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When a witch meets a vampire
Writer Deborah Harkness tells Stephen Jewell how her tales of witchery and blood-sucking evolved from her role as a university historian.
Don't call Charlotte a Kiwi
Television star Charlotte Dawson has penned a new book in which she reveals why she no longer calls herself a New Zealander.
Top of the tree: Winning book's long climb
It has took seven years for two nature lovers to produce a book capturing the uniqueness of our native trees.
New Zealand's Native Trees by John Dawson and Rob Lucas
After seven years spent writing it, John Dawson's book 'New Zealand Native Trees' won the NZ Post Book of the Year. Photos by Rob Lucas, published by Craig Potton Publishing.
Douglas Coupland - the art of communication
Gen X author is now investigating the way the world is wired, writes Chris Barton.
Sir James McNeish reminiscing through other eyes
Carroll du Chateau talks to writer James McNeish about the people who fuelled his memoir.
Adults only: Why erotic fiction is suddenly so hot
How did an erotic novel become the best-selling paperback of all time? Carroll du Chateau looks into the publishing phenomenon taking the world by storm.
Flight of the Kiwis
A selection of excerpts from 'Home & Away', the new collection of work by New Zealand travel writers.
Venturing into the underbelly of Jim Hearn's kitchen
Australia's answer to Anthony Bourdain has no shortage of raw ingredients.
Winner takes all in new Gold novel
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.