Book Review: Our Queen
Robert Hardman has had access to "every level" of the Royal Household, he trumpets in the introduction to this exhaustive study of HRH.
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Travel book: <I>Ghosts In The Landscape</I>
A stunning exploration in black and white of the New Zealand countryside and the spirits haunting it.
Greek comedy of errors
Writer Michael Frayn tells Boyd Tonkin about his new farce dealing with an imposter and his victim.
Nicci Gerrard: Coping with empty nest syndrome
What happens when children finally leave the nest? Best-selling author Nicci Gerrard recalls tears when the moment arrived — and the chance to turn a time of loss into a new sense of liberation.
70-year-old Pulitzer winner's honest message
Everyday conversations draw in Nicky Pellegrino.
Book Review: The Intentions Book
Gigi Fenster has made a standout debut with her novel, The Intentions Book. The writing is tight, the protagonist memorable and the revelations stitched with a subtle finesse.
Book review: In One Person
Anything by John Irving is going to be memorable. And powerful. And provocative. So it is with his 13th novel, the story of five decades in the life of bisexual Billy.
Hello kitty: The cat that saved Kiwi author Helen Brown
Author Helen Brown tells Linda Herrick how her life’s dramas have led to an upcoming movie — all thanks to two cats.
Chick lit that's Kiwi to its lovely core
She's a mum, a vet, a farmer - and a rom-com ace, finds Nicky Pellegrino.
Fiction Addiction: May's hottest new novels
Feed your fiction fix with some of the most absorbing new books to be released this month.