A raunchy novel for teenagers that was banned in New Zealand has won a rare "perfect 10" rating from an American young adult fiction website.

A new book explores the Treaty of Waitangi - at the coalface and where we are headed.

JK Rowling has been sending off sassy comebacks on Twitter like she's firing off spells

Film-maker seeking funding to film controversial tale.

Former President Barack Obama could rake in more than $26 million in advance for his post-presidential memoir.

Think colouring-in is still trendy? Prepare to think again.

Greg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction.

E L James' writing is so execrable, the characters in Fifty Shades so banal, the sex scenes so lacking in passion and emotion.

The second novel from Mindy Mejia has already gotten attention from TV networks

There are certain practices that separate the financially successful from the rest of us mere mortals. And one daily habit shared

Does the country have designs it can point to and say 'oh, that's so New Zealand' and claim it for our own?

A family photograph taken before a Christmas Day massacre holds a telling clue of why the slaughter took place.

Design writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins has been a Herald, Listener and Home magazine contributor and hosted The Big Art Trip on television.

Not even 24 hours after Kiwis unwrapped their annual Christmas haul, almost 8,000 unwanted prezzies are being hawked off online.

The travel writer Colin Thubron tells John Preston what drives him to the world's most remote outposts.

Book extract by Diana's former bodyguard reveals the moment the Princess met 'love rat' James Hewitt and addresses those Harry rumours.

1 When were you last embarrassed? I'm embarrassed all the time. I've thought about it quite often and wonder if it's a form of depression

If you're looking for a gift to keep a sport-lover absorbed over the festive season, Andrew Alderson has had his reading light on to sift out a few gems.

Anthony Horowitz has penned his first original novel for adults in more than a decade.

Weekend's pick for 2016's NZ book of the year.

Our picks of 2016's best illustrated non-fiction books.

A Roald Dahl classic comes to the Auckland stage.

Jim Eagles and Mark Fryer pick 2016's best non-fiction books.

Kids books for Christmas reviewed.

Dionne Christian reviews the latest kids' chapter books and points out some of 2016's best.

Catherine Smith savours some of 2016's best food books.

Annabel Gooder reviews the latest sci-fi and fantasy books and points out some of the year's best reads.

An initiative keeping children learning over the six weeks of summer break is attracting more interest than ever.

Siobhan Harvey reviews recent poetry books and picks favourites from the year.

Greg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction and points out some of the year's best reads.