Kiwi author Nalini Singh has sold more than six million books in 20 languages, making the New York Times bestseller list 25 times. She talks to Jennifer Dann.

A debut novel has readers curious about how they’ll be remembered when they die.

From all the hoo-ha over The Interview - a lowbrow farce lampooning Kim Jong-un, which led to the extraordinary cyber-attack on Sony Pictures - you might derive the casual impression that North Korea's notoriously repressive ruling body is anti-cinema.

When a young lady approached me at a gallery opening and whispered in my ear, "I love reading your columns.

In a new book, American cultural critic Kate Bolick argues that spinsterhood is an enviable state. Laura Freeman reports.

When Richard Stowers published his first book about the Gallipoli campaign in 2005 he knew he had more to say.

From paleo princesses to PowerPoint psychopaths, Kiwi women reveal what gets on their nerves.

A couple of years ago, Chris Finlayson, then culture minister, tooted his bugle and heralded "a golden age for the arts in New Zealand". It doesn't feel very golden today, writes Toby Manhire.

Stephen Jewell talks to reporter, critic and former stand-up comedian Natalie Haynes about her debut novel, set in Edinburgh, a city she knows so well

The themes of murders in Paris, religious fundamentalism and a threat to multiculturalism might seem all too topical after recent grim events in the French capital.

Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie says he was 'only fooling around' when he rated To Kill a Mockingbird 3/10 on a public forum he believed was private.

The No. 1 and No. 2 best-selling books on Amazon right now are colouring books for adults.

For younger readers, Sambo's story may need some introduction, writes Peter Calder. Published in 1899, it was the first book of Edinburgh-born Helen Bannerman, who spent much of her life in southern India.

If there is one thing Karena and Kasey Bird aren't afraid of it is a challenge.

We are so happy to be able to share these recipes from our new cookbook For the Love Of … which is available from next Saturday.

Bridget van der Zijpp’s new novel explores the fleeting, dangerous side of fame.

The most popular biographies are those that embrace the subject’s life while assuming little prior historical knowledge on the part of the reader.

Is the unhappiness of beautiful people more significant than that of real people?

Journalist Nick Davies pulled at a thread and everything unravelled, exposing the British tabloid phone-hacking scandal. Next month he is in NZ for the Auckland Writers Festival.

Margaret Atwood says Kate hasn’t lived up to the fashion icon reputation of her husband’s late mother, Princess Diana

What if some unfit, unthinking parent considers this advice credible? What local authority would want to be associated with that potential parenting disaster?

On a tropical break, Steve Braunias muses about how it's always worth finding something horrifying to read on your holiday.

Auckland Council will not be removing a controversial book from its libraries, despite a growing petition claiming it "advocates child abuse".

Regular flashes of brilliance in the prose don't entirely steady the wobbles in this second novel from UK actress and writer Emily Woof.