EntertainmentBook lover: Lindsey DawsonLindsey Dawson is the host of <i>Let's Talk</i>, a weekly women's issues show on Stratos TV. She was also the founding editor of <i>Next</i> magazine and has authored seven books.15 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Gallows Bird</i>The fact that a reality television show features in Camilla Lackberg's mesmerising new novel will mean little to New Zealand readers of this best-selling Nordic writer, but her fellow Swedes might discern a little score-settling.15 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Novel in the Viola</i>A witty, irreverent and gutsy heroine carries this new novel.15 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleFive of the best: Public librariesThe best thing to come out of Auckland's Super City amalgamation is that you can borrow 3.5 million items from 55 libraries from Wellsford to Waiuku. Here we choose our favourite handful.13 May 10:00 PM
LifestyleFinding a way to deal with the TalebanUK journalist James Fergusson tackled questions on the Taleban at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.13 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleCandace Bushnell: The inspiration behind Sex and the CityJust when you thought <i>Sex and the City</i> had taken its last gasp, the creator of the iconic characters releases two novels for younger readers. Rebecca Barry Hill talks to the original Carrie Bradshaw, Candace Bushnell.13 May 02:00 AM
EntertainmentBritney Spears' life made into a comicBritney Spears' life has been turned into a comic book.12 May 10:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Caribou Island</i>The disintegration of American dreams into nightmares is the leitmotiv of this first novel. Its narrative punches you from the first paragraph: "I'm ten years old ... I opened our front door and found my mother hanging from the rafters..."11 May 05:30 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: So far, so tragicBronwyn Sell opens the discussion on her feature book for May 2011, Sarah Winman's <i>When God was a Rabbit</i>.10 May 02:57 AM
EntertainmentOut of left fieldSick of cheesy 'chick-lit'? A new novel about brain injury revises the genre.08 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook lover: David MitchellDavid Mitchell is a UK author whose most recent novel is <i>The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet</i>. He will be appearing at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. 08 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleUnder pressure (+recipe)Pressure cooking is set to experience a renaissance, which makes this comprehensive cookbook very handy.08 May 12:00 AM
LifestyleFor the love of books - some of our top shopsBuying ebooks may be convenient but it can't compete with the personality and charm of our best bookshops, writes Danielle Wright.06 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentMonica Ali: The princess and the pressBrimming from the excitement of the royal nuptials, a story about a self-exiled princess proves timely for writer Monica Ali.05 May 08:00 PM
EntertainmentNiall Ferguson the history boyPopular historian Niall Ferguson tells Stephen Jewell how television democratises knowledge and why colonialism wasn't all bad.05 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Fosterling</i>Emma Neale is a poet, novelist, teacher and anthologist living in Dunedin. Her latest novel, <i>Fosterling</i>, is the sort of book that can only come from multiple roles and experiences.05 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleTreats for mum (+recipes)Breakfast in bed is all very well, but how about making mum something cool, sweet and quirky for Mother's Day instead - or as well?04 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleGoing down Memory lane with a cookbook for mumFamily treasures helped create a stunning, unique cookbook with nostalgic appeal.02 May 05:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Virtual cake, real conversationPersonal time is too precious to waste on rotten reads. That's why our new book club, Fiction Addiction, will only be road-testing the most promising new novels.02 May 01:00 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Bird Cloud</i>There are memoirs that are about a personal life lived, and then there are memoirs about a specific subject on which an author wishes to ruminate at length. Annie Proulx's non-fiction <i>Bird Cloud</i> very much falls into the latter.01 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTea Obreht: Broken promisesThis author's début is less than the sum of its brilliant parts.01 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Tanya MoirTanya Moir is a Southland writer who recently published her début novel <i>La Rochelle's Road</i> (Random House, $39.99).01 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandCup runneth over for some young fansDon't mention the Cup - or more accurately the fact we haven't won the World Cup since 1987.30 Apr 05:30 PM
EntertainmentFresh lives for pair after tragic conflictIt is a tale of two cities and two sisters. Atka and Hana were parted as girls in war-torn Sarajevo but then reunited as young women.30 Apr 05:30 PM
