The naming of award-winning authors begins the Auckland Writers Festival for 2017.

The winner of the Ockham New Zealand Book award prize will pocket $50,000.

A new Selected Poems marks Ian Wedde as one of our finest poets

Best-seller puts black girls on the cover, writes Susie Mesure.

Editor Greg Bruce tells us about American short story writer George Saunders.

High St will become a literary venue for a special night, writes Sarah Ell.

Why feminism is flawed (and why that's okay).

"Spoken word fills a gap which doesn't necessarily exist in other spaces."

Author Lauren Child explains how writing Clarice Bean led to a teen detective series.

The books which have inspired honoured New Zealand writer, Dame Fiona Kidman.

How growing up in Tokoroa fuelled author Stella Duffy's London success.

Wellington author was astounded to discover she'd won a $230,000 literary prize.

Rankin and Rebus: growing older together but still on the case, writes Greg Fleming.

Dominic Corry talks to Scottish writer Armando Iannucci about the art of parody.

For the first time, our 49-year-old book awards will get an international judge.

It goes to show, as Hare says, the audience - the way it reacts and responds and its current concerns - shapes theatre.

At 82, Gloria Steinem - the woman who spearheaded the women's liberation movement in the United States and beyond - was smoking hot.

Decades of hard work for Stephen Daisley, a former shearer, farmer and soldier turned author, have paid off.

Sitting in their English teacher's office, seven McAuley High School girls are discussing their favourite books.

Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist.

It might more commonly be called the City of Sails, but to sociologist and historian Scott Hamilton Auckland is "a city of text", with multiple stories waiting to be told.

One New Zealand fiction writer will wake up $50,000 better off on Wednesday thanks to a new literary prize.

Playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director Sir David Hare is taking a few days off in New Zealand.

Sixteen years after the release of his debut album, Savage Thoughts, it continues to lead to new and intriguing opportunities for local hip-hop artist King Kapisi.

Philosopher Julian Baggini talks to Dionne Christian about moral dilemmas and exchanging ideas.

Male friendships have always fascinated American author Hanya Yanagihara.

Prolific American writer Jane Smiley has been described as 'the best living American novelist'. She talks to Greg Bruce about Donald Trump, perfectionism and her mid-life crisis.

A brief encounter with Peter Garrett: The singer and politician.

Watch Paula Hawkins' mystery thriller get the book-to-screen treatment.