OpinionFiction Addiction: Four hot new novelsThrough coincidence rather than design, there's a strong American influence in this month's Fiction Fix hotlist of new novels. 23 Aug 01:00 AM
TravelTravel book: <i>Castles, Follies and Four-Leaf Clovers</i>Only in Ireland could a half-forgotten route be named the Way of St Declan or the way of St Patrick's Cow.22 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: New Zealand FilmThe thing about the movies that we've never got over is that they move. In doing so, they evoke a facsimile of life better than life itself. Even the "fractured flickers" of the early cinema commanded an instant suspension of disbelief.21 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentArnold Zable: Finding deeper meaningsAustralian writer Arnold Zable talls Graham Reid about giving voice to people in his work and his good fortune in post-revolution China.21 Aug 05:30 PM
LifestyleSoul food (+recipe)The force behind Soul Bar, Judith Tabron, marks its 10 year anniversary with the release of a new cookbook.19 Aug 05:30 PM
TechnologyPottermore casting magic in the online worldThe official Harry Potter website has let the first lot of fans into its online realm. Harriet Walker was one.19 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: [Not] There But For TheThis was supposed to be the blog in which the author of <i>There But For The</i> answered all the questions that you so carefully crafted for her.19 Aug 02:00 AM
EntertainmentCraig Sisterson: Crime paysNicky Pellegrino speaks to a man who sees a bright future for felony.14 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Theresa HealeyTheresa Healey is an Auckland-based actress who is in Auckland Theatre Company's production of <i>Calendar Girls</i> at The Civic.13 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentRecipe for disasterIan Wedde's new novel portrays a troubled food critic who creates a crisis.12 Aug 10:33 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Escaping into 'There But For The'If somebody locks himself in a stranger's spare room for months, is he escaping the world or facing up to it?11 Aug 09:00 PM
EntertainmentBarking mad: Life with the world's tallest dogGiant George may be the world’s tallest dog — 1.5m tall and 2m long — but his owner, Dave Nasser, says he’s a big softie.08 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentDavid Nicholls: Life, love one day at a timeThe movie will be out soon but read the book first, says Nicky Pellegrino.08 Aug 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book: Digital photographyThe most important skill a photographer can have is learning to see: the beautiful in the bland and the interesting in the immaterial.08 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Blue Collar, White Collar, No CollarNifty title. Nifty concept. Stories about work - manual work; skilled work; responsible, itinerant, above-board or undercover work. Nifty aim, also: all proceeds go to fund youth literacy programmes across the United States. 08 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Hana SchofieldHana Schofield is the co-author of the best-selling memoir, Goodbye Sarajevo.08 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: In Rough CountryJoyce Carol Oates, a prolific and award-winning writer, has assembled and revised a collection of essays and reviews that originally appeared in places such as the <i>New York Review of Books</i> and the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>. 08 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Wish You Were HereWe still know little for sure about the prospects for intelligent fiction in a digital age. Yet most observers agree that the status of the professional "career novelist" may shift from that of a rare species to a deeply endangered one. 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: UndercoverThis outstanding transcription of extraordinary events carries a telling subtitle: "A Novel of a Life". 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBen Sanders: From reader to writerBest-selling Kiwi crime writer Ben Sanders talks to Craig Sisterson about balancing study and writing, and evoking Auckland in his thrillers.07 Aug 05:00 PM
