LifestyleBook lover: Alan SmytheAlan Smythe is the executive producer of Auckland Summer Shakespeare's 50th Anniversary show, King Lear.02 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandRead all about itFor the past two years, former editor David Hastings has been poring over original pages of Auckland's first newspapers at the Auckland Museum as part of research for his new book.01 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleHere's what's in store for the next Bond bookThe next James Bond novel has the world's most famous secret agent living in London's Chelsea section at the age of 45.01 Mar 02:40 AM
LifestyleBook Review: Reading words about writersIf its subject were less illustrious, this memoir would probably receive little attention.23 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBookworms: murder or sex?Kiwi bookworms prefer homicide to hanky panky, figures from libraries reveal.23 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Turn Right At Machu PicchuThis is very good, with an unusual proviso; this narrative has more routine everyday mountain climbing than anything I've read.22 Feb 05:00 PM
EntertainmentClarkson blasts music mogulKelly Clarkson has slammed music mogul Clive Davis for allegedly spreading false information about her in his new memoir.20 Feb 12:15 AM
LifestyleNew James Bond book hitting shelves soonA new James Bond novel, written by British novelist William Boyd, will be released on September 26, publishers Jonathan Cape have announced.18 Feb 10:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Truth Like the SunThe 19th century novels I still like give a strong sense of demanding to be read aloud to an audience. But by 1950, I would say, that lingering expectation of how a novel delivers had changed, in most languages and even most genres.16 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: BlasphemyAll sorts of unexpected, unsettling things happen in these 30 short stories. In Phoenix, Arizona, jobless Victor heads south with his nation's worst-ever storyteller to reclaim parental remains.15 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleBehind the secrets of ScientologyJenna Miscavige Hill was a third-generation Church of Scientologist. She escaped the secretive society and told her story to Nicky Park.13 Feb 11:00 PM
LifestyleA look behind the secret world of ScientologyEx-Scientologist Jenna Miscavige Hill has revealed the harsh reality of growing up in the Church. Read her story <a href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10865219' target='_blank'>here</a>. 13 Feb 04:00 PM
LifestyleWizards and vampires beat out classics for kidsModern day tales of wizards and vampires are proving more popular with British children than classic stories like Roald Dahl's <i>Matilda</i>, research suggests.11 Feb 02:10 AM
LifestyleBook Review: Fishing FleetThis fishing fleet has nothing to do with cod or snapper. It’s a witty, whimsical account of the boatloads of British belles, who, from the mid-18th century to the mid-20th century, were shipped out to India to marry English males.09 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Return Of A KingCompare these two statements. "If the foreign forces are ready to leave our country ... then we can help them. But if they insist on continuing the war, we don't have any other way than fighting." An Afghan warlord, speaking in 2009.09 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleHealth risks over chick litSelf-scrutinising fictional heroines could be bad for your health.06 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleWhitney's daughter slams grandma's tell all bookWhitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has slammed her grandma's tell-all book about her late mother and vowed never to read the tome.04 Feb 08:35 PM
