LifestyleBooks: Life after deathTo begin a novel with a character who is dead from the very first page is a risk.20 Feb 05:00 PM
New ZealandSocial justice advocate Celia Lashlie diesCelia Lashlie, the Kiwi author whose work on the raising of teenage boys earned her respect around the world, has died this morning after a battle with pancreatic cancer.17 Feb 04:23 AM
New ZealandAdvocate for social justice: I'm dyingAcclaimed social researcher and author Celia Lashlie has cancelled all speaking engagements to stay home with her family in Wellington after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.16 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandAuthor diagnosed with terminal cancerCelia Lashlie, the Kiwi author whose work on the raising of teenage boys earned her respect around the world, has terminal cancer.16 Feb 01:41 AM
LifestyleBooks: On the trail of a melodyKiwi author’s first novel explores fantasy and memories set to a compelling tune.14 Feb 10:40 PM
LifestyleConfessions of an erotic writerAward-winning Auckland playwright Elisabeth Easther was once an erotic fiction writer. As Fifty Shades of Grey hits our screens, she reveals the highs and lows of her short-lived career in smut.13 Feb 06:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Rich storytelling has ending that satisfiesNew Zealand-born Peter Walker has been living in Britain for nearly 30 years now. He's made a considerable reputation as an author there, under as many as six nom-de-plumes, writing well over 100 books.13 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: The love of LinkI would rather read Kelly Link than breathe. Writing about her is another thing again. I do not know why her new book is called Get In Trouble.13 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: For whom the bell tollsDebut novel combines writer’s love of music with her love of words, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.13 Feb 05:00 PM
New ZealandHobbit films put Tolkien fans offDie-hard fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels have been turned off by Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation of The Hobbit, according to Kiwi researchers trawling through responses from viewers.10 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandBook cuts will hit hard, says LabourThe scrapping of nearly one million book loans to schools each year will let down students who are not prepared for digital alternatives, the Labour Party says.09 Feb 04:00 PM
LifestyleTwelve Questions: Paula MorrisYou're in the running for the Sunday Times EFG prize: How do you wish you could blow the winning 30,000?09 Feb 04:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Mad fun in animal satireOrwellian theme conjures up masterly and witty parable for our times.07 Feb 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPotter puzzles answeredJK Rowling has finally answered three very important questions that have been bugging the most devoted of Harry Potter fans for years.06 Feb 11:21 PM
LifestyleBooks: Patience brings its rewardsBack in the familiar rural midwest of her previous novels, Moo, Horse Heaven and A Thousand Acres, Pulitzer prize-winner Jane Smiley presents us with the first volume of a projected trilogy.06 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Revelation and disintegrationA novel is a place where past and present versions of one person can co-exist, and in his fifth novel Andrew O'Hagan movingly explores the way the "flotsam" of a life can rise to the surface as old age and memory go about their strange and poignant work.06 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Expert guided tour through rich historyTo modern eyes, the little wagon in a Berlin museum looks like a model of an old horse-drawn cart. Solidly made, about as big as a baby's cot, it is in fact a handcart, to be pulled by people, not animals.06 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Unsettling presence in everyday lifePlaudits to the publisher for their tactile, trim presentation of this small-is-beautiful novella. And to the Australian author herself for a rewarding — and riddling — little read.06 Feb 05:00 PM
LifestyleMockingbird sequel draws concernsThe announcement that Harper Lee is to revisit the characters of To Kill a Mockingbird has been greeted with delight and suspicion.05 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionPaula Morris: NZ condemned to margins unless we shift cultural gazeMany writers resist national labels. Like Salman Rushdie, we'd rather belong to "the boundless kingdom of the imagination ... the unfettered republic of the tongue".04 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionBrian RudmanBrian Rudman: Catton clash shabby, but trumps the HarawirasAs we head into the Waitangi Day circus, Titewhai and her whanau have been gazumped by literary prima donna Eleanor Catton, writes Brian Rudman.03 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone: Catton success illuminated nationJe suis hua, writes Deborah Hill Cone, as she asks: "weren't we all just gargling on about free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre?"01 Feb 08:30 PM
LifestyleBooks: Love and how to forgiveWhat is normal? And what if you don't fit in with society's idea of it? Those are the issues raised by US author Amy Hatvany's thoughtful and compelling new novel31 Jan 02:46 AM
LifestylePaul Cleave: Murders He WroteChristchurch crime writer Paul Cleave, whose books have sold more than half a million copies, has no qualms killing people on the page. But now online piracy is killing him, he tells Linda Herrick.30 Jan 06:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: The river runs wildLucy Wood’s first novel is a magic realist ghost story set in Devon. Lucy Popescu went there to meet her.30 Jan 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Kiwis have been generous to author'The Taxpayers’ Union says Kiwis have done more than enough to support under-fire author Eleanor Catton, who received upward of $50k in funding over the last few years.30 Jan 05:00 AM
Lifestyle'Thorn Birds' author diesColleen McCullough, the internationally acclaimed Australian author, has died, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.29 Jan 05:12 PM
OpinionPaul ThomasPaul Thomas: Shedding light on 'The Luminaries' stoushEleanor Catton's Man Booker Prize-winning novel <i>The Luminaries</i> shows she knows a thing or two about astrology, but I doubt she foresaw the stoush triggered by her remarks.29 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandIconic Wellington book store hit by floodingA popular book store remains closed after it was flooded today and hundreds of books were damaged.29 Jan 05:08 AM
New ZealandHulme quick to back CattonNew Zealand's original Booker Prize winner has defended her successor after Eleanor Catton was criticised for speaking out against the Government and some Kiwi attitudes.28 Jan 04:00 PM
