LifestyleBooks: 'I hate men who waltz in and write about love'Jodi Picoult has written 23 novels, eight of them No 1 bestsellers. Just don’t call her work ‘women’s fiction’, says Bryony Gordon.17 Jan 01:00 AM
LifestyleBooks: The truth is out there, somewhereWhen a computer virus hacks into the Australian prison system in 2010, it also infects the American corporations that licensed the software.16 Jan 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book review: <i>Gallipoli</i>The quintessential guide book for the scene of New Zealand's most significant war effort covers everything you need to know about the Gallipoli Peninsula.15 Jan 04:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Monster munchMussolini hated pasta and Hitler, famously a vegetarian, liked to eat baby pigeons. A new book tells us what tyrants liked for tea. John Walsh reports.09 Jan 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Food journeysLinda Herrick delves into four new cookbooks that transport the palate around the globe.09 Jan 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book review - <I>Air New Zealand: Celebrating 75 Years</I>With the national carrier entering its 75th year, here's a wee stocking-filler for the sky-gawping plane nerd in your life.18 Dec 04:30 PM
LifestyleBooks: 'It better be big. It better be good. It better be worth it'With a new novel out, and a potential film finally on the horizon, Patricia Cornwell tells Judith Woods how Dr Kay Scarpetta was held hostage by Hollywood.12 Dec 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Riding highSome Luck is the first volume of Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley’s trilogy set in the Iowa badlands. Boyd Tonkin reports.12 Dec 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: When Snow White met Sleeping BeautyNeil Gaiman’s latest fantasy is an attempt to restore to fairy tales some of the danger the Grimm brothers removed. Gaby Wood reports.12 Dec 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Against the ebbing tide"Short stories don't sell," is the current mantra of publishers everywhere, as a way of refusing to look at proffered manuscripts in case they love them and are sorely tempted.12 Dec 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Court and conflict make gripping dramaChanging fortunes in Tudor times have ring of reality.29 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleThe best books of the yearINTERACTIVE: Our annual guide to the best books to give and receive this Christmas. Guess which ones made the list.28 Nov 06:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: The lone wolfEach year American novelist Richard Ford heads to Ireland to shoot woodcock. Robert McCrum joins him on the Irish coast.21 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Punk rides againComic book artist Ant Sang talks to David Larsen about his ‘transformational journey’14 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Small steps towards fascismThe conversation turns to how to end the world when David Larsen talks to writer Jo Walton.07 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Pulling the plugMeetings with prize-winning authors form the basis for new satire, writes Stephen Jewell.31 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Elementary, my dearAnthony Horowitz talks to Linda Herrick about shocking his readers with his new Sherlock, why he wrote with a fountain pen and how his difficult school years drove him to the world of books.24 Oct 05:00 PM
