EntertainmentBook Review: The Kindness Of Your NatureLinda Olsson's novels sell in mega-numbers overseas. There are many places in this tender, loving story where you can understand why. 09 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Late For Tea At The Deer PalaceWhen the stone deer was placed in position in the pool in front of the Chalabi home in Kazimiya, near Baghdad, locals immediately named the palatial home the Deer Palace. 09 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentLaini Taylor: Elsewhere's other worldOut with vampires, in with other-worldy romance, writes Nicky Pellegrino.09 Oct 02:39 AM
LifestyleFocus on Lily RichardsRadio personality and bibliophile Lily Richards tells her story to <i>Viva</i>.06 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionTheatre review: The Angel & the Beloved, Hopetoun AlphaRainer Maria Rilke has always commanded a devoted following among connoisseurs of fine literature but he is also widely read. 06 Oct 12:05 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: Pao "Life is hard" is one of the Noble Truths and Yang Pao, as a young boy landing on the streets of Jamaica in the 1930s, learns that lesson quickly. 05 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Cat's TableIn the opening pages of Michael Ondaatje's new novel, a young boy named Michael sets out for England on a passenger liner. It's the early 1950s. 05 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Michael CooperWine writer Michael Cooper has recently released <i>100 Must-try New Zealand Wines</i> (Hodder Moa, $34.99)02 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentVanessa Diffenbaugh: Heady mix of flower powerThis author deserves bouquets for her insight, writes Nicky Pellegrino. 02 Oct 01:00 PM
EntertainmentStef Penney: Licensed to write fictionBritish author Stef Penney tells Christian House about moving the setting for her second novel from the Canadian wilderness to a sinister England.28 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Spirit Of ProgressConstructed in the manner of ensemble films such as <i>Nashville</i>, <i>Grand Canyon</i> and <i>Crash</i>, this novel by the award-winning Australian writer Carroll again refracts the lives of some characters who have populated his previous work. 28 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Sense Of An EndingIn 1967 the great critic Frank Kermode published The Sense Of An Ending, a series of lectures that not only mined the apocalyptic theme in art, but reviewed the ways in which fiction carves order and pattern out of the chaotic flux of time. 28 Sep 12:00 PM
EntertainmentCritics slam McCartney's 'bland' balletSir Paul McCartney has failed to impress critics with the premiere of his first ever ballet, with reviewers branding the show "forgettable" and "bland".26 Sep 02:15 AM
EntertainmentHere comes Rocketman - the Elton John musicalSir Elton John is moving forward with plans to turn his life story into a major movie musical.23 Sep 12:50 AM
LifestyleBazaar requestsGlenda Bailey has transformed America's <i>Harper's Bazaar</i> by persuading A-list celebrities to take part in outrageous photo shoots. 21 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Quality Of MercyWhat kind of historical novelist is Barry Unsworth? Despite his practised ear for the idioms of the mid-18th century drawing-room, and weather eye for the contents of the era's wardrobe, he is not a pasticheur. 19 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPip Ballantine: A full head of steam punkStephen Jewell talks to New Zealand writer Pip Ballantine about why she went to the United States and the good manners of sci-fi followers. 19 Sep 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book: 100 Places To Remember Before They DisappearMore an exercise in global warming propaganda than anything else, really, though the photos of endangered beauty spots are certainly stunning.19 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentStefan Merrill Block: Out with the skeletonsA writer fills in the gaps in his family's dubious past, writes Nicky Pellegrino.18 Sep 05:00 PM
