Annie Proulx's new epic story stretches far and wide and south, writes Dionne Christian.

This hot love story from an American author, set on a freezing continent, has touches of New Zealand occasionally. The setting is

Written six years ago, the Israeli writer's novel is a disquieting mix of apocalyptic and quotidian, incongruous career jealousies in a time of national blood-letting.

Karl du Fresne's new book takes readers on a sonic journey around the United States.

The comic universe's original Superman, killed off by DC Comics a few years ago, is zooming back to life. But now he has a son ... and is faced with a pretender claiming to be Clark Kent.

Hussein's novella is being translated for a December release, the style of which is described as a mix of Thrones and House of Cards.

Artist Bob Kerr illustrated the seminal Kiwi comic Terry Teo which was made into a popular 1980s TV series.

This is The Taming of the Shrew retold for more modern times.

Danyl, the protagonist, is back after a six-month absence caused by a misunderstanding with the justice system.

On a chilly, rainy day, it's tempting to escape to the baking heat of Australia.

It sounds almost too extraordinary to be true: a Kiwi advertising executive makes a pilgrimage across the byways of China, where tourists are rarely seen, and tracks down a long lost son of Mao Tse Tung.

Helen Brown enjoys Sylvia Patterson's memoir, I'm Not With the Band.

The Flintstones are back but they look totally different and they're also kind of anti-Flintstones.

We now know what the houses are, who they're for, and how you get in - plus the history of how the US school got started.

Dr Seuss wrote a book for adults about a man in a bowtie who is wheeled through a hospital

COMMENT: We've just passed a milestone with 12 million books given out on our Books in Homes literacy programme.

An official Unesco City of Literature, Melbourne is also home to 'The Best Bookshop in the World'. In the run-up to its Writers' Festival in August, Dani Wright seeks out the city's best bookish spots.

Julian Fellowes mines the past but is not constrained by it, writes Stephen Jewell.

Karl Stead is like a grand old sideboard in the dining room of New Zealand literature.

Novels about painters and paintings have been in vogue recently.

Christchurch-based writer Heather McQuillan is the winner of this year's National Flash Fiction Day competition.

Paul Dini has turned a tragic night of fear into an instantly-classic graphic novel.

The plight of an 11-year-old girl at Te Puea Marae with a love for reading has prompted a donation of more than 200 books.

They're calling it a revolution in the way we read - and it's not some new piece of technology.

Elizabeth is a husk of a woman. She feels nothing. Why she continues to live baffles her.

"I'm slightly more blind than Stevie Wonder ... "

Noah is a 4-year-old boy who often wakes screaming from nightmares in which he plays with guns and is held underwater until he blacks out.

Foodies and home cooks will love these four new reads.

Richard Fairgray has less than 3 per cent normal vision, sees the world in two dimensions and is legally blind but is New Zealand’s highest-selling comic book writer and artist.