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Fiction Addiction: Five hot new novels
This month's fiction fix is one of the strongest yet, according to our book bloggers. Reviewers all over the world have been scrambling to invent new ways to effuse over literature.
This month's fiction fix is one of the strongest yet, according to our book bloggers. Reviewers all over the world have been scrambling to invent new ways to effuse over literature.
Jane-ites may quail at first, but should enjoy this, says Nicky Pellegrino.
The producer of 7 Days shares his insight on what it's like to be a bookworm.
Books almost always make the perfect gift. They can be beautiful, challenging, inspirational, educational or simply fun. There is something for everyone.
"The best travel," wrote Paul Theroux in his book Dark Star Safari, "is a leap in the dark".
When you are Stephen King, you get to use numerical date codes as titles. Because who’s going to stop you?
William Bligh, he of the mutiny on the Bounty, was arguably the most complex, interesting and observant of the European explorers in the South Pacific.
Parents wishing to change the attitude of their science-averse teenage boys could do worse than to drop into their Christmas stocking this account of Tim Flannery’s adventures as a young zoologist.
Gritty and funny - Jenny Wingfield's debut novel charms Nicky Pellegrino.
If you get past the crushingly obvious title, subtitle and cheap looking cover, you'll find a collection of provocative, insightful essays.
Writer Peter Wells explains the process of working with Auckland artist Gavin Hurley to create the cover for his new biography of the controversial historical figure William Colenso
Tapestry of dark and light are skilfully woven, writes Nicky Pellegrino.
Prolific young adult author and television screenplay writer Anthony Horowitz talks to Stephen Jewell about penning the next escapades of the world’s most famous detective.
Best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin is the author of The Impossible Dead (Orion, $37.99).
Germany's biggest Catholic-owned publishing house has been rocked by disclosures that it has been selling thousands of pornographic novels.
As protagonists go, Autumn Laing and I did not get off to a great start.
Take advice from the experts and read up on what you can do to save money, in your wardrobe, your home and your pantry.
A stack of promising new novels has thudded onto the Fiction Addiction desk.
Reading Airini Beautrais' new collection, Western Line, fills me with joy - through what words can do and through the avenues poetry makes available.