The best new science fiction books of October 2025, featuring Chris Hadfield and a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin
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Balsillie Prize finalists raise uncomfortable questions for policy makers and citizens
Open this photo in gallery: Balsillie Prize for Public Policy finalist Stephen J.A. Ward.Supplied The four finalists for…
An Active Ear by Ellen Levy
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‘Beautiful and full of hope and love’: Trent Dalton’s life in books
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers,…
Cracking open banned literature at the Brooklyn Book Festival
Last week, I arrived at the Brooklyn Book Festival, New York City’s largest free literary festival, and headed…
Read an exclusive extract from Nigel Latta’s new book Lessons in Living
Nigel Latta was a successful author, host and psychologist. Photo / Supplied A seat at the edge I…
Life Itself- Review by Steuart Pennington
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DEENA ELGENAIDI with Nina St. Pierre
Rail: In popular media, we see the stereotype of returning to the homeland as some sort of panacea—a…
Why the Magic Matters: Guilford professor’s new book explores Disney as a gateway to deeper learning
When Jill Peterfeso, Guilford’s Eli Franklin Craven and Minnie Phipps Craven Professor of Religious Studies, initially dreamed up…
A.D. Hope called a Patrick White novel ‘verbal sludge’. New books celebrate these literary rivals
A.D. Hope and Patrick White are towering figures of 20th-century Australian culture. Few cast larger literary shadows over…