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    For girls who rock

    Author Rachael King. Photo: supplied

    For girls who rock

    Before becoming a writer, Rachael King was a teenage rock musician.

    Alpaca drama ingenious

    Duncan Sarkies. PHOTO: EBONY LAMB

    Alpaca drama ingenious

    All is not well in the small and rarified community of New Zealand alpaca enthusiasts.

    Buxton design highly desirable

    Rocklands, about 2021. PHOTO: CLARE GLEESON

    Buxton design highly desirable

    A draper, a limemaker and a group of Catholic sisters don’t appear to have anything in common, but in the early 20th century they were united in their desire to have a ‘‘Buxton garden’’.

    Southern authors in final cut for top literary prizes

    Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit, by Emma Neale, is vying for the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry....

    Southern authors in final cut for top literary prizes

    A Dunedin novelist says she is ‘‘really touched’’ to have been named a finalist for New Zealand’s richest writing prize — for the fourth time.

    ‘Absolutely delighted’: book sale raises over $100,000

    Kath Wallace. PHOTO: ODT FILES

    ‘Absolutely delighted’: book sale raises over $100,000

    People poured into the Edgar Centre and the Regent Theatre 24 Hour Book Sale raised more than $100,000 at the weekend.

    Author to have lofty presence

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    Author to have lofty presence

    Fans of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code will be excited to hear more than 30 copies of the book will be available to buy at the Regent Theatre Book sale.

    Book to mark century of ‘Critic’

    Critic Te Ārohi features editor Iris Hehir (left) and editor Nina Brown hold a mock-up of the...

    Book to mark century of ‘Critic’

    A reporter for Otago University student magazine Critic Te Ārohi sneaked into a Beatles interview when the Fab Four played the Dunedin Town Hall in 1964.

    Varied conversations with NZ’s top speakers

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    Varied conversations with NZ’s top speakers

    Manapouri writer and bookseller Ruth Shaw and Wānaka chef James Stapley will be rubbing shoulders with more than 20 current affairs speakers heading to Wānaka at the end of March for the Aspiring...

    Embrace challenges, says viral head boy cancer survivor

    Embrace challenges, says viral head boy cancer survivor

    Cancer survivor Jake Bailey is concerned young people are increasingly being shielded from experiencing the everyday challenges necessary to build resilience.

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    Separating tall tales from true

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    Separating tall tales from true

    He was notorious for telling tall tales. So who, really, was Otago’s first harbour pilot, Richard Driver? Bruce Munro talks to two of Driver’s descendants.

    Generational story of trauma, recovery, strength

    Former Burns Fellow Becky Manawatu. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

    Generational story of trauma, recovery, strength

    Becky Manawatu's debut novel Auē was published by Mākaro Press in 2019 to huge acclaim. Its sequel, Kataraina, is a continuation of this family story.

    Obituary: David Lodge, writer

    David Lodge in Milan, Italy, September 15, 2017. Photo: Getty Images

    Obituary: David Lodge, writer

    Witty and prolific British novelist and critic David Lodge gently satirised academia, religion and even his own loss of hearing in such highly praised narratives as the Booker Prize finalists&nbsp...

    Beloved Otago writer Brian Turner dies

    Brian Turner. File photo: Stephen Jaquiery

    Beloved Otago writer Brian Turner dies

    Revered Otago writer and dedicated environmental campaigner Brian Turner has died, aged 80.

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    Rush to discover what ‘East of Eden’ is all about

    "East of Eden", the popular 1952 novel by John Steinbeck. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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    Rush to discover what ‘East of Eden’ is all about

    Those wanting to brush up on what all this East of Eden fuss is about may be out of luck.

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    Harry Potter theories keep on giving to new and old alike

    Dumbledore (Richard Harris) always seemed to know what young Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) was...

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    Harry Potter theories keep on giving to new and old alike

    Laine Priestley explains a handful of the magical Harry Potter theories circulating around the real-world wizarding community. 

    Lineup for book sale surprises

    Family members (from left) Jeanine McDonald, of Invercargill, Natalie McMillan, of Christchurch...

    Lineup for book sale surprises

    They came, they saw and they staggered away laden with books, jigsaw puzzles and DVDs.

    Designs on a delightful garden

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    Designs on a delightful garden

    Louise Frampton turns some recent garden book pages with her green thumb.

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    People of the coast

    A party of Māori cross the Arahura in this painting, a copy of the original probably painted by...

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    People of the coast

    The riches of Te Tai Poutini lie beyond its hoard of gold and pounamu, in the stories of West Coast Māori, the author of a new book tells Paul Gorman.

    Plenty to see and do on a Northland road trip

    Ngātokimatawhaorua, the world’s largest ceremonial war canoe, at Waitangi Treaty Grounds. PHOTO:...

    Plenty to see and do on a Northland road trip

    Lee Atkinson takes a deep dive into Māori culture in New Zealand's beautiful Northern reaches in this extract from Ultimate Road Trips.

    Obituary: ‘After which whatever else they may do won’t matter’

    Fleur Adcock. Photo: Jemimah Kuhfeld

    Obituary: ‘After which whatever else they may do won’t matter’

    Fleur Adcock wrote movingly of birth, death and bereavement, and tackled political issues with honest indignation and caustic wit.
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