LifestyleDad bod, amirite? Dictionary adds hundreds of new wordsYou may be surprised at the new dictionary-appropriate words.30 Oct 07:24 PM
EntertainmentHome and Away star's shocking on-air interview momentAussie actress Lynne McGranger learned some startling news during a live radio interview30 Oct 07:05 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Like Lonely Planet, we love Auckland - we can't wait for it to reopenOPINION: Auckland best city to visit? In normal times, yes.30 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleButcherbird: The magpies are behaving strangelyStrange songbirds and dark secrets are plentiful in Cassie Hart's new horror novel.29 Oct 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleSiobhan Harvey reviews Sleeping with Stones: confessional and catharticSleeping with Stones is an adept poetry collection spanning the realms of grief29 Oct 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleEleanor Black resolves complex problems in her downtime through reading crime fictionCrime and personal essays are lockdown fodder for Eleanor Black29 Oct 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleA novel of dark humour and cutting observationsJohn Boyne delivers a novel of dark humour and cutting observations29 Oct 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleKirsten McDougall's dreary apocalypse: 'You can't just pussyfoot around anymore'She's a Killer is intended as an alarm for a New Zealand in environmental crisis.22 Oct 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe female experience and the talisman of foodA collection of stories to savour by an award-winning writer22 Oct 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe view from my window: Rose LangbeinFrom New York to Wānaka: The inspiration behind her new cookbook with mum Annabel.22 Oct 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandObituary: Havelock North children's book author will be sorely missedJoy Watson's books have resonated with thousands of children and their parents.17 Oct 09:03 PM
WorldOutrage after US teachers told to offer books with 'opposing' Holocaust views"How do you oppose the Holocaust?" one teacher asked.16 Oct 12:33 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleCan this man save the world from artificial intelligence?Mo Gawdat believes we face an apocalyptic threat from artificial intelligence.15 Oct 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleBook review: A conversation on the quest for the lobsterAn interweaving of tales in search of the lobster, worldwide15 Oct 07:00 PM
TravelTake your foot off the gas for a short stint in FeatherstonOne of the best spots for a pit stop on an NZ road trip, Featherston is full of surprises.10 Oct 05:30 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleFaeries, hell, robots, time travel: Jack Remiel Cottrell's very short stories have it allOnly a handful of the stories stretch out longer than a page (and, even then, barely).08 Oct 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleA picture book for adults: Where lobsters go, humankind may followA picture book for adults08 Oct 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleSonya Wilson: 'I'm a sucker for a good opening line'Sonya Wilson on her books, aimed at all ages08 Oct 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestylePutting a Māori lens over a classic collection of mythsPaul Little looks at a new version of a well-known Māori myth collection08 Oct 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumSportSex, drugs and a sporting tell-all? Sonny Bill Williams has finally found his voiceHow a shy teenager became a sporting great - and a headline magnet.08 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleJeffrey Archer on his prison years and his latest crime caperTimes: Author also reveals how he inadvertently helped finance an attempted coup.06 Oct 05:00 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleAnthony Doerr: 'A fable is a drug.''Story and books are a vehicle of how we communicate between generations.'01 Oct 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleAfter Dark, by Annette Lees: 'The parallel night world is as close as our front door'Annette Lees evokes the power of the night01 Oct 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleJoan Mackenzie: 'I often like a bit of history with my fiction'On fiction with a touch of history and an astonishing read.01 Oct 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionElisabeth EastherMy Story: Author Donovan Bixley on telling Hollywood to 'bugger off''Before I made a living from books I'd do anything to pay the bills.'27 Sep 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleReading is a class act for kids young and oldThe joy of reading to students and the politics of question time24 Sep 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleSusan Paris: 'This year has been about renewing my vows with New Zealand literature'The co-editor of Skinny Dip is renewing my vows with New Zealand literature.24 Sep 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleNew book shows the beauty of slowing down to watch the beesBee lovers come together in word and image24 Sep 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleWhat does it mean to be human in an often inhumane world?The first poetry collection from Janet Newman goes beyond contemporary farming.24 Sep 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleOwen Eastwood's Belonging resounds in the pandemic worldOwen Eastwood found a sense of belonging by being an outsider24 Sep 07:00 PM
OpinionHow We Got Happy: DJ Tyler Staunton's journey out of depression"Looking after my well-being is a mental, social and spiritual thing."18 Sep 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThis isn't your conventional whodunnitIn Samira Sedira's People Like Them, issues of class, race and jealousy are at the fore.17 Sep 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle"I make a deal with God. He stands on my verandah and asks after my husband."The stunningly strange states of Paige Clarke's short story collection She Is Haunted.17 Sep 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleTwo sisters and two voices merge for powerful debut novelDebut novel sees two distinct women offering their sides of the same story.17 Sep 08:00 PM