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Observer answers the question: 'What should I read next?' These are the best atmospheric winter books with storms, ice and snow.

The list of skills shortages and vacancies is an A to Z of labour pains for Wellington.

Into the Dead 2 is a sequel to Into the Dead, one of the most popular games produced by Wellington-based game developer, PikPok. The company has had more than 350 million downloads of its games. Karah Sutton​ is on the move and a touch out of breath. Much like the industry she represents. She’s been pursued by zombies, raced around the world as an agent of espionage and managed a stable of the world’s finest thoroughbreds. Now she faces a new challenge. Her company, PikPok, has create...

Melissa de la Cruz. Roaring Brook, Dec. 1 $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-31121-4. Ages 10–14. In the first book in Cruz’s The Chronicles of Never After fantasy series, Filomena Jefferson-Cho, 12, is a huge fan of epic fairy tale mash-up series Never After, and she’s anticipating the release of the 13th and final volume—until she learns that the long-deceased author apparently never wrote it. When the saga’s hero, Jack the Giant Stalker, appears in her hometown pursued by an ogre, she di...