British writer Geoff Dyer tells Stephen Jewell how a book about tennis became something very different.

May’s Writers and Readers Festival has a diverse lineup of international guests to tempt lovers of all genres, writes Linda Herrick.

From Pakistani politics to free market fundamentalism and NZ fashion, audiences walked away better informed and entertained.

UK journalist James Fergusson tackled questions on the Taleban at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.

Buying ebooks may be convenient but it can't compete with the personality and charm of our best bookshops, writes Danielle Wright.

This author's début is less than the sum of its brilliant parts.

David Larsen talks to Australian writer Margo Lanagan about Twitter and fantasy novels.

Dalrymple, a towering figure who spoke with the brio of a great orator, used imagery of paintings and photos to reinforce his compelling tale of the last Mughal.

The complicated and sensitive world of artists is explored in Sarah Thornton's new book. She talks to Stephen Jewell.

A near-full house of fans greeted Australian writer Thomas Keneally when he walked on stage at the ASB Centre yesterday morning for an hour of soul-baring revelations and a great deal of humour.

Lionel Shriver and Charlie Higson tackle the sensitive topic of death in very different ways.

Music month continues to take over drinking holes and town halls all the way from Ponsonby to Pukekohe this week.

Elizabeth Smither is a prolific and award-winning writer with 17 volumes of poetry, six novels and a number of short story collections published.