If you really want to know about Epicurus, this isn't the book.

The Book Depository has apologised to its New Zealand customers for "unacceptable" delays that saw many receive orders only days before Christmas.

The book that had 1990s women playing it cool has a new look. Look out, boys, says Harriet Walker

Recipes from around the world never fail to entrance, whether you are a keen home cook or prefer to pore over the beautiful photos.

50 Shades! The Musical, which provides a satirical twist on the best-selling novels, has already enjoyed a hit run at Chicago's Apollo Theatre.

Film blogger Dominic Corry talks to Life of Pi screenwriter David Magee about adapting an "unfilmable" book for the screen.

It may be a better guide to eating out than how busy the restaurant is - where do our top chefs choose to go for a meal?

A new cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi unites their culinary memories from their shared historic home city of Jerusalem.

The one-armed man touted as a new suspect in the murder of two Swedish tourists was feared to have killed two other people, the Herald has been told.

The superstar cookery writers of Britain have had a stellar year with Jamie, Nigel, Nigella, Hugh and Gordon all popping out a new book (and, naturally, the telly show coming to a screen soon).

When plans to slash $25 million from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's budget emerged early last year, Joanna Woods' book Diplomatic Ladies suddenly became a lot more topical.

1. Of all the high-profile people you've photographed, who least resembles the popular perception of them?

The Big New Yorker Book Of Dogs is big all right: 21cm x 28cm and 395 pages, with a generous smattering of those gloriously sly and sardonic New Yorker cartoons. The content is generally serious in tone.

Peter, the 14-year-old narrator, plus elder brother Hans, the handsome horse-tickler, and sister Tilte, the obsessive reader of other people's diaries, realise their parents have vanished. Ostensibly, Mum and Dad are on holiday in the Canaries.

Nikki Gemmell, author of The Bride Stripped Bare, is famous for her lyrical honesty and for saying those things other women think but dare not say. She's penned her thoughts in newspaper columns which have compiled in her her book, Honestly: Notes on Life, published by HarperCollins.

There used to be a time when if our daughters were proving really difficult to settle for the evening, we would ignore advice in parenting books, make beds on the couch and allow them to watch our favourite TV programme with us: Time Team

It may have been his words that lured millions of adoring fans, but it was Bryce Courtenay's warm hugs and kisses that touched the hearts of his closest friends.

Books editor Linda Herrick and her reviewers select the best for all ages and interests