David Vann's fourth novel is the story of one weekend in 1978 when three men and a boy go hunting in Northern California.

The new thriller from Robert Harris has as its hero one of history’s great whistleblowers. It’s a story with plenty of modern parallels, he tells Jon Stock.

Although often abusive in nature, the literary work of Fr Rolfe is worth remembering, writes David Hill.

There's a lot about New Zealand that makes it a pretty dreadful place to ride a bike.

Bill Bryson tells Stephen Jewell he is drawn to American subjects in his writing.

Simon Schama's beginning is Egypt. But it is not the beginning of patriarchs and prophets.

British writer Margaret Drabble is beloved by generations of readers, especially women.

Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo talks to Jake Kerridge about his latest Harry Hole novel and his fascination with what makes ordinary people do evil things.

NoViolet Bulawayo was born in Zimbabwe, a year after the country gained independence from British rule.

From the author of Eat, Pray, Love comes a remarkable new novel - a total deviation from Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 bestseller, although just as likely to become a chart-topper.

Since the novel Puberty Blues first scandalised the complacent Australian middle classes in 1979, there have been a couple of updates.

Talent and hard work are important but chance plays a big part, economist Tim Harford tells David Larsen.

As a coming-of-age story, this first novel by a young Australian writer would alarm those who leaped to condemn Ted Dawe's Into The River, which recently won this country's Young Adult Fiction award.

Consumer Alert: this novel has nothing to do with the Olympics - except for one thing I'll mention later.

In fictionalising Thomas Hardy’s life, Damien Wilkins discovers some outrageous truths, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.

He's a contender, Carl Nixon. He's an acclaimed playwright, has won significant awards for his short stories and he's come close with his novels, too

It took a hellish long time for best-selling writer Matthew Quick’s overnight success to come, he tells David Larsen.