British authors Nicci Gerrard and Sean French tell Stephen Jewell why their book collaboration works so well.

I do not read a lot of noir crime fiction which, on the face of it, means I should not be writing this review — well, on the face the book presents after a few dozen pages, anyway.

Bedford Soda & Liquor felt great from the start. Our friends were grinning like soon-to-be-satisfied cats, cocktails in hand, at a table overlooking Richmond Rd.

Suzanne McFadden uncovers the top 10 interior design trends for 2014.

You’ve heard of craft beer but craft soda is the drink everyone with a conscience is sipping these days, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.

Pastels for autumn? Who would have thought? Sombre tones beware, it’s time to lighten up.

State houses seem to be everywhere and it's true - they are spread throughout the country, from Kaitaia to Bluff.

Stephen Jewell talks to ‘Swedish Agatha Christie’ Camilla Lackberg about her close friendship with her characters, fact being darker than fiction and the myths surrounding her country.

Val McDermid's Northanger Abbey is the second stage of The Austen Project, for which four writers have been invited to produce a contemporary version of a Jane Austen novel.

The charming title of this book is a quotation from The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe.

Herne Bay’s landmark’s newest incarnation delivers an Italian dining experience worthy of many repeat visits.

Ultra suede, check. Faux fur, check. The ‘Me’ decade leaves a lasting impression.

When Carole Beu opened the Women’s Bookshop 25 years ago, she didn’t realise she would be creating something much bigger than a retail space, writes Linda Herrick.

With Christmas nearly upon us, the Canvas book reviewing team takes the hassle out of gift-shopping with ideas for all ages and tastes.

The quest may no longer be for the elixir of immortality but with an ageing population there is increased awareness of what it takes to live long and well, writes Dionne Christian.

The little-known tale of an Australian 'quack' who helped save the British throne from embarrassment is soon to be released.

There is more to impersonating a rock star than grabbing a glitzy jacket, shades and turning up at a karaoke bar. Alan Perrott meets four musicians so devoted to their chosen idol that it has become a part of their life.

An Auckland couple merge their own style with a heritage building.

There's more to writing a love story than one might think. Rebecca Barry meets aspiring and published authors of the booming romance genre.

Fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson tells David Larsen how a dragon on a book cover lured him back to reading and changed the path of his life.

After 40 years in television, the past 27 with Fair Go, one of the most-recognised faces in New Zealand is bowing out. Kevin Milne talks to Alan Perrott about the rights and wrongs of his escapades and TV ratings.

He's in cinemas right now playing an FBI agent. But it's been his television turn as Mad Men's flawed but smouldering Don Draper that made Jon Ham a star - and helped elevate him to the sexiest man alive.

On-screen, she's the queen of food porn. But off-screen Nigella Lawson is much messier, grumpier and shyer, she tells Stephen Jewell.

Not every marriage is a happy ever after. Roughly one third end in divorce — but they don’t necessarily have to end in tears. Shelley Bridgeman talked to experts and those who’ve been though it to find out how to survive the modern divorce.

Best-known for her rollicking blockbuster romances set in the horse-riding world, Jilly Cooper is one of Britain's most-read authors. Robyn Langwell meets the prolific writer at home, a setting straight out of one of her novels.