EntertainmentDysfunction: All in the familyMartina Cole’s crime novels explore the extremes of relationship dysfunction. She talks to Stephen Jewell about her fascination with the darker, and tougher, side of human nature.27 Oct 04:30 PM
LifestyleShaped by reading material<i>Viva</i>'s Zoe Walker explores how characters described in fiction have influenced her through the years.25 Oct 07:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Bird North And Other StoriesThe blurb on the back of Breton Dukes’ debut short-story collection, Bird North And Other Stories, adds him to an esteemed line of New Zealand exponents of the genre: Frank Sargeson, Maurice Duggan and Owen Marshall.25 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Emperor Of Lies Reading this very long book is deep immersion in the horrors of the Holocaust, and after a prolonged session readers may have to lift themselves from a state of depression about the human condition.25 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: The Sense of an Ending review<i>The Sense of an Ending</i> is the kind of novel you might need to ponder for a few days before coming to any conclusions.24 Oct 11:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Love At The End Of The RoadIf I describe this memoir of life on the Kaipara as “charming”, it instantly sounds as if I’m sending it down the Damn-With-Faint-Praise chute. I’m not. 24 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentGeoffrey Wilson: Turning history on its headEx-pat Geoffrey Wilson’s ironic imaginings are fuelled by his youth in South Africa and New Zealand, writes Stephen Jewell. 24 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Q&A with Michael OndaatjeMichael Ondaatje talks about how he wrote The Cat's Table, where he gets his characters from and re-reading his favourite books.20 Oct 10:00 PM
OpinionWho cares about the Booker Prize?When Patrick McGuinness’s debut novel <i>The Last Hundred Days</i> was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in July it had sold 64 copies. By September it was nudging 4000 sales.17 Oct 10:35 PM
TravelTravel book: <I>Visions of Nature</I>There are so many fine picture books about New Zealand these days that it's often difficult to find a point of difference that makes one stand out from the others.17 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Rugby ShortsMark Lynch does love his rugby. I remember once when Lynch and I and a few stragglers went to see the Waratahs play the Stormers in Sydney. 17 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Having a BallTo state the bleeding obvious, we can be a nation of blunt-ended rugby fanatics. As 1987 All Blacks captain David Kirk quips in his foreword of Ian Grant's book <i>Having A Ball</i>, "it's part of the rhythm of life, and long may it remain so". 17 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Cup Dan Cleary is one clever guy - actor, writer, producer and someone who doesn't mind poking the borax. 17 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Great Gardens Of ItalyWhen the sumptuous <i>Great Gardens of Italy</i> series recently screened here, you couldn't help but notice quite a few shots of its host, British garden guru Monty Don, staring pensively out at the scenery, chiselled chin on hand.16 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentJacqueline Yallop: Old habits die hardThe tale of a nun's betrayal proves shocking - and thought-provoking, writes Nicky Pellegrino. 15 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: The Cat's Table - Enjoying the ShowSome evenings when I pick up my October feature read, <i>The Cat's Table</i>, I feel like a spectator at a variety show.13 Oct 11:00 PM
