Jeanette Aplin lives with her husband on remote D'Urville Island in the Marlborough Sounds, and has recently written about raising kune kune pigs there in The Price of Bacon (Cape Catley).

Anne and David Norman will have their work cut out in turning the Whitcoulls and Borders book retailing chains around.

A good cookbook can open up a world of possibilities for a passionate foodie - and can document their culinary history.

Makeup artist Francois Nars once again creates fresh looks for women, easily replicated at home, with his latest book.

Book retailers Whitcoulls and Borders have been sold for an undisclosed sum to the owners of Farmers.

Her work appears regularly in leading British design magazines such as Elle Decoration, she owns the ultra-hip design store Caravan, in London's Shoreditch, leading interiors stylist Emily Chalmers chats about her love of design.

This is the story of a remarkable journey from Sydney, across Australia, the Malay Peninsula, Central Asia, Russia and Europe to London on a decommissioned Australia Post motorbike.

What a great read. Frances Walsh's book is a fascinating work of New Zealand social history written with wit, intelligence and a refreshing lack of condescension towards the ideas and attitudes of the last century.

Te Kohe Tuhaka is an actor who has appeared in Shortland Street and Go Girls.

For the magic of a novel two things are required: beautiful writing and brilliant storytelling.

Never give up has been this successful writer's mantra.

British author Natasha Solomons tells Frances Grant how she has been inspired by her own family history and by her home county of Dorset.

Thriller writer Gregg Hurwitz talks to Craig Sisterson about shifting from Shakespeare to crime and comics.

The earlier books which saw Colin Thubron hailed as one of the great travel writers were notable for their sparse writing style, keen observation of telling detail and insightful exploration of grand geographic themes.

Taking a sharp look at humanity's foibles.

Lindsey Dawson is the host of Let's Talk, a weekly women's issues show on Stratos TV. She was also the founding editor of Next magazine and has authored seven books.

The fact that a reality television show features in Camilla Lackberg's mesmerising new novel will mean little to New Zealand readers of this best-selling Nordic writer, but her fellow Swedes might discern a little score-settling.

A witty, irreverent and gutsy heroine carries this new novel.

The best thing to come out of Auckland's Super City amalgamation is that you can borrow 3.5 million items from 55 libraries from Wellsford to Waiuku. Here we choose our favourite handful.

UK journalist James Fergusson tackled questions on the Taleban at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.

Just when you thought Sex and the City had taken its last gasp, the creator of the iconic characters releases two novels for younger readers. Rebecca Barry Hill talks to the original Carrie Bradshaw, Candace Bushnell.