Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.

Terry Pratchett's alternate world as seen in the latest National Theatre film offering has a Kiwi tang.

This collection of essays came together by chance.

Didn't Sinclair plagiarise a kookaburra when she came up with the original tune plagiarised by Men At Work?

Giving up smoking is one of the easiest things a person can do.

Leaving for work, a buttoned-up English banker asks his housewife: "Is your lover coming today?"

Damien Wilkins' previous novel, The Fainter, was the work of a writer committed to refreshing the page not for the sake of revolution.

Auction houses say their expectations are being exceeded for artwork sale prices, including the record $149 million bid for Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme Qui Marche 1.

Pauly Fuemana's friends and family have farewelled the south Auckland musical legend who sang NZ's biggest global hit.

The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.