Chris Cleave’s novels closely shadow real-life events. He tells Stephen Jewell how his latest, Gold, about two female athletes competing at the Olympics, almost suffered a major technical setback.

Children's book author Margaret Mahy and one of New Zealand's most acclaimed literary figures died today.

A young student has reportedly uncovered four previously unknown stories by New Zealand literary great Katherine Mansfield.

What we want, finds Nicky Pellegrino, is often different from what we get.

An easy shelving project is the solution for the boxes of books piling up in the house, writes Justin Newcombe.

British writer Kate Summerscale explains to Stephen Jewell how her journalistic background helped her investigate a Victorian divorce.

Jodi Picoult had an ideal co-author on a new book - her teenage daughter, finds Nicky Pellegrino.

Damien Brown's first book offers a humble, sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing account of one man's experiences of the realities of aid work.

Last year we spent almost $12 million on food and wine books. Dionne Christian asks what it is about cookbooks that turns some of us into addicts.

Heroes in children's books face darker times today than those in the past, say academics after conducting a study.