EntertainmentOur 2016 book of the year pickWeekend's pick for 2016's NZ book of the year.09 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook reviews: Illustrated non-fictionOur picks of 2016's best illustrated non-fiction books.09 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentDahl show the right medicine for holiday startA Roald Dahl classic comes to the Auckland stage.08 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook reviews: Non-fiction booksJim Eagles and Mark Fryer pick 2016's best non-fiction books.08 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook reviews: Sci-fi and fantasyAnnabel Gooder reviews the latest sci-fi and fantasy books and points out some of the year's best reads.08 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandKids flock to summer reading programmeAn initiative keeping children learning over the six weeks of summer break is attracting more interest than ever.08 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook reviews: kids' chapter booksDionne Christian reviews the latest kids' chapter books and points out some of 2016's best.08 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook reviews: food booksCatherine Smith savours some of 2016's best food books.08 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook reviews: poetrySiobhan Harvey reviews recent poetry books and picks favourites from the year.08 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook reviews: Crime fictionGreg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction and points out some of the year's best reads.06 Dec 01:56 AM
New ZealandMillionaire Wall St whiz to PMIn light of John Key's announcement that he will resign as Prime Minister of New Zealand, we take revisit some crucial moments throughout his leadership.05 Dec 12:40 AM
EntertainmentLinda Hall: In Harry Potter's defenceToday I'm using my pen (computer actually) as a wand to defend Harry Potter. I know I wrote about Brian Tamaki a few weeks ago but 04 Dec 10:00 PM
New ZealandTamaki warns of 'demonic' Harry PotterAccording to Tamaki, Harry Potter is a tool to recruit people toward evil.03 Dec 04:00 PM
TravelWaikato delta: Milk and waterFarmer Stu Muir talks to Matt Philp about transformation and taniwha.03 Dec 12:00 AM
EntertainmentStiff competition for bad sex awardErri De Luca won the award for his novel The Day Before Happiness.30 Nov 09:25 PM
EntertainmentBrit author unleashes war of wordsCommonwealth writers have no chance of beating US 'big hitters', claims 2011 Booker winner Julian Barnes.28 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandMy bookshelf: Donovan BixleyAcclaimed author and illustrator Donovan Bixley shares tales of the books that inspired him.25 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandRanulph Fiennes faces his fearsSir Ranulph Fiennes faces his fears - and writes about them, anyway.25 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentThe Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr spills all to Karl PuschmannJohnny Marr: I'm not going to have my life story sullied by some bullshit agenda. I'll tell it really how it was.25 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandOn the waterfrontFirst-time author Jonothan Cullinane puts the 1951 Waterfront Strike front and centre of his critically acclaimed crime novel24 Nov 01:59 AM
New Zealand2017 Ockham book awards long list announcedAre these the best New Zealand books of the year?22 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandBook Review: Hidden Bodies - Caroline KepnesJoe Goldberg's your average, cantankerous New York rare books seller. He's also an accomplished serial killer. When we meet him 21 Nov 09:20 PM
New ZealandHoliday hours for Auckland librariesLocal Boards across Auckland have confirmed which libraries will be open during the four days between Christmas and New Year.21 Nov 05:36 AM
EntertainmentWas the Dunedin sound a thing?The echoes of the Dunedin sound debate have faded with the decades but a new book hears them reverberating louder.19 Nov 03:30 AM
New ZealandThe woman who read Auckland: Janet McAllister visits New Lynn LibraryThe woman who read Auckland checks out New Lynn War Memorial Library.18 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandHow I survived a P-fuelled sword attackSteve Braunias meets Simonne Butler, who very nearly died in the famous attack in 2003 when P-crazed wretch Tony Dixon went at her with a Samurai sword.18 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentLuminaries TV show 'a complete nightmare'One of New Zealand's biggest authors has revealed she is struggling to adapt her biggest book for TV, saying the story has to be completely changed.17 Nov 08:40 PM
EntertainmentFisher denies saying Ford was 'bad in bed'Carrie Fisher has denied criticising the sexual skills of her Star Wars co-star and secret squeeze Harrison Ford.17 Nov 08:05 PM
New ZealandBig guns fire up young authorsFormer All Black Keven Mealamu continues to draw on art skills.17 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandWriter's writer Sir James McNeish diesCelebrated New Zealand writer Sir James McNeish has died aged 85.15 Nov 04:00 PM
LifestyleDeath by marriage: From loving husband to wife-killerAfter nearly 50 years together, a husband is jailed for life for the strangulation of his wife. Greg Bruce discovers how an ordinary relationship went so horribly wrong.13 Nov 01:45 AM
New ZealandCeramic artist moulds his own careerCeramic artist John Parker's stunning book encompasses 50 years of his work.11 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentDeserving successor of Dahl's magic has got talentEveryone wants to get in on the act during an interview with author David Walliams.11 Nov 04:00 PM
