Never-ending Brexit story grips literary festival-goers
Britain's anxiety takes centre stage at Hay ideas festival.
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GoT author gives NZ permission to 'imprison' him
"You have my formal written permission to imprison me... until I'm done".
Air NZ invites GoT author to finish novels in NZ
Air New Zealand tells George R. R. Martin that NZ is a "fantasy writer's fantasy".
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Book review: Fiona Kidman's This Mortal Boy
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'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.
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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
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Fiona Kidman on winning NZ's most prestigious book award
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GoT author admits he isn't even close to finishing series
George R. R. Martin has responded to rumours he's finished the last two books.
My Holidays: Kiwi chef Andy Hearnden
Kiwi chef Andy Hearnden re.presents international brand Wondertree
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
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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.
Review: Shayne Carter's ripper of an autobiography
Shayne Carter's Dead People I Have Known is sharp, moving and tender, writes Kiran Dass
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.