dibley and cancel culture

Dawn French talks new book, return to Dibley and cancel culture with Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking. Video / Newstalk ZB

Gangland: Inside NZ's biggest cocaine bust

The "fishing trip" that resulted in a huge cocaine haul.

Writer Lauren Keenan on racing to catch her ideas

Vulnerability, honesty and experience are the lifeblood of Lauren Keenan's tomes.

What are the books that define 2020?

Which were this year's most unforgettable reads? Kiran Dass shares his selection.

The sorrow and bliss of Meg Mason

In the wake of her new book, the Palmerston North-raised journalist opens up.

'Parky' asked his son to help him write a book. It wasn't a painless experience

Sir Michael and Mike Parkinson's new book explores the light and the dark of family life.

'Magic does happen sometimes': Nadia Lim's chick-inspired new children's book

Raising orphan chick Marvin like having a newborn baby again, celebrity cook says.

Michael J. Fox on his new memoir 'No Time Like the Future'

When it comes to uncertainty, Michael J. Fox is a pro.

Debra Millar: Medical memoirs are the equivalent of reading crime fiction

Debra Millar tells Eleanor Black why she reads medical memoirs

Book review: Wow, by Bill Manhire, a collection of poetry

Bill Manhire's new collection of poems is full of resonant imagery.

Book review: Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Greek mythology shows how the past influences the present

Jeffrey Archer on how to avoid 'art fatigue' in Italy

The great art in Italy would come to inspire the British author's bestselling novels.

Another Kiwi bookshop ditches Pete Evans cookery books over neo-Nazi post

Paper Plus joins The Warehouse in banning cookery books due to social media post.

Country queen Dolly Parton joins Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking

Country icon Dolly Parton chats with Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking about her first new Christmas album in 30 years. Video / Newstalk ZB

Iconic writer's troubled life revealed in new book

Paula Morris walks in Robin Hyde's painful footsteps in Rotorua

Book review: Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy

A rare anthology of speculative fiction, homegrown.