LifestyleBook review: The Last WordConsider being commissioned and hard-pressed to write the biography of an old, famous, living author.07 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBen Atkins: One night out sleuthingFledgling Auckland writer Ben Atkins talks to Craig Sisterson about the crime novel he has been working on since he was 15.07 Mar 05:00 PM
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LifestyleBook review: A Beautiful TruthWalt and Judy, of 1970s small-town Vermont, can't conceive a child. For all their mutual tenderness, life has become just "a collection of gestures and habits". So they adopt.28 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleToying with times pastMiranda Carter read history while at Oxford and came to writing after a career in journalism.22 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Empty MansionsThe wealth gap is provoking much contemporary anxiety. But the financial imbalance between, say, Bill Gates or Warren Buffet and the Big-Mac slinger is a shadow of that which existed between the first American capitalist barons.21 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleSchool of hard knocksHope and hopelessness make a funny yet thoughtful combination, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.07 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleArmistead Maupin: Willing to be honestArmistead Maupin’s Tales of the City have delighted readers for four decades and brought gay life into the mainstream. Now the ninth book brings the series to an end. Hermione Hoby reports.24 Jan 05:00 PM
TravelTravel books: Around the world from cover to coverWhile the summer holiday season is still going strong, there's nothing better than whiling away the hours with a good travel book. Linda Herrick reviews a selection of the latest.19 Jan 11:00 PM
LifestyleEscape to the world of wordsNew Zealand's top publishers offer their picks for this year's best summer reading.05 Jan 02:27 AM
LifestyleTravel books for kidsAlex Robertson reviews two Lonely Planet titles aimed at the younger members of the family.12 Dec 04:30 PM
LifestylePaws for thoughtBritish writer Tom Cox has attracted an avid following through his blogs and books about living in the Norfolk countryside with a gang of cats. He talks to Linda Herrick06 Dec 05:00 PM
