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Katie Price plans to pen a fifth autobiography
Katie Price has revealed she is planning to release her fifth autobiography later this year - at the age of just 35.
Tweet this: Burqini's in the dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has now included the social networking term 'tweet', as technology continues to change the way we speak.
Disraeli lovechild lived and raised family in NZ
The illegitimate daughter of a 19th century British Prime Minister lived and raised a family in New Zealand.
Tweak your life in bite-sized bits
When it comes to changing your life, CV writer-turned-career coach Tom O'Neil says it is better to make changes by degrees.
Best selling author slams erotic romance Fifty Shades
Best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has dismissed erotic romance Fifty Shades Of Grey.
Screen siren's sexy secrets
Legendary screen siren Ava Gardner has told all from beyond the grave in a explosive new autobiography detailing the sex, lies and booze that caused her so much heartache.
Book Review: Anticipation
The materially successful but spiritually bereft Janine Harding finds herself, in her early 40s, living in a “do-up” on an island in the Hauraki Gulf, where time on her hands sets her to thinking about her family history.
Book Review: The Astronaut Wives Club
Stories told of the mostly unknown women behind US astronauts.
Publisher axes staff as distribution shifts to Oz
Jobs will be lost in New Zealand at book publishers HarperCollins and Pearson after the companies yesterday announced intentions to close some operations.
It will be Alexa Chung's book, seriously, It.
Alexa Chung says her highly-anticipated style book featuring her inspirations and musings will be called It.
Roberto Cavalli: 'In a few months, you will know everything'
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli will lift the lid on his life when he releases his autobiography later this year.
Book Review: Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake
An older woman's wisdom is an asset we can all bank, writes Nicky Pellegrino.
Paul Lewis: Bails lifted for second innings
Went to a book launch this week. Book launch? More of a relaunch of Marty Crowe's life, really.
My happy place: Ben Sanders - crime writer
My happy place is the cliff-top walkway at the southern end of Long Bay on the North Shore.
Rebecca Miller: A charmed life
Rebecca Miller’s life was never going to be run-of-the-mill; her father was one of the world’s most famous playwrights. Then she fell in love with one of the world’s greatest actors.
Duet of words and dance
Best-selling author Audrey Niffenegger tells Jessica Duchen how ballet has inspired her new direction.
Book Review: House Of Earth
Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie wrote many of his most enduring folk songs after trekking through America's dust-bowl during the years of the Depression and dispossession.
Crowe bares his soul in book
A day after publicly announcing his cancer was in remission, Kiwi cricket legend Martin Crowe has officially launched his autobiography detailing his battle with the disease.
Gatsby stands the test of time
F. Scott Fitzgerald may be closely associated with the Roaring Twenties but the American Autor's work is proving timeless.
Book Review: Five Days
It was only in retrospect that I truly got the point of Douglas Kennedy’s latest novel.
Dan Brown: Just wait and see
Patient Dan Brown fans will have another long wait until he's finished his next book, writes Stephen Jewell.
Crowe: Sky a 'nasty snake'
Martin Crowe says Sky TV was a "nasty snake" troubling his life alongside NZ Cricket and the cancer for which he needed chemotherapy.
Just open your eyes
Best-selling British crime writer Mark Billingham tells James Kidd where he gets his ‘sick and twisted’ ideas.
Book Review: Lost, Stolen Or Shredded
The universal appeal of the "What If" speculation underpins this fascinating collection of artistic losses ranging from historic thefts to works that never actually realised.