New ZealandGiant Kiwi icons may soon adorn NYKiwi icons such as Billy T James and Sir Edmund Hillary could soon grace the facades of Manhattan high-rises....12 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentFranco learns from unwise photo postMovie star James Franco upset his big business links when he posted a shot of his hand down the front of his crotch as part of a Twitter-based art project.11 Jul 08:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: LowboyLowboy leads us on a dark yet wondrous journey into the strange subterranean world beneath the streets of New York City - and deep inside the chaos of his own unravelling mind.11 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: In A Strange RoomThis haunting, Booker-short-listed novel follows a young South African man identified only as Damon. Yes, just like the author.11 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Best Of Young Spanish NovelistsThe 22 Spanish writers in this entertaining collection were all born in or since 1975, the year General Francisco Franco died after 36 years of repressive rule in Spain.10 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentJeffery Deaver's licence to thrill fansJeffery Deaver's 007 is young and modern, writes Nicky Pellegrino.10 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Caleb's CrossingOnce again Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Geraldine Brooks takes a simple, barely known historical fact, fattens out and brings it to life so lyrically you feel transported back in time.10 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentNalini Singh: Romance meets sci-fiNew Zealand writer Nalini Singh tells Stephen Jewell how she began writing as a teen and never looked back.10 Jul 05:00 PM
Entertainment'I am interested in bad behaviour'Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst is not noted for his prolific output, so a new novel is always a great event. And his latest could be his best yet.08 Jul 09:47 PM
KahuBathed in ancestral lightA new book and exhibition by photographer Fiona Pardington examines the historic - and now derided - practice of taking casts of people's heads to study their brains. Some were her ancestors.08 Jul 09:37 PM
OpinionTracey Barnett: Repeat after me - being gay is okayStir caused by opera character's sexual identity shows society still mired in paranoia.07 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Carte Blanche</i>Do you tire of the people who always bang on about how much better the book was than the movie? Well, you can rest easy if this James Bond yarn is ever committed to screen.07 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Reviews: <i>Sport 39</i> and <i>Landfall 221</i>James K. Baxter wrote once (I paraphrase from lapsed memory and lost book) that most authors like to picture their words being read by grave scholars in studies and beautiful graduates in tutorials. 06 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentDavid Whitehouse: Tales of the unexpectedNick Duerden talks to writer David Whitehouse and his agent about the difficulties of getting a book published.04 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBernie McGill: The truth will come outSecrets and tragedy make this novel hard to put down, says Nicky Pellegrino.03 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Owen MarshallOwen Marshall is one of New Zealand's leading fiction writers. His latest novel is <i>The Larnachs</i> (Vintage, $39.99).03 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: One Day Moko, The BasementTim Carlsen comes close as a homeless busker in <i>One Day Moko</i>... and he's got the voice for the role.30 Jun 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Train To Budapest</i> & <i>The Silent Duchess</i>The latest novel from one of Italy's most eminent writers follows a young journalist from Florence as she sets out into Eastern Europe in the mid-1950s.27 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentCharlaine Harris: Energised by the supernaturalStephen Jewell talks to American author Charlaine Harris about why readers must not confuse her <i>True Blood</i> novels with the television series.27 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentGabrielle Hamilton: Food for thoughtChef Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir is searingly honest, and funny. By Nicky Pellegrino.26 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Janet EvanovichJanet Evanovich is the US author of the best-selling Stephanie Plum stories and has just released the latest in the series Smokin' Seventeen.26 Jun 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMy Big Week: Simon BowdenA week in the life of Arts Foundation executive director, Simon Bowden.22 Jun 07:00 PM
