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Highlight, just right

Focus on life’s little highlights and bring satisfaction to your everyday.

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Informing our future

Yuval Noah Harari contemplates the importance of today’s education in tomorrow’s world.

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Decoding cricket lingo

A go-to guide to cricket’s colourful terminology.

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A guide to The Cook’s Apprentice

A detailed look at what to expect from Stephanie Alexander’s latest cookbook.

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A first look at Paul McCartney’s picture book Hey Grandude!

This timeless picture book is an action-packed adventure story with a wonderful wind-down-to-bedtime ending. 

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Bill Cunningham: on society

The moment fashion’s old guard were overwhelmed by a revolutionary force.

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Five firsts

Five early career turning-points revealed in Olivia Newton-John’s Don’t Stop Believin’.

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Murakami Art Competition

To celebrate the release of Killing Commendatore, the new novel from Haruki Murakami, we’re giving you the chance to win $1,000 and a feature in Underline magazine.

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The creative habits of 8 famous writers from history

Including cigarettes, scrolls, and sewing up poems.

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Crisis survival checklist

Captain Richard de Crespigny offers valuable life lessons from the cockpit.

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Sparkle on

Taryn Brumfitt says ‘eat glitter for breakfast and sparkle all day’.

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Keeping your kids safe online

Top tips from Parent Alert on internet safety for your kids.

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The art of collaboration

Darren Longbottom and Tim Rushby-Smith share the intricacies of co-writing a book.

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Underline issue 7

For the love of reading. 

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Josephine’s ark

Terry Smyth reveals the lengths Napoleon would go to please his Empress Josephine.

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The shady history of the French Riviera

Rachel Rhys on the allure of writing a novel set in the dazzling French Riviera.

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More than a game

George Megalogenis reveals a little something democracy could learn from sport.

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For the love of bookshops

Our authors share their favourite places for bookish retail therapy.

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Dear bookshop...

A heartfelt ode to bookstores.

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Fiction and families

Monica McInerney on the joys, dramas and sorrows of life and writing.

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10 things to know about Steven Adams

Ten things to know New Zealand's very own NBA star, Steven Adams.

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Yep, nup, dunno, maybe

Golden rules for communicating with the teenagers in your life.

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New words from Endeavour

The author of Captain Cook's Apprentice reveals some of the new words and ideas collected by the voyagers on HM Bark Endeavour almost 250 years ago. 

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