EntertainmentBook Review: In Rough CountryJoyce Carol Oates, a prolific and award-winning writer, has assembled and revised a collection of essays and reviews that originally appeared in places such as the <i>New York Review of Books</i> and the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>. 08 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: UndercoverThis outstanding transcription of extraordinary events carries a telling subtitle: "A Novel of a Life". 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBen Sanders: From reader to writerBest-selling Kiwi crime writer Ben Sanders talks to Craig Sisterson about balancing study and writing, and evoking Auckland in his thrillers.07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Wish You Were HereWe still know little for sure about the prospects for intelligent fiction in a digital age. Yet most observers agree that the status of the professional "career novelist" may shift from that of a rare species to a deeply endangered one. 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentLady Gaga's bathroom moments photographedLady Gaga's forthcoming pictorial book will include images of her in the shower.04 Aug 03:26 AM
LifestyleGrace Coddington's brand new chapterModel, film star, now writer: Grace Coddington is set to tell all in her memoirs.03 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentTim Radford: Celebrating displaced soulsNew Zealand writer Tim Radford tells Stephen Jewell why his new book about roots defies genre and how reading Moby Dick can affect one’s sense of place.03 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: RomeHad Robert Hughes continued with his original aim of being an artist rather than becoming possibly the best-known art critic in the world it is a safe bet he would not have been a miniaturist. 03 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandState of the art on show in prime venueThe Auckland Art Fair could not have found a better venue than the Viaduct Events Centre02 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Greetings From Route 66When, in 1946, Bobby Troup wrote what became his classic song, <i>Route 66</i>, he could hardly have anticipated how popular it would become.02 Aug 05:00 PM
LifestyleJennifer Buckley's favourite thingsAuckland Art Fair founder Jennifer Buckley believes art is the domain of all. Here she shares her own unique aesthetic.29 Jul 02:00 AM
EntertainmentJeremy Wells' NZSO doco to screen this SundayThe unlikely documentary that paired the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with famed satirist Jeremy Wells makes it to the small screen this Sunday.25 Jul 10:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Tim CarlsenTim Carlsen is an Auckland actor who is performing in Silo Theatre's I Love You Bro, now playing at the Herald Theatre.25 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAravind Adiga: Mischief in MumbaiAravind Adiga turns a mirror on Indian society, writes Nicky Pellegrino.25 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPoetry Reviews: Breathing on the pageVivienne Plumb's new collection of poetry - beautifully designed by poet and publisher Helen Rickerby - reminds me that poetry books can feel so good in the hand. Plumb's poems have a chance to breathe on the page. 24 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentNew stars of Nordic noirWhy, asks Barry Forshaw, are Scandinavian writers winning worldwide acclaim for their crime?22 Jul 12:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Goodbye SarajevoSarajevo, in Bosnia, was the perfect city for a siege. Nestled in a valley surrounded by hills, the people below became easy targets.20 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionBook Review: We Are Soldiers Award-winning Sunday Times columnist Danny Danziger made the inspired decision not to write a book about British soldiers, but to let the soldiers tell their own stories. 20 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentJeffery Deaver: Wrestling with the morality of spyingJeffery Deaver tells Stephen Jewell why the new Bond carries an iPhone.19 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Lost in Shangri-La, Mitchell Zuckoff Q&ABoston University journalism professor Mitchell Zuckoff was researching a story about World War II when he came across an article in the Chicago Tribune from June 1945. He was stunned.19 Jul 02:00 AM
TravelEngland: Fine home for a bear of little brainAshdown Forest is one of Britain's many literary haunts, writes Robert McCrum.19 Jul 12:00 AM
TravelTravel book: <i>Marathon</i>Not a travel book as such but just the sort of book I like taking with me when I'm travelling somewhere ... in this case to Greece.18 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Ray ColumbusKiwi music sensation Ray Columbus recently released his autobiography, <i>The Modfather: life and times of a rock 'n' roll pioneer</i> (Penguin, $42).17 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentDame Fiona Kidman: Present from nation's pastDame Fiona Kidman takes a literary trip through time, writes Nicky Pellegrino.17 Jul 05:00 PM
