Sharon Stephenson is haunted by screenwriter Neil Cross’ grisly creations.

Best-selling author Audrey Niffenegger tells Jessica Duchen how ballet has inspired her new direction.

Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie wrote many of his most enduring folk songs after trekking through America's dust-bowl during the years of the Depression and dispossession.

A day after publicly announcing his cancer was in remission, Kiwi cricket legend Martin Crowe has officially launched his autobiography detailing his battle with the disease.

F. Scott Fitzgerald may be closely associated with the Roaring Twenties but the American Autor's work is proving timeless.

It was only in retrospect that I truly got the point of Douglas Kennedy’s latest novel.

Patient Dan Brown fans will have another long wait until he's finished his next book, writes Stephen Jewell.

Best-selling British crime writer Mark Billingham tells James Kidd where he gets his ‘sick and twisted’ ideas.

The universal appeal of the "What If" speculation underpins this fascinating collection of artistic losses ranging from historic thefts to works that never actually realised.

The title of the first Bridget Jones novel in 14 years has been announced - Mad About The Boy.

Women: do you feel like your male colleagues don't listen to you? Men: do you feel like you're walking on eggshells with women in your office?

Did you always think the name Nigel was a bit of a liability?

Partly autobiographical novel is a potential winner of awards, predicts Nicky Pellegrino.

Stephen Jewell meets the award-winning South African author of a thrilling tale of murder ... and baseball.

Most of Nicolas Rothwell's books and journalism offer lyrical, subjective evocations of northern Australia and its indigenous people.

The first book by Australian author Lucy Neave, Who We Were is a very restrained sort of thriller.

Lea Michele has landed a book deal.

Known for his evocative and nostalgic portrayal of everyday life, photographer Derek Henderson's third book examines the human form.

An author who pens stories the length of a sentence has scooped this year's Man Booker International Prize.

I feel privileged and honoured. The recurring fear is: Have I wasted my life writing?

A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations fetched 150,000 pounds (NZ$227,415) at auction.

I am sitting at the back of a university physics class while the students cluster in small groups around the whiteboards lining the lecture hall, ready to tackle the day’s equation.