On the 70th anniversary of D-Day a book seeks to win recognition for young flyers who bravely took the fight to the enemy

Some people never write a book. Now Grumpy Cat has written two.

As storms of outrage go, it was mild. It barely caused a ripple.

Amazon and Hachette Book Group are widely believed to be bickering over e-book pricing and whether Amazon can get bigger discounts for Hachette books.

Swiss writer Joel Dicker’s literary crime novel has taken Europe by storm. Now it’s out in English, and may be the creepiest, cleverest book you’ll read all year.

Michael Cunningham is a writer who mostly polarises readers. Those who love him really love him, for his articulation of the most subtle of human feeling and thought in exquisite language, while others find him laboured and pretentious.

Graeme Lay's sequel to his best-selling novel, The Secret Life of James Cook, wisely follows the same approach as before.

New Zealand foodies have taken out culinary royalty like Jamie Oliver, Neil Perry and Oprah Winfrey's personal chef to win at the world's biggest cookbook awards.

Students' needs increasingly met online but printed books still seen as key

Three important writers, all women over 65, were given separate standing ovations yesterday at the Auckland Writers Festival.

Three Australians – cartoonist Michael Leunig, writer John Marsden and artist Rod Moss – chewed over the question of whether their homeland is “The Lucky Country”.

What a treat to see Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith in his packed-out Saturday session.

Perky Cambridge-based explorer and historian Huw Lewis-Jones blew some much-needed levity into the day.

Jayne Anne Phillips was first told about Harry Powers when she was a child.

Eleanor Catton correctly picked John Campbell's star sign backstage before stepping out in front of a record-breaking crowd last night at the Auckland Writers Festival.

Danielle Wright talks to the talented folk behind the brand new Family Day at the Auckland Writers Festival.

Five of our most acclaimed writers tell us about the books that changed their lives.

It’s said that the good old days weren’t that great. But if you’re talking about the year 1984, writes Greg Dixon, then the good old days were actually rather good indeed.

In her second short story collection, her first in 15 years, Lorrie Moore peels back life’s outer layer and reveals what lies within.

If writers are rock stars, "this man beside me is Johnny Rotten", said Noelle McCarthy by way of sassy introduction of Irvine Welsh last night at the Auckland Writers Festival.

Writer Elizabeth Knox was yesterday awarded a $100,000 grant to write a memoir based on her experiences of violent death and illness in her family - a timely note to kick off the Auckland Writers Festival.

Writer Sandi Toksvig says that full-body exercise has helped to turn her life around.