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.

SAS officer-turned-writer Chris Ryan tells Stephen Jewell about keeping one step ahead of the enemy, outwitting the Americans and how working with TV crews taught him to relax.

A wilderness journey of self-discovery makes a compelling read, finds Nicky Pellegrino.

Kiwi author Nicky Pellegrino imparts some tricks of the trade.

In his 30 years or so as a travel photographer, Richard L'Anson has been everywhere, seen it all and got the shot to prove it.

Barry Maitland’s Brock and Kolla books showcase the best kind of thriller — smart writing and inventive plots. He talks to Linda Herrick.

A doctor's study on natural therapies could help patients, writes Raewyn Court.