EntertainmentBook review: Beatlebone, Kevin BarryAuthor Kevin Barry's latest novel Beatlebone delves into the mind of John Lennon as he seeks the solitude of a tiny Irish island that he bought for 1700 pounds in 1968.08 Dec 09:13 PM
LifestyleInteractive: 2015's best food booksThe best books for the foodie on your Christmas list.07 Dec 07:07 PM
LifestyleChildren can lose reading ability over summerThe summer holidays are for swimming and playing in the sun but parents should add another activity to their kids' agenda - reading.05 Dec 08:22 PM
OpinionHerald on Sunday editorial: Give kids a reading habit these holidaysParents, we report, are being urged to read to their kids over the holidays, or ensure they keep reading, to maintain their mental development.05 Dec 04:00 PM
LifestyleSex is neither good nor bad, but writing makes it soBad sex. Isn't it enough to have had it without having to read it as well?04 Dec 09:46 PM
EntertainmentAuthor's 'terrifying' rut after winning top book awardAndrew Miller tells Tim Martin about the 'terrifying' rut he fell into after winning the Costa Book of the Year.04 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandWellingtonians bring quidditch to lifeIt's not every day you see people running around a field with a broomstick between their legs.03 Dec 03:43 AM
WorldMein Kampf returns to German shelves after 70-year banWith the copyright due to expire at the end of this month, the long-banned Nazi bible will soon be revived.02 Dec 05:51 PM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Peter WellsIt sounds incredible now that it took so long, but it was well received and won the Best First Book award.02 Dec 04:00 PM
EntertainmentNew Hulk comic smashes all you thought you knew about the characterMarvel comics is about to obliterate everything you've come to know about <i>The Hulk.</i>02 Dec 05:00 AM
EntertainmentJK Rowling steps in to explain why Harry Potter named his son after SnapeJK Rowling explains Harry Potter named his middle child Albus Severus out of "forgiveness and respect" to Severus Snape.29 Nov 05:20 AM
New ZealandMost popular books in prisons revealedHeroic fantasy books, Jack Reacher novels and crime thrillers top the reading list inside our prisons.28 Nov 09:44 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Vivid - The Paul Hartigan StoryAlthough Paul Hartigan's art has roamed from pop-art painting and posters, to Polaroids and beyond, his neon work is the most familiar.27 Nov 10:17 PM
EntertainmentNZ Book Award finalists namedThe 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards inaugural longlist has been announced. There are 40 long-listed works; ten each from the four awards categories - illustrated non-fiction, general non-fiction, poetry and fiction.25 Nov 10:41 PM
EntertainmentHunger Games prequel a possibilityA <i>Hunger Games</i> prequel might be in the works, according to series' director Francis Lawrence.24 Nov 08:40 AM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Emma WrightWaiheke artist Emma Wright became a best-selling author after blogging about her art, her life and her battle with bulimia.23 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentCatton and Mouse in top 10The Fault in Our Stars, which debuted at No 1 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's chapter books, had been borrowed 3006 times by this week.21 Nov 07:25 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Best New Writing On ... Arrival, John FreemanJohn Freeman shot to international fame with his contentious 2009 book <i>Shrinking the World: The 4000-Year Story Of How Email Came To Rule Our Lives</i>.21 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Going South, Colin HoggThere's no easy way to find out that an old mate has terminal cancer but reading a book about it has got to be one of the most moving.20 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Pacific - The Once and Future Ocean, Simon WinchesterWill the Pacific save us? In his biography of an ocean, Simon Winchester finds an optimistic note among all the doom we humans trail in our wake.20 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Undermajordomo Minor, Patrick DeWittThe style of the narrative can best be described as a darkly comic fairy tale. All the familiar tropes are there; jilted hero, beautiful damsel, dark castle,mysterious forest and a collection of untrustworthy characters who mean our hero no good.19 Nov 08:45 PM
All BlacksCarter fever runs high at book signingThere's only one person who can reduce Kiwi men to starstruck school girls clamouring for a peep of their idol.17 Nov 03:06 AM
EntertainmentBook review: Submission by Michel HouellebecqYou'll go a long way to find a more complex character than French writer Michel Houellebecq. He has attracted (and courted) controversy throughout his literary career.15 Nov 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: Revenge, a dish best served coldBill Manhire's new collection of stories includes a powerful essay on growing up with a father who liked a drink.14 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBest-selling crime author: 'I grew up with fear'Patricia Cornwell's best-selling crime novels are based on obsessive detail and gory research. But the author's own back story is one of the most frightening of all.12 Nov 06:00 PM
New ZealandArty Kate, 7, rises to book challenge7-year-old Kate Diprose loves art and is now a published illustrator.11 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentThe haves and the have moresWealth inequality is driving us back to the days of Victorian England, argues a book exposing the rise of the rich kid club.07 Nov 11:46 PM
