Israeli David Grossman tells Helen Brown how writing helps him cope with grief.

Melbourne restaurant Red Spice Road has released a cookbook modernising age-old Asian dishes.

The book that has everything, Kehua! offers murder, adultery, incest (and plenty of it), redemption and ghosts.

With this review I want to declare two biases. I am a big fan of Laurence Fearnley’s writing and particularly loved Edwin + Matilda.

Simon Rich published his first short story collection three years ago. Now, aged just 26, his first novel has won critical acclaim. He talks to Stephen Jewell.

Architects spend their working lives designing for the desires of their clients. A new book by John Walsh looks at what happens when they can please themselves. Rebecca Barry talks to the author. Pictures by Patrick Reynolds.

Toni Jordan's novels resist convenient labels, but that's exactly how the ex-scientist likes it.

There's more to writing a love story than one might think. Rebecca Barry meets aspiring and published authors of the booming romance genre.

Tania Anderson is a member of gospel supergroup Jubilation Choir.

A professor nominates the 200 books that will teach you more than you will learn at University.

In her new book, award-winning novelist Kelly Ana Morey has created a world out of research, imagination and a touch of personal experience that captivates and disturbs.

From the Sharpe books to Arthurian sagas, the prolific output of Bernard Cornwell has topped best-seller lists around the world. The secret is in the plot, he tells Robert McCrum.

Learn how to make the perfect pav and then shake things up with some twists on the traditional.

Martin Bosley's new cookbook means his incredible dishes are yours to sample from the comfort of home.

It's hard to think of a better guide to our wild places than Gordon Ell.