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
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
