It's hard to pin down Jane Smiley's style as each new book is so different from the last.

Plenty of buzz in the publishing world surrounds this sprawling, post-apocalyptic novel that's being heralded as one of the year's big releases.

The good news for Stieg Larsson addicts: two unpublished manuscripts have been unearthed in his native Sweden.

Trail riding is increasing in popularity in New Zealand.

Whitcoulls has entered the e-book fray with a new reader, as Amazon continues to ignore New Zealand with its popular Kindle.

To lose one personal fortune might be considered bad luck; to lose two looks distinctly careless.

I thought the first of these books put out under the auspices of the AA, 101 Must-Dos for Kiwis, was great.

Florence and her younger brother Giles live in a largely abandoned homestead in 1891 New England.

There's something buttoned up and restrained about Charlotte Grimshaw's writing, something as middle class as the characters whose stories she tells and, I imagine, as the people who tend to read them.

Angels and the supernatural aside, Singh's books are each a unique emotional journey.

Dalrymple, a towering figure who spoke with the brio of a great orator, used imagery of paintings and photos to reinforce his compelling tale of the last Mughal.

The complicated and sensitive world of artists is explored in Sarah Thornton's new book. She talks to Stephen Jewell.

This memoir by New Zealand children's author William Taylor is, I am delighted to report, an endearing collection of his experiences.

Charlotte Grimshaw's fourth novel The Night Book is set among Auckland's wealthy political elite and tells of women with more money than dress sense, decked out in "yards of ruffle and flounce and skirt and boot".

A near-full house of fans greeted Australian writer Thomas Keneally when he walked on stage at the ASB Centre yesterday morning for an hour of soul-baring revelations and a great deal of humour.

Lionel Shriver and Charlie Higson tackle the sensitive topic of death in very different ways.

When Keith Richards announced he was going to write his autobiography, most people didn't believe the Rolling Stones guitarist could remember enough to justify the $5m fee.

Author Angela Lassig fills a much-needed gap by publishing a book on 25 New Zealand fashion designers.