JK Rowling's book is not for the kids, discovers Nicky Pellegrino.

Say it ain’t so. Can it really be half a century since that ultimate male fantasy, Bond, James Bond, first slithered across the big screen? Dixon, Greg Dixon, crunches the numbers and talks to Sir Roger Moore ...

British historian and writer Lisa Hilton delves into the complicated love life of writer Nancy Mitford. Linda Herrick reports.

Fifty years ago, few people worried about pollution, deforestation or whaling. Then a remarkable book came along. Michael McCarthy looks back to the woman and the book credited with inspiring the environmental movement.

Chick lit darling's new novel tackles depression, says Nicky Pellegrino.

Stephen Jewell talks to Scottish writer Louise Welsh about the importance of place and season.

Uniting such complex threads is a notable achievement, says Nicky Pellegrino.

New Zealand is spending an estimated $6 million to be the star attraction at a German book fair - an invitation Australia turned down because it was too expensive.

How a simple plan led to the success of Waiheke Island's Mudbrick vineyard.

Failure starts before a child has even set foot in the classroom, writes Jim Traue.

Novelist Emily Perkins keeps company with Virginia Woolf in her latest book, The Forrests, according to reviews. Perkins is to promote NZ literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair with other Kiwi writers next month.

British writer Ian McEwan tells Boyd Tonkin why all novels are spy novels.