Paula Green tells Linda Herrick about a cancer diagnosis which led to a renaissance of writing.

Poetry usually arrives in the form of the traditional "slim volume" - elegant packages of 40-80 pages, like smoked salmon slices. By contrast, 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry, all 624 pages of it, landed on my desk with a thump.

This book is the sort of journey it's great to read about from the comfort of your armchair.

Kelly Ana Morey cast her creative net wide for her new novel.

With both The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things behind him, Carl Barat has taken the cathartic step of writing a book.

Golden romance true to history.

How chick-flick Eat, Pray, Love sold out to the forces of materialism. By Guy Adams.

Put on trial and found wanting.

Eighty years of the daring exploits of super heroes Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon will go under the hammer when an Auckland man's collection of thousands of comics is expected to attract world-wide attention.

She belies the conceit that readers only want primary characters who are likeable.

Hal Herzog, one of America's foremost psychologists, is dedicated to understanding our often contradictory behaviour towards different species.

Environmental artist Martin Hill says he tends to get more pleasure from personal experiences than from tangible objects.

A book about the war in Afghanistan reveals details of the activities of New Zealand intelligence teams there.

Portraits of loneliness.

Australian thriller writer Michael Robotham talks to Craig Sisterson about the importance of making characters seem real.

Confusion compels in Balkans.

Patience is a virtue when it comes to living the good life, discovers Wendyl Nissen in this extract from her new book, A Home Companion.

The man behind a 17-year terrorist campaign explains his attempts to destroy Western civilisation.