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Book review: Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris returns with Cari Mora and it was worth the wait writes Greg Fleming.

Book review: Fiona Kidman's This Mortal Boy
Greg Fleming reviews this year's Ockham winner.

Story of the herald of Matariki is finally in print
Kirsty Bennett has published a book for children about the star Puanga.

'Nothing's made up': Hannibal Lecter's creator breaks long silence
New York Times: Long overshadowed by the cannibal he invented, author finally opens up.

What's next to watch and read as GoT ends
Game of Thrones might be ending, but there's a world of entertainment beyond Westeros.

How Marilyn Waring fought for a woman's right to choose
A long night in parliament: Marilyn Waring on how NZ abortion laws were manipulated.

Why what you think is true is false
Interview with Factfulness co-author Anna Rosling Ronnlund, on why we get it wrong

Fiona Kidman on winning NZ's most prestigious book award
Dame Fiona Kidman on why her award-winning book on a 1955 crime is "urgently relevant" now

Slam dunk! New Zealand poets make history
Creative NZ teens score a global first, taking slam poetry - Aotearoa style - to world.

Ockham book award winners named
One of New Zealand's favourite novelists takes top prize at Ockham NZ Book Awards.

Local Focus: Even in the digital age, new libraries popping up
New Library Hub for a progressive Castlecliff. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Everything is F*cked - or is it? asks US author
Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck author returns with new book about hope in tough times.

Kiwi author's debut novel picked up for TV series
Brandy Scott's debut novel will be adapted for TV by the producer of Outrageous Fortune.

Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black's remarkable story
Sharon Stephenson talks with Dustin Lance Black about his new book Mama's Boy.

Death of Star Wars actor reignites a heated debate
Why didn't Chewbacca get a medal? Death of 'Star Wars' actor reignites a heated debate.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Andrew Sean Greer on discovering that Less means more
US author Andrew Sean Greer on how he crafted his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

My Holidays: Author Renee Liang
Renee Liang and co-writer Michele Powles have a book about motherhood coming out on May 1.

12 Questions: Auckland Writers Festival director Anne O'Brien
Anne O'Brien is most proud of bringing author Haruki Murakami to speak.

How to not tell a story
Australian writer Maria Tumarkin tells why she turned away from storytelling

Never forget - author Susan Orlean on how libraries help us remember
Whodunnit sparks Orchid Thief author Susan Orlean to pen love letter to libraries.

Shakespeare's debt to the neighbourhood
Elizabethan Londoners living near William Shakespeare's lodgings were his players.

Grimshaw's tales
Author Charlotte Grimshaw talks with Sarah Daniell about her stories coming to life on TV

Author Greg McGee on what's been keeping him up at night
Author Greg McGee on the necessary secrets that kept him awake at night.

Harry Potter tribute continues its magical success
Harry Potter parody returns to Auckland as love for the boy wizard shows no sign of waning

Salman Rushdie: 'I was groped by Margaret Thatcher'
Margaret Thatcher had a surprisingly 'touchy-feely' side, according to the author.

'Against her will': Amazon sells exploitative books glorifying rape
Books with explicit rape themes are selling on Amazon.

Forget Wonky Donkey, here comes Dinky
Sequel to best-selling Wonky Donkey to be released this year.

Book Thief author Markus Zusak on the 13 year wait between books
Author Markus Zusak explains why serving characters is more important than readers.