OpinionFiction Addiction: Recommended read - Band-Aid for a Broken LegDamien Brown's first book offers a humble, sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing account of one man's experiences of the realities of aid work.12 Jul 09:30 PM
LifestyleLead us into temptation: Why we're addicted to cookbooksLast year we spent almost $12 million on food and wine books. Dionne Christian asks what it is about cookbooks that turns some of us into addicts.11 Jul 11:00 PM
OpinionChildren's books getting bleaker - studyHeroes in children's books face darker times today than those in the past, say academics after conducting a study.09 Jul 10:00 PM
LifestyleFrolics amid the facts in SkylarkHistorical detail steadies a lively yarn set in NZ's early showbiz days.09 Jul 05:00 PM
LifestyleThe book that self-destructs in 60 daysRecalcitrant readers take note: a publisher in Buenos Aires has created a book written in disappearing ink.05 Jul 05:45 PM
LifestyleA grown-up adventureBritish author Simon Mawer talks to Stephen Jewell about the truth behind his secret agent heroine and feeling like a tourist in one’s own land.03 Jul 05:30 PM
LifestyleTenets of a talented writer reach outNicky Pellegrino sees a film sequel in Joanne Harris' latest novel.01 Jul 08:02 PM
New ZealandTrusty utes faithful in Kiwi love affair (+competition)The Kiwi bloke and his ute have entered the nation's mythology, with sheds and gumboots. And it's not just blokes.30 Jun 05:30 PM
LifestyleChocolat author's appetite for changeHer first two novels failed to sell and her next three weren’t even accepted by a publisher. So how did Chocolat author Joanne Harris become an international best-seller? She talks to Stephen Jewell about food, religion and her latest novel.28 Jun 11:00 PM
OpinionDita De Boni: Where passion runs shallow"Mommy porn" - it's more emetic than erotic.28 Jun 09:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Red HouseHaddon's fiction often features narrators whose viewpoint is different, distinctive, disoriented in some way.28 Jun 05:30 PM
Lifestyle'Mummy porn' book breaks publishing recordsThe debut book by racy publishing phenomenon EL James, <i>Fifty Shades Of Grey</i>, has become the first to sell more than one million copies on Kindle.27 Jun 08:51 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Recommended read - The Taliban Cricket ClubOne critic dubbed it "Bend it Like Beckham in a burka." A feel-good read that carries with it romance, humour and suspense, with a sinister twist.25 Jun 09:30 PM
LifestyleYou're not too old for this fun novelAdults of all ages will love this comic cleverness, writes Nicky Pellegrino.25 Jun 05:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Bring Up The BodiesWhen we last saw Thomas Cromwell, in the Booker prize-winning <i>Wolf Hall</i>, Hilary Mantel's unlikely hero was at the height of his powers.24 Jun 05:30 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: You can become your favourite characterNew research suggests by losing yourself in a book you could temporarily change your own behaviour and thoughts to channel the characters.21 Jun 09:01 PM
