Just two years after The Luminaries won the prestigious literary award, another New Zealand writer has been longlisted.

Eight young Kiwi authors will be bubbling with inspiration after meeting their sporting heroes and getting a story published, all in one day.

In the first of three exclusive extracts from his new autobiography My Story, Jerome Kaino talks about his humble origins in Papakura.

Children from a Māori immersion class in Pukekohe are the stars of a new digital book released by Auckland Transport for Māori Language Week.

A new unauthorised biography of SBW details the rift with ex-AB coach Sir Graham Henry and reveals a story of controversy, changing loyalties and damned hard work.

SBW was told to quit the All Blacks in the lead-up to the 2011 Rugby World Cup, an explosive new biography has revealed.

She's shared the homes of Hollywood celebrities and media magnates, and is now one of the world's most sought-after baby sleep consultants.

If only commercial realities allowed New Zealanders to enjoy long-form journalism.

Books editor Linda Herrick picks five great books to pick up this weekend.

JK Rowling causes traffic chaos by having her huge garden hedges trimmed.

The fears are well-founded, as the world becomes more materialistic, hedonistic, videos rule supreme and hardly anyone reads either newspapers or books.

Without intense focus, triple narrative strands can trip readers.

Rosamund Lupton’s new novel explores a deaf child’s world in a thriller about a desperate struggle to find a missing husband in an icy wilderness, she tells Stephen Jewell.

This week To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee breaks her 55-year silence. But who is really behind her new book? Gaby Wood reports.

They've dined with the Queen at Windsor Castle, now the Middletons have had their almost-royal credentials boosted even further.

Shock for fans of beloved classic as author Harper Lee turns Atticus Finch, the champion of racial justice, into a bigot for sequel.

Want to write a string of best-sellers and spark endless romantic box-office hits? Helen O’Hara talks to the master, Nicholas Sparks.

Lisa Jewell’s latest book is a thriller about a sinister assault on a teenager. She talks to Stephen Jewell.

It’s 1978 and the inhabitants of Gaialands, an idealist vegan commune in the Coromandel, are living the sustainable dream.

There’s a neat conceit, albeit an unlikely one, to Joseph Kanon’s new thriller, Leaving Berlin.

Marian remains a compelling heroine, whose many contradictions are all believable — even if, to the long list of men who are smitten by her, we can confidently add the name of Simon Mawer.

After a 12-month hiatus, the country's premier book awards will return in 2016 with a new structure and an annual fiction prize of $50,000. Do you have a favourite novel by a New Zealand writer?

New BBC period drama Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell blurs history and magic, explain the cast and creators.

Long-running British music magazine NME is going to be made available for free later this year in a bid to stem its falling readership.