PremiumPremiumLifestyleLee Child: 'No one I knew had childhood dreams of becoming a writer'Thriller writer Lee Child talks to his biographer, Heather Martin03 Jul 12:00 AM
PremiumPremiumKahuFor the first time in a long time, short story collections are selling wellThe short form is growing.02 Jul 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'Creating art isn't ever easy''I emerged from the theatre an absolute blubbery mess' - Shane Bosher on The Normal Heart02 Jul 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleKiran Dass: Best winter readsSeven page-turning reads for winter02 Jul 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumKahuNo love for a cold climate'It's hard to be an island girl when you live in Wellington.'02 Jul 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumKahu'I had crossed a bomb-site of rubble and craters and collapsing cliffs left by vanished ice''The higher I climbed, the more the southerly intensified. It shoved me in the face.'02 Jul 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleGreg Bruce: The shameful truth about my reading habitsI like to read - I really do - but do I really?02 Jul 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleGreg Fleming talks to four exciting new local crime authorsCharacters and thrills aplenty in new crime writing02 Jul 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'For the first time winter becomes too much''You want to be like Elsa from Frozen, creating ice-palaces with a flick of her hands.'02 Jul 06:00 PM
New Zealand$500,000 payment: Stunt workers' fury over LOTR injuriesLord of the Rings TV series stuntwoman paid $500,000 after injury.02 Jul 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumEntertainment'Boy, this got deep' - R.E.M's Michael Stipe on art, politics and sexualityKarl Puschmann chats to the former frontman about his new lockdown inspired book.02 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandJared Savage's book Gangland unbanned from prisonsPrisoners have been able to read copies of the book since March this year.27 Jun 11:12 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe exclusive New York hotel that set women freeGrace Kelly and Joan Didion graced its halls, where no man was allowed above the lobby.25 Jun 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleWriter discovers 'this is real for them …'Personal experience helps create authenticity, says award-winning writer25 Jun 11:00 PM
RoyalsSurprise as another Meghan children's book surfacesIt turns out "The Bench" isn't the Duchess' first foray into children's literature.25 Jun 10:49 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleIt'd be a great headline, I know: 'McCartney better than Shakespeare'"I'd love to think of what Beckett would be up to on Instagram."25 Jun 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleWhen swimming becomes more than a sportIn Campbell Mattinson's novel We Were Not Men, two orphans turn to the water.25 Jun 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'I'm very keen to know how to increase or maintain the health of my brain'Books about increasing efficiency attract writer Natalie Sisson25 Jun 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleNo ordinary life: "It was history, you know?"Hokianga's octogenarian novelist Judith Reinken.25 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentWill Smith pens memoir - WillWill Smith will release his memoir in November.20 Jun 10:16 PM
PremiumPremiumKahu'I wrote it for Māori and Māori kids because we don't have enough stories that represent us'Shilo Kino's debut novel The Pōrangi Boy is a reflection, in many ways, of her own life.18 Jun 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe Freewheelin' Bob DylanEdited extract from a new biography of Bob Dylan18 Jun 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleWhat goes around ... life in a loopLife in a loop examined in Sue Orr's second novel18 Jun 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumKahuGlenda Kane: 'I often time-travel to my childhood'The world needs young female feistiness combined with wisdom, says Glenda Kane18 Jun 07:00 PM
New ZealandDetails of Margaret Mahy's house sale expected this weekThe cottage was on the market with a deadline sale that ended on Friday.14 Jun 07:37 PM
PremiumPremiumKahuBook extract: Master Aotearoa navigator Jack Thatcher looks to the starsInspiring a new generation of navigators.12 Jun 12:00 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleTracey Slaughter's Devil's Trumpet is not for the faintheartedHer new volume should come with an emotional warning: 'Prepare for pain'.11 Jun 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleLisa Taddeo: Animal instinctLisa Taddeo wants readers seeing behind the glass of someone they don't understand11 Jun 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe Kindest Lie: In pursuit of an elusive fantasyNancy Johnson's new novel is a gripping commentary on the American Dream.11 Jun 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleNew Amy Winehouse book reveals her life before fame took over'The Amy I met was a geek, a nerd, someone who would sit and do crosswords every day.'11 Jun 09:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleA deep dive into lies and secrets in debut novelLies and secrets at the heart of a damaged family lead to an interesting story11 Jun 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'Someone asked what I was reading and I barely knew where to begin'A novel, poetry, an audiobook and a kids' book are constants for Gemma Browne11 Jun 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandJacinda Ardern laid bare in new biography: 'I live in fear of what might be'New biography charts Ardern's rise from small-town girl to globally respected leader.11 Jun 05:00 PM