'The value proposition of great or even good service, is simply off the charts.'

'...Not just for walking, but for completing any task – including writing a book!'

The legendary owner of Scorpio Books on the need for choice, and enough stock.

The former bookseller and librarian turned author on the books that have shaped her.

The Q+A host talks us through his life in books.

Are you a lit legend, or do you need to get thee to a library?

'It felt like he had glimpsed or understood something truly terrifying ... and was trying to try to warn us.'

'Who would have thought I'd be New Zealand's bestselling author in Brazil?'

'Finding our own moral compass in confusing times has got to be good for us. It almost feels like a reclaiming movement.'

'I read it in a day with a couple of wines.'

Nick Sceats on the cult American novel he loves, crying to Fay Weldon, and a fantasy fight with Hemingway.

'When I read about the positive impacts of suffering through running 100 miles in a single day, I did that.'

'A bad rhyming scheme will bug you every time... '

The Labour candidate for Tāmaki on the novel he'd like to see adapted for the big screen and more.

The creator of cult hit Lore Olympus on AI crimes, favourite books and the beauty of graphic novels.