EntertainmentBook Reviews: A view of life through a quirky lensReading Airini Beautrais' new collection, <i>Western Line</i>, fills me with joy - through what words can do and through the avenues poetry makes available. 31 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentIn defence of chick litSuzanne McFadden talks to Kiwi romance queen Michelle Holman about issues and critics.31 Oct 04:00 PM
TravelTravel book: A Fan's Guide To World RugbyThis guide has information about the main grounds and teams in the top 18 rugby-playing nations.31 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Sweet AsTowards the end of his rambling diary of a road trip through his native country, Garth Cartwright engages in a sly piece of critic-proofing sophistry. 31 Oct 04:00 PM
TravelSouthern Lakes among Lonely Planet's top regions for 2012Queenstown and Southern Lakes has been named one of Lonely Planet's top 10 regions to visit next year.31 Oct 12:16 AM
EntertainmentJK Rowling wanted Ron Weasley deadJK Rowling has admitted she once wanted to kill off Harry Potter's best friend Ron Weasley out of "sheer spite".30 Oct 07:29 PM
EntertainmentHelen Humphreys: A love affair with the pastThis 19th century romantic triangle comes to life, writes Nicky Pellegrino.30 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Tasmina PerryBritish novelist Tasmina Perry is the author of <i>Private Lives</i> (Headline, $34.99).30 Oct 04:00 PM
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
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
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
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
