Australian writer Arnold Zable talls Graham Reid about giving voice to people in his work and his good fortune in post-revolution China.

The thing about the movies that we've never got over is that they move. In doing so, they evoke a facsimile of life better than life itself. Even the "fractured flickers" of the early cinema commanded an instant suspension of disbelief.

The official Harry Potter website has let the first lot of fans into its online realm. Harriet Walker was one.

The force behind Soul Bar, Judith Tabron, marks its 10 year anniversary with the release of a new cookbook.

This was supposed to be the blog in which the author of There But For The answered all the questions that you so carefully crafted for her.

Theresa Healey is an Auckland-based actress who is in Auckland Theatre Company's production of Calendar Girls at The Civic.

Ian Wedde's new novel portrays a troubled food critic who creates a crisis.

If somebody locks himself in a stranger's spare room for months, is he escaping the world or facing up to it?

Giant George may be the world’s tallest dog — 1.5m tall and 2m long — but his owner, Dave Nasser, says he’s a big softie.

The movie will be out soon but read the book first, says Nicky Pellegrino.

The most important skill a photographer can have is learning to see: the beautiful in the bland and the interesting in the immaterial.

Hana Schofield is the co-author of the best-selling memoir, Goodbye Sarajevo.

Nifty title. Nifty concept. Stories about work - manual work; skilled work; responsible, itinerant, above-board or undercover work. Nifty aim, also: all proceeds go to fund youth literacy programmes across the United States.

Best-selling Kiwi crime writer Ben Sanders talks to Craig Sisterson about balancing study and writing, and evoking Auckland in his thrillers.

We still know little for sure about the prospects for intelligent fiction in a digital age. Yet most observers agree that the status of the professional "career novelist" may shift from that of a rare species to a deeply endangered one.

This outstanding transcription of extraordinary events carries a telling subtitle: "A Novel of a Life".

Lady Gaga's forthcoming pictorial book will include images of her in the shower.

Model, film star, now writer: Grace Coddington is set to tell all in her memoirs.

New Zealand writer Tim Radford tells Stephen Jewell why his new book about roots defies genre and how reading Moby Dick can affect one’s sense of place.