It was only in retrospect that I truly got the point of Douglas Kennedy’s latest novel.

Patient Dan Brown fans will have another long wait until he's finished his next book, writes Stephen Jewell.

Martin Crowe says Sky TV was a "nasty snake" troubling his life alongside NZ Cricket and the cancer for which he needed chemotherapy.

Best-selling British crime writer Mark Billingham tells James Kidd where he gets his ‘sick and twisted’ ideas.

The universal appeal of the "What If" speculation underpins this fascinating collection of artistic losses ranging from historic thefts to works that never actually realised.

The title of the first Bridget Jones novel in 14 years has been announced - Mad About The Boy.

Women: do you feel like your male colleagues don't listen to you? Men: do you feel like you're walking on eggshells with women in your office?

Stephen Jewell meets the award-winning South African author of a thrilling tale of murder ... and baseball.

Sarah Dunant's trio of novels set in Renaissance Italy cemented her reputation as one of the great writers of historical fiction.

Most of Nicolas Rothwell's books and journalism offer lyrical, subjective evocations of northern Australia and its indigenous people.

The first book by Australian author Lucy Neave, Who We Were is a very restrained sort of thriller.

Lea Michele has landed a book deal.

An author who pens stories the length of a sentence has scooped this year's Man Booker International Prize.

I feel privileged and honoured. The recurring fear is: Have I wasted my life writing?

A first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that contains author J.K. Rowling's notes and original illustrations fetched 150,000 pounds (NZ$227,415) at auction.

I am sitting at the back of a university physics class while the students cluster in small groups around the whiteboards lining the lecture hall, ready to tackle the day’s equation.

The 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.

JK Rowling's own copy of the first edition of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', adorned with her illustrations and comments, is to go under the hammer.

The 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.

Some natures are drawn to hazard: to explore the familiar from a vertiginously different perspective.

Abigail Tarttelin has written a dramatic and emotionally authentic story. An unusual sexual secret gives this novel raw power, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

I 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.