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
LifestyleBertie forced me to cheer upNormally gloomy Sebastian Faulks is enjoying the abuse he’s had for daring to write a pastiche of his boyhood hero, P.G. Wodehouse. Sarah Rainey reports.16 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914Like one of Field Marshal Haig's family whiskies, Max Hastings is a dram that steadily improves with age.09 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Birds of New Zealand: A Photographic GuideIt's almost a tradition for birders to complain about their field guides: a particular variation of plumage.08 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: WakeAs we age from children into adults, the sheer power of our imagination ebbs away.01 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleHorror: How to respondWhen Elizabeth Knox started writing her new novel, <i>Wake</i>, she wanted to take on the challenge of inspiring fear. But, she writes, that evolved into confronting the real-life things that terrified her.01 Nov 05:00 PM
LifestyleBringing a circle to an endCanadian writer Margaret Atwood tells Stephen Jewell how one novel became three.25 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleWorse things happen in real lifeAustralian crime writer Garry Disher tells Linda Herrick why he likes to make his readers wait.25 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Goat MountainDavid Vann's fourth novel is the story of one weekend in 1978 when three men and a boy go hunting in Northern California.25 Oct 05:00 PM
Lifestyle'I'll never look at power the same way'The new thriller from Robert Harris has as its hero one of history’s great whistleblowers. It’s a story with plenty of modern parallels, he tells Jon Stock.19 Oct 05:00 PM
LifestyleIn honour of a toadAlthough often abusive in nature, the literary work of Fr Rolfe is worth remembering, writes David Hill.18 Oct 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book review: <I>NZ Cycle Trails</I>There's a lot about New Zealand that makes it a pretty dreadful place to ride a bike.15 Oct 04:00 PM
LifestyleAlways look on the bright sideBill Bryson tells Stephen Jewell he is drawn to American subjects in his writing.11 Oct 11:38 PM
LifestyleBook review: Tracing a civilisationSimon Schama's beginning is Egypt. But it is not the beginning of patriarchs and prophets.05 Oct 05:00 PM
