EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Albert WendtI feel privileged and honoured. The recurring fear is: Have I wasted my life writing?22 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleWriters saluted on festival's final dayThe final day of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival was bookended by standing ovations for two of New Zealand's ground-breaking writers of the past 50 years.19 May 05:30 PM
EntertainmentWriters Festival: Unexpected pathsThe big issue with writers' festivals is that you can't be at three or four events at once. So the rich array of offerings presented the ongoing dilemma of which writer to see.19 May 01:27 AM
LifestyleMy happy place: Graham Beattie, bloggerI am fortunate enough to spend more time in my happy place than anywhere else. My happy place is my office/library. It's on the ground floor of our three-level townhouse in Ponsonby.18 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleListen to the silenceNew Zealand’s Poet Laureate, Ian Wedde, has written two of my all-time favourite poetry collections: <i>The Commonplace Odes</i> and <i>Three Regrets And A Hymn To Beauty</i>.17 May 06:00 PM
New ZealandWriters Festival: Giant books bring the past to lifeRutherfurd, whose new tome is called <i>Paris</i>, had an extra hour added to yesterday's Writers & Readers schedule after selling out tomorrow and recalled having to speak to a row of schoolboys scowling at him.17 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandWriters Festival: Revealed - a name of shameThe city of Auckland was named after "a dud ex-colonial mediocrity who stuffed up on a quite spectacular scale", says British historian William Dalrymple.15 May 06:27 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Food for thoughtGraham Reid talks to Australian writer Wayne Macauley about food porn and creativity.11 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: For whom the bell tollsShe’s best-known for her detective novels but British author Kate Atkinson’s latest work is a change of direction, writes Linda Herrick.10 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: A sanctuary of magicCarlos Ruiz Zafon tells Stephen Jewell why he likes visiting bookstores and supermarkets.10 May 06:00 PM
Lifestyle10 Favourite Things: The page turnerLover of literature Anne O'Brien tells tales of books, bags and Boris the bear.09 May 06:30 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: A brief history of seven centuriesThe master of historical sagas, Edward Rutherfurd, talks to David Larsen about the symmetry of his writing.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: A terrific determinationStephen Jewell talks to esteemed British author Max Hastings about battles won and lost.26 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: On a collision courseLondon-based American writer Patrick Ness tells David Larsen how a childhood accident inspired his new novel.12 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleWriters & Readers Festival: 5 must-see sessionsBook lovers, put that novel down for a sec, here's a festival that may just appeal to your love of literature.10 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleEoin Colfer going out on a magical highEoin Colfer, the Irish creator of teen criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, tells Stephen Jewell why his next episode will be his last.07 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleKathy Lette: Queen of the quiplashAustralian novelist Kathy Lette tells Stephen Jewell how she sees the comedy within the chaos of daily life with an Asperger’s child and how she was picked up by Billy Connolly.07 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleDiscover Auckland by following NZ writers' footstepsThis Wednesday marks the start of the 2012 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. Danielle Wright talks to New Zealand authors about their books set in Auckland to help you discover your neighbourhood through literature.07 May 01:30 AM
LifestyleBook Review: The ForrestsEmily Perkins' sumptuous new book, The Forrests, is a novel to savour slowly: line by line, character by character, revelation by revelation. 02 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleAuthor shines a light on Moscow's darkest sideAuthor A.D. Miller’s debut novel defies the traditional crime thriller genre as it explores the Russian capital’s underbelly. Stephen Jewell writes.01 May 05:30 PM
EconomyCan Asian consumers save the world?Westerners shouldn't rely on Asian consumers to revive the international economy, visiting author Chandran Nair tells Chris Barton.26 Apr 08:45 PM
LifestyleThe Red Poppy explores common groundNew Zealand writer David Hill tells Linda Herrick how a song triggered his latest picture book and how he called upon his own uncles’ memories.24 Apr 05:30 PM
