EntertainmentBook review: Rich account of raw historyWiremu Heke, known as Billhook, leaves his Otago home in 1825 with regret in his heart and vengeance in mind.04 Sep 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook review: A mantra for fabulous fictionSince winning the 2003 Man Booker Prize, DBC Pierre has often been forced to come clean about past difficulties, such as his shady 04 Sep 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook review: Epic Bike Rides of the WorldMountain bike enthusiast Russell Baillie reviews the dangerous new tome from Lonely Planet.29 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: J.K. Rowling, none of this makes any senseCOMMENT: I've loved the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling for over 10 years, but now, for the first time, I feel disappointed with her - and it hurts.06 Aug 02:19 AM
EntertainmentBook review: The Salted AirA person could so easily be attracted to this book by its cover. But no, we mustn't judge.30 Jul 05:23 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Chris Gayle's biography Six MachineWhen Chris Gayle foolishly sleazed on cricket journalist Mel McLaughlin, he became Australia's public enemy one.30 Jul 05:19 PM
EntertainmentBook review: When spores go badJoe Hill's latest work has post-apocalyptic optimism, writes Stephen Jewell.30 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReviews: Crime fiction round-upA Time To Die (Hachette) Tom Wood $34.99 Englishman Wood says he got into the book business "to pen thrillers with the boring bits 25 Jul 02:57 AM
EntertainmentBook review: A right kind of lifeGustav Perle, son of a dead policeman and a bitter mother whom he loves despite her disaffection for him, is merely 5 as this story 23 Jul 05:18 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Work Like Any OtherOften the books we read cover the same subjects.23 Jul 05:16 PM
EntertainmentTrees bring writer southAnnie Proulx's new epic story stretches far and wide and south, writes Dionne Christian.15 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: My Last ContinentThis hot love story from an American author, set on a freezing continent, has touches of New Zealand occasionally. The setting is 15 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Good PeopleWritten six years ago, the Israeli writer's novel is a disquieting mix of apocalyptic and quotidian, incongruous career jealousies in a time of national blood-letting.15 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Vinegar GirlThis is The Taming of the Shrew retold for more modern times.08 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Mysterious Mysteries of the Aro ValleyDanyl, the protagonist, is back after a six-month absence caused by a misunderstanding with the justice system.08 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: City of MirrorsJustin Cronin's readers can't easily put him down, writes Dionne Christian.08 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentA thriller juicy with secretsOn a chilly, rainy day, it's tempting to escape to the baking heat of Australia.02 Jul 12:04 AM
EntertainmentA Kiwi's walk backwards in Mao's footstepsIt sounds almost too extraordinary to be true: a Kiwi advertising executive makes a pilgrimage across the byways of China, where tourists are rarely seen, and tracks down a long lost son of Mao Tse Tung.01 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentNovel digs into dark world of home invasionsJennifer Dann meets an author whose book is inspired by violence but defined by humanity.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentCKS share platesKarl Stead is like a grand old sideboard in the dining room of New Zealand literature.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Last Painting of Sara de VosNovels about painters and paintings have been in vogue recently.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentFlash win for Kiwi storytellerChristchurch-based writer Heather McQuillan is the winner of this year's National Flash Fiction Day competition.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Blackbird Sings At DuskElizabeth is a husk of a woman. She feels nothing. Why she continues to live baffles her.17 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentFour new books for foodiesFoodies and home cooks will love these four new reads.17 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Forgetting TimeNoah is a 4-year-old boy who often wakes screaming from nightmares in which he plays with guns and is held underwater until he blacks out.17 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Seelendbinder, James McNeishWhat a phenomenon James McNeish is. Literary fashions, figures and feuds parade past and all the while McNeish is working steadily and skilfully away.10 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: I Am No One, Patrick FlaneryWhen I found myself counting the words in sentences rather than actually absorbing them, I realised it was time to give up on the book.10 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: This Is Where The World Ends, Amy ZhangZhang's bleakly lyrical first YA novel brought a cascade of admirers and superlatives; now comes this intricate narrative of adolescents in all their vulnerability, idealism and savagery.27 May 05:55 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Napoleon's Willow, Joan Norlev TaylorFrom the sure hand of historian Joan Norlev Taylor comes the tricky manoeuvre of binding fact and fiction into a convincing historical novel.27 May 05:55 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Mandibles, Lionel Shriver"Plots set in the future are about what people fear in the present," says one of Lionel Shriver's characters in her latest novel set in a dystopian America of the near future.27 May 05:55 PM
EntertainmentReviews: Crime fiction round upGreg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction16 May 11:22 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Lab Girl, Hope JahrenStrangely, here we have one autobiography of two people.29 Apr 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Mothering Sunday, Graham SwiftGraham Swift's consummate novella fills a day, 90-plus years ago post-World War I, when the servant class are free to visit their families.29 Apr 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The North Water, Ian McGuireIan McGuire's story of brutality, greed and whaling - set aboard a boat off the coast of Greenland - is worth seeking out, especially for those of you who are not squeamish.19 Apr 10:34 PM
