LifestyleBook Review: Ashenden“Houses have their own ways of dying,” wrote E.M. Forster, “some with a tragic roar, some quietly.” Ashenden Park, the honey-stoned Palladian villa at the heart of Elizabeth Wilhide’s debut novel.26 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: In The Memorial RoomA previously unpublished novel by Janet Frame, <i>In the Memorial Room</i> was written in 1974 and comes out of her experience as a Katherine Mansfield Fellow in Menton, France.26 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Golem And The DjinniNicky Pellegrino praises the author's skilful blend of human characters with the folklore of two cultures.20 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Fixed in memoryAs the number of living New Zealanders who have actually fought in a war declines, attendance at Anzac Day ceremonies continues to rise and ever more books about military history are published. Jim Eagles looks at the latest offerings.19 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBooks: Apocalypse nowStephen Jewell talks to American writer Hugh Howey about why his post-apocalyptic tale is more grounded than its contemporaries.19 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Heartbreak HotelOldies reveal a rich, ripe vein of charm for Nicky Pellegrino.13 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Landfall224The secret to putting together a really satisfying literary journal is to make sure you have an editor with catholic tastes at the helm.12 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: New Zealand's China ExperienceMy fairly positive "experience" with this book was abruptly, even rudely, spoiled by the very last item, a contribution by John Key, former merchant banker and Prime Minister of this country.12 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
LifestyleBook Review: Z: A Novel Of Zelda FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald's complex other half remains a mystery, writes Nicky Pellegrino.06 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Devil Is WhiteWilliam Palmer’s novels have always tried to superimpose great truths on relatively small-scale canvases.05 Apr 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Z: A Novel Of Zelda FitzgeraldA new novel imagines the shimmering yet ill-fated life of Zelda Fitzgerald, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.05 Apr 03:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Five Star BillionaireFamines, disasters, turmoil and poverty have driven millions of Chinese people from their homes to foreign lands for centuries. Now the grand-daughters and grandsons of the original “sons of the yellow emperor” are returning home; history has turned full30 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Wedding BeesIt can be a struggle to find a book that's truly uplifting.30 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Blind Man's GardenDespite moments of beauty, no one escapes the horror in Nadeem Aslam’s fourth novel.30 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: SecrecyIn the shadowed and sepulchral Florence of the 1690s, with the Medici dynasty in steep decline and the city cowed by the puritanical regime of Cosimo III, a sculptor in wax receives a commission from the Grand Duke himself.29 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Buddhaland BrooklynThe premise of Richard C. Morais' <i>Buddhaland Brooklyn</i> is that an apparent fish-out-of-water can eventually find, and adjust to, its new pond. Morais takes rather a long time to get there, but he makes it.23 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: A Tale For The Time BeingNicky Pellegrino finds the tale of a diary washed ashore intriguing and compelling.23 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: PoetryC.K. Stead’s remarkable new collection of poems, <i>The Yellow Buoy: Poems 2007-2012</i>, was completed in his 80th year.23 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleMan plans, God laughsCrime writer Harlan Coben still enjoys confusing his readers, writes Stephen Jewell22 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: A Tale For The Time BeingSet in Japan and on an island off the Pacific coast of Canada following the Japanese tsunami, <i>A Tale For The Time Being</i> has two narrators, Japanese Nao and American/Japanese Ruth, who are worlds apart yet eerily connected.22 Mar 03:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Instructions For A HeatwaveThe thing I love most about Maggie O’Farrell’s writing is the way she colours in her characters.22 Mar 03:30 PM
SportBook review: <i>The Grudge: Scotland vs England, 1990</i>Last Sunday saw Wales deny England a Grand Slam when thrashing them in Cardiff. Twenty-three years ago saw one of the most famous Grand Slams in what was then the Five Nations - and England were again the central protagonists.21 Mar 04:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Instructions For A HeatwaveNicky Pellegrino finds she wants 'something else' from a writer she admires.16 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Nothing Gold Can StayBeing praised by, among many others, Daniel Woodrell — the author of the bleak <i>Winter’s Bone</i>, which was made into a suitably monochromatic and emotionally grim feature film — shows where Ron Rash’s fiction lies on the graph.15 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Gone GirlBook clubs, commuters and celebrities have gone wild for <i>Gone Girl</i>, the smash-hit thriller that has Hollywood in a spin. Tim Walker talks to author Gillian Flynn about being this year’s literary sensation15 Mar 05:00 PM
