LifestyleBook Review: AmericanahOne of the more startling observations in a book filled with acute and startling observations is that Africans only really come to consider they are “black” when they go to the United States.17 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Two Girls In A BoatWellingtonian Emma Martin won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize with the title story of this first collection.17 May 06:00 PM
New ZealandWriters Festival: Giant books bring the past to lifeRutherfurd, whose new tome is called <i>Paris</i>, had an extra hour added to yesterday's Writers & Readers schedule after selling out tomorrow and recalled having to speak to a row of schoolboys scowling at him.17 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandWriters Festival: Revealed - a name of shameThe city of Auckland was named after "a dud ex-colonial mediocrity who stuffed up on a quite spectacular scale", says British historian William Dalrymple.15 May 06:27 PM
LifestyleDan Brown returns to Europe for InfernoDan Brown sees the world a little differently than the average person.14 May 10:25 PM
Small BusinessBusiness guru Kawasaki points the wayFormer Apple chief evangelist and now entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki says he wants to help New Zealand be even more enchanting on his upcoming visit here on Wednesday.12 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Writing ClassNicky Pellegrino is captivated by a 'how-to' with a plot.11 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Food for thoughtGraham Reid talks to Australian writer Wayne Macauley about food porn and creativity.11 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleA life more ordinaryTired? Stressed? Unhappy and pressed for time? Well broadcaster Wallace Chapman has some words of advice for you, writes Greg Dixon.10 May 09:00 PM
LifestyleLibraries lend a hand to youthFar from becoming irrelevant in the digital age, libraries are adapting to become more like youth clubs, finds Danielle Wright.10 May 08:30 PM
LifestyleBinding commitmentDanielle Wright finds a busy kids' book club in Mangere Bridge that's about a lot more than reading and writing.10 May 07:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: BangsSteven Eldred-Grigg is a well-known and respected popular historian and novelist. <i>Bangs</i> is the fourth book in a series of novels that began with the much loved Oracles and Miracles, published in 1987.10 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: For whom the bell tollsShe’s best-known for her detective novels but British author Kate Atkinson’s latest work is a change of direction, writes Linda Herrick.10 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: A sanctuary of magicCarlos Ruiz Zafon tells Stephen Jewell why he likes visiting bookstores and supermarkets.10 May 06:00 PM
WorldWhen robots take over essential tasksSherry Turkle shows up begging for a latte. She's left her wallet in her hotel room. She's exhausted, she says, and could do with a coffee.10 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentThe Great Gatsby: Different tune for great classicDominic Corry went behind the scenes on Baz Luhrmann's extravagant film adaptation of classic novel The Great Gatsby.09 May 02:45 AM
LifestyleCurly Kiwi questions answered<strong>New Zealand nature expert Gerard Hutching has pulled together some of the quirkiest Kiwi questions in his new book, <i>Why can't Kiwis fly?</i> Here's five of our favourite head-scratchers:</strong>06 May 07:00 PM
LifestyleCould a former porn star be the next EL James?The 25-year-old former porn superstar has reinvented herself as a novelist, and her first book, The Juliette Society, revolves around a woman's introduction to a highly secretive sex club.05 May 11:45 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Maya's NotebookNicky Pellegrino delves into a harrowing tale of survival that's also a story about love.04 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleMy happy place: Peter Hayden, authorPeter Hayden - nature history filmmaker and author, and actor.04 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleOne man's extraordinary stepsA running regime that would defy most of us is soul food to Malcolm Law, writes Andy Kenworthy.03 May 06:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Secret Life Of James CookA few years ago I visited the charming English port town of Whitby and was intrigued to discover its crucial role in the lives of two very different men whose names continue to echo down the centuries: Count Dracula and Captain James Cook.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: A brief history of seven centuriesThe master of historical sagas, Edward Rutherfurd, talks to David Larsen about the symmetry of his writing.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Writing ClassPeople write - or want to write - for many reasons. For some, it is a compulsion, an itch that must be scratched. For others, it has more to do with the narcissistic conviction that the world wants to know what they're thinking and feeling.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: She RisesFor those readers eagerly anticipating the next effort from Sarah Waters, the queen of historical revisionism, look no further than Kate Worsley's debut novel.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWould you judge a man by what he reads?If the adage "you are what you eat" rings true then I'm some sort of pickled mollusc given my penchant for clams, mussels, oysters and a crisp chardonnay. But I suspect "you are what you read" is more to the point.02 May 08:00 PM
OpinionRebecca Kamm: The oldest romance writer in the worldMeet just-turned-105-years-old romance novelist Ida Pollock, the world's oldest producer of bodice rippers.30 Apr 11:20 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: A terrific determinationStephen Jewell talks to esteemed British author Max Hastings about battles won and lost.26 Apr 06:00 PM
