PremiumPremiumLifestyleSusanna Gendall: I love heroines who bake cakeHeroines who bake cake, exile and more are on Susanna Gendall's reading list.01 May 12:00 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleA clash of classes: Clare Moleta's remarkable dystopian debutIn a world of wars and climate disasters comes a harrowing quest to find a missing child.30 Apr 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumWorldNineteen ways to be Ai WeiweiThe artist, activist and humanist appears in the Auckland Writers Festival this month.30 Apr 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe story of how Bridgerton got to Netflix is a page-turner"It really is a Cinderella story" - Bridgerton author on the Netflix dream come true.30 Apr 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'We're all suffering': How to be a man in the #metoo eraThe Times: Justin Baldoni is at war with toxic masculinity – starting with his own.27 Apr 10:28 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleTaken Places: How words are wired to our sensesWhere do stories live? Author Tracey Slaughter has an answer.24 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandBanned rugby book back on the shelves after more than 50 yearsCensors have eased restrictions on a Kiwi rugby book banned more than half a century ago.22 Apr 04:24 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleHow some New Zealanders go missingSteve Braunias' collection of twelve tales casts a devastating light on crime in NZ.17 Apr 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleCatherine Robertson and writing's new ballgameOn the heels of her seventh novel, Catherine is navigating the writing world differently.16 Apr 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'It's not our crime, but it's still our sentence': Pillars founder Verna McFelinPillars founder Verna McFelin talks about her life inside and outside the prison wire.16 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleBookie wonderland: How book club became the new nightclubAfter lockdown, I couldn't wait to hit the club - book club, that is.14 Apr 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleExploring the where but not the why of strange swimming eventsBook review: Where we Swim10 Apr 12:00 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleMargaret Mills: 'I choose my reading from reviews and get them from the library'Margaret Mills on the fact and fiction currently on her reading list09 Apr 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleBerard on gangs, crime and backing himselfRay Berard on going from a first starter to a favourite with Inside the Black Horse.09 Apr 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumEntertainmentSharon Stone is telling her side of the storyNew York Times: The actress writes about her life, upbringing and brushes with death.05 Apr 02:00 AM
EntertainmentBridgerton shocker: Heartthrob Rege-Jean Page opens up about leaving the showThe actor says he has 'nothing but excitement' for the show to return.03 Apr 11:16 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe mirror cracked: A candid memoir interrogates love, loyalty and family fictionsPaula Morris talks to Charlotte Grimshaw about her memoir. Review by Rachael King.02 Apr 10:00 PM
EntertainmentBridgerton shocker: Heartthrob won't star in season 2I'm not crying, you're crying: Lady Whistledown says we've seen the end of Rege-Jean Page.02 Apr 07:25 PM
LifestyleWhy our children are crying out for real booksLockdown taught us there's still nothing like a physical book to inspire kids to read.28 Mar 09:04 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe First Woman reviewed: a battle to discover self in an embattled Uganda tied up in traditionsA young woman's personal awakening amid familial and political strife.26 Mar 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'Put me in any bookstore and I will find something I want to read'Nalini Singh says she's guilty of tsundoku26 Mar 09:00 PM
LifestyleAfter a year of digital learning, let's hear it for real booksTHE CONVERSATION: Children still read books, but many have moved to the digital kind.26 Mar 08:37 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe Family Doctor: Debra Oswald's first foray into crime fictionDebra Oswald's new thriller combines social realism with a story of revenge.26 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleThe mysterious case of George Saunders and the missing emailDoes George Saunders hate me?26 Mar 05:00 PM
New Zealand'The year that literature died': School dumps Shakespeare, replaces with magazinesReviewer suggested students focus on texts that were simpler and more appealing.26 Mar 04:00 PM
Royals'Huge hole inside me': Prince Harry gives advice to grieving kids in new book'I wish I was able to hug you', the prince writes in a new book about losing a parent.20 Mar 08:13 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleMoney for free: What writers would do with $57,000How would you spend $57k? These writers wonder.20 Mar 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandSteve Braunias book extract: The murder of Grace Millane - X on trialBraunias explores 12 extraordinary tales of disappearance in his new book Missing Persons.20 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleVerbal retorts and tightening traps abound in bodice-ripper for the 21st centuryA Net for Small Fishes seems ready-made for a Netflix series19 Mar 10:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleStephanie Johnson: Idealism, idylls and the desire for changeChange is a constant and it's also the theme of Stephanie Johnson's new book.19 Mar 07:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleNo good, no evil: Phil Klay's new war epicPhil Klay's much-anticipated first novel is a vivid, powerful war epic.19 Mar 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'Fantastic and utterly unpredictable twists'A book about human frailty and NZ fiction are the choice for podcast producer Duncan Smith19 Mar 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumWorldClimate change for dummies: The bestseller that's changing mindsTimes: Two 24-year-olds are changing the mind of climate deniers with their bestseller.18 Mar 04:00 AM
PremiumPremiumLifestyle'My reading is either new New Zealand books or things I pick at second-hand bookstores and op shops'Steve Braunias on what he's been reading over summer12 Mar 11:00 PM