EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Wulf</i>The genesis of this startling first novel is already en route to becoming a New Zealand literary legend.09 Mar 04:00 PM
World'Booty' eliminated from latest Bible editionThe newest edition of the New American Bible will replace the words "booty", "holocaust" and other phrases.09 Mar 12:23 AM
TravelTravel book: <i>In Search of Ancient New Zealand</i>A fantastic companion for a trip around New Zealand, offering fascinating insights as to why the passing countryside looks the way it does and how some of the more remarkable tourist attractions came into being.08 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentPoetry Reviews: Fossicking in the pastPaula Green reviews three new volumes of poetry from New Zealand writers.07 Mar 04:30 PM
RetailAuthors write their own paychequesIt is a truism in the publishing industry that very few Kiwis get rich by writing a book.06 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating</i>A sickbed obsession culminates in moving musings about the beauty of our world. 06 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>From Under The Overcoat</i>Though Sue Orr's new collection of short stories, <i>From Under The Overcoat</i>, references short stories by literary greats such as Nikolay Gogol (<i>The Over Coat</i>) and James Joyce (<i>The Dead</i>), don't hold that against it.06 Mar 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Working The Room Essays</i>One of the pleasures of reading an essayist as eclectic as Geoff Dyer is that one can go within a few pages from regarding him as a fount of wisdom (when his opinions match yours) to thinking he's a pretentious phoney (when they don't).02 Mar 01:00 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Remember Nothing And Other Reflections</i>For women of a certain (or uncertain) age, remembering nothing is not difficult. Remembering something is more problematic. Thus, women of a certain age will be enchanted by Nora Ephron's take on memory, or lack of it.01 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Of Love And Evil</i>Confession time: I'd never read anything by Anne Rice before this. For a while, I thought she was another name for Stephenie Meyer. She's not (of course), but she could be.01 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Rose</i>I began this book when a William Lobb rose was in its first flowering in my garden. Every time I went out to get the mail the perfume hung in the air and I breathed it in and felt good about being alive.01 Mar 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Sourland</i>It's been six months since the last Joyce Carol Oates, so it's not surprising to find she has another book out. Her productivity is astonishing, she's Barbara Cartland in black instead of pink.01 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleThe baker man canBetween books, TV shows and travel, it's a wonder this chef still gets time to bake.28 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleSummer of greed (+recipe)A new cookbook written by two old friends exploring their culinary heritage should reignite your zest for Italian food.27 Feb 04:30 PM
WorldAll lost at sea on the trail of Moby DuckThey are small, yellow and designed to endure nothing more stressful than a quick journey around a bathtub.27 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Dolci Di Love</i>Lynch fans will delight in her latest offering of love and heartache in the Italian hills. Sarah-Kate Lynch even helped smooth the reviewer's own path to love.27 Feb 03:00 PM
EntertainmentFilm bible packs a real punchDavid Larsen talks to career film buff David Thomson about his revised classic.24 Feb 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Listen To This</i>One of the many funny lines in the profanity-strewn satirical film In The Loop came from the character Jamie Macdonald, the senior press officer in 10 Downing St and the "angriest man in Scotland".23 Feb 04:30 PM
LifestyleHow repetition helps a child's vocabularyIt may be boring for parents - but reading the same book over and over again to children is the best way to develop their vocabulary.21 Feb 09:00 PM
SportTravel book: <i>Ultimate Surfing Adventures</i>A group of Californian surfers have discovered a new wave: off an iceberg in the Antarctic.21 Feb 01:00 PM
