LifestyleBooks: Rosie's back, with baby on boardSequel continues the adventures of lovelorn Asperger's hero.27 Sep 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Of mums and murderLiane Moriarty’s latest novel is a darkly comedic tale about a trivia night death, writes Shandelle Battersby.26 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleStephen Jewell: A dangerously unstable kingSociety must not forget Henry VIII was a child abuser and wife killer, author Philippa Gregory tells Stephen Jewell.26 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleHeartbreak through Irish eyesElegant writing takes us through the highs and lows of a woman’s life.06 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleSarah Waters: Blood, sweat and scrubbingSarah Waters’ new novel explores what happens when an ‘unruly passion’ in the form of two lodgers enters a house. She talks to Linda Herrick.05 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Four StoriesOh, to write like Alan Bennett. The consummate modulations of mood and structure. The utterly English urbanity and self-deprecation.05 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: The Zone of InterestMartin Amis is a child of the 20th century, both literally and by literary preoccupation. He was born in the aftermath of World War II and grew up in the shadow of the unholy trinity of great ideologies — fascism, communism and capitalism.05 Sep 06:00 PM
LifestyleJennifer Weiner: Paperback fighterA bestselling author who sells books by the million, Jennifer Weiner is on an almighty mission to get ‘chick lit’ the serious attention she believes it is due.29 Aug 07:00 PM
LifestyleSouth Sea Vagabonds: Gone with the tideWhen author Johnny Wray was a lad at school in the 1920s, his form master was most disparaging of his writing, describing it as: “Conglomerations of facts occasioned by heterogeneous concatenations of stupid irrelevancies.”29 Aug 06:00 PM
LifestyleThe ultimate punishmentIn keeping with the almost impermeable wall that prevents a healthy transtasman book trade, Helen Garner is relatively unknown in New Zealand.22 Aug 06:00 PM
LifestyleGood for your digestionI'd love to meet John Crace. The Guardian columnist is acerbic, focused, appallingly funny.22 Aug 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: The Art of Neil GaimanThis is a very strange book. It's about Neil Gaiman, so it can probably afford to be.01 Aug 06:00 PM
LifestyleGerard Woodward: Dumplings of factGerard Woodward’s family gave him plenty of material to write about, but it took years to work out how, he tells Linda Herrick.01 Aug 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: The Temporary GentlemanSebastian Barry’s latest novel is a narrative of disintegration and self-destruction, written in the most lyrical of language.01 Aug 06:00 PM
