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The Friday Poem: 'Evidently Chickentown' by John Cooper Clarke
Classic verse by John Cooper Clarke, ahead of his show at the Crystal Palace in Mt Eden on Saturday night.
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Classic verse by John Cooper Clarke, ahead of his show at the Crystal Palace in Mt Eden on Saturday night.
The fourth instalment of Peter Wells’ diary of life with cancer, republished from his private Facebook with permission.
'Be kind to animals,' Gwen Shepherd instructed an avid listening audience when her wedding was broadcast in 1930, as told in an extract from a new book by Peter Hoar.
A new collection of one of our best fanzine creators is maybe the best thing you'll read right now.
New verse by Wellington writer Rachel McAlpine.
The week's best-selling books at the Unity stores in Willis St, Wellington and High St, Auckland.
Simon Sweetman goes all-out fanboy of a new, tortured memoir by Suede frontman Brett Anderson.
Charlotte Grimshaw writes about the forces behind her new novel: "Trump, Putin, Kim Jong-un. The posturing. The bizarre hairstyles, the violence and cruelty. The narcissism..."
Steve Braunias reviews a new biography of Prince Charles by way of wondering when a full account will ever be given about New Zealand’s royal family and the kiingitanga.
The bestselling books this Easter at the two Unity stores in High St, Auckland and Willis St, Wellington.
Stephanie Johnson luxuriates in the new Julian Barnes novel - a story of adultery which "wrestles with the deepest conflicts of human existence."
Anthony McCarten is nominated for Oscars and wins Baftas for the films he writes, such as The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour. The New Plymouth-raised writer is also a novelist with a devoted following in Germany. He reports from his latest tour.
We continue our occasional - and occasionally insanely depressing - series which investigates whether literature exists in the provinces. Becky Manawatu looks for signs of bookish life in Westport.
An extract from a fascinating new book by ex-Hokitika Guardian journalist Cheryl Riley, who tells the stories of remarkable men and women of Westland.
New verse by Hamilton writer Therese Lloyd.
The week's best-selling books at the Unity stores on Willis St, Wellington, and High St, Auckland.
Elizabeth Alley celebrates the latest novel by the masterly New Zealand writer Vincent O'Sullivan.
