LifestyleDesigner David Trubridge shares his creative approach (+pix)Renowned for his curving furniture and elegant lighting, lead designer David Trubridge's new book <i>So Far</i> explores his fascinating life and approach to design. Here he shares his approach to the creative process.28 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleEric Clapton rewrote memoirsVeteran rocker Eric Clapton had to rewrite his tell-all memoirs after realising he had wrongly blamed friends for his descent into drink and drugs hell.28 Mar 12:30 AM
LifestyleBook Review: Buddhaland BrooklynThe premise of Richard C. Morais' <i>Buddhaland Brooklyn</i> is that an apparent fish-out-of-water can eventually find, and adjust to, its new pond. Morais takes rather a long time to get there, but he makes it.23 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: A Tale For The Time BeingNicky Pellegrino finds the tale of a diary washed ashore intriguing and compelling.23 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: PoetryC.K. Stead’s remarkable new collection of poems, <i>The Yellow Buoy: Poems 2007-2012</i>, was completed in his 80th year.23 Mar 05:00 PM
EntertainmentWhy Stephenie Meyer is scared of fameStephenie Meyer was a Mormon housewife when her novel about vampires spawned a billion-dollar industry. But fame scares her, she tells Chris Ayres22 Mar 07:30 PM
LifestyleMan plans, God laughsCrime writer Harlan Coben still enjoys confusing his readers, writes Stephen Jewell22 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Instructions For A HeatwaveThe thing I love most about Maggie O’Farrell’s writing is the way she colours in her characters.22 Mar 03:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: A Tale For The Time BeingSet in Japan and on an island off the Pacific coast of Canada following the Japanese tsunami, <i>A Tale For The Time Being</i> has two narrators, Japanese Nao and American/Japanese Ruth, who are worlds apart yet eerily connected.22 Mar 03:30 PM
EntertainmentEmma Watson poses toplessHarry Potter star Emma Watson has posed topless for a new book celebrating the beauty of nature.22 Mar 01:06 AM
SportBook review: <i>The Grudge: Scotland vs England, 1990</i>Last Sunday saw Wales deny England a Grand Slam when thrashing them in Cardiff. Twenty-three years ago saw one of the most famous Grand Slams in what was then the Five Nations - and England were again the central protagonists.21 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentKaty Perry denies book rumoursKaty Perry has denied rumours that she is planning to write a book about her relationship with Russell Brand.20 Mar 11:45 PM
OpinionEmma Watson tackles Fifty Shades casting rumoursEmma Watson continues to be the subject of speculation she will star in the big screen adaptation of erotica novel Fifty Shades of Grey.17 Mar 09:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Instructions For A HeatwaveNicky Pellegrino finds she wants 'something else' from a writer she admires.16 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Nothing Gold Can StayBeing praised by, among many others, Daniel Woodrell — the author of the bleak <i>Winter’s Bone</i>, which was made into a suitably monochromatic and emotionally grim feature film — shows where Ron Rash’s fiction lies on the graph.15 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Gone GirlBook clubs, commuters and celebrities have gone wild for <i>Gone Girl</i>, the smash-hit thriller that has Hollywood in a spin. Tim Walker talks to author Gillian Flynn about being this year’s literary sensation15 Mar 05:00 PM
SportBook review: Training ToughThe Franks brothers, famously, are allowed to follow their own training programmes so if All Blacks coach Steve Hansen wanted to get an idea of what they were up to he could do worse than read their new book.14 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleBaking for goodness sakeA Kiwi country girl rubs shoulders with British celebs and shows us the good side to cakes and tarts in her debut cookbook13 Mar 06:00 PM
LifestyleMy happy place: Nalini Singh, novelistMy happy place is my home in central Auckland. I travel quite a lot. Last year I went to Europe a couple of times and the States a couple of times and I had a few other trips - but part of the reason I love to travel is that I get to come home afterwards.09 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleBetter home and gardenSix years ago, Sarah O’Neil was unhappy, unwell and living on one of Auckland’s busiest roads. Now she’s happily feeding her family all year round from her large rural garden south of Auckland. Greg Dixon talks to her about fleeing the city and about livi08 Mar 07:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Heartbreak HotelBritish author Deborah Moggach returns to the rickety hotel setting that earned her big box-office success, writes Stephen Jewell08 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleRepetitive reading helps kidsParents are wasting money spending a fortune on books when a small selection of favourites can achieve far better results.05 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Life After LifeA story that lets its heroine rework her life holds Nicky Pellegrino spellbound.02 Mar 05:00 PM
