LifestyleLife as a homeless womanWhen American Brianna Karp was kicked out of home and lost her job she became that most stigmatised of people - a homeless woman.03 Jan 10:30 PM
LifestyleGreat reads for lazy summer daysTop publishers share their tips for holiday reading with Nicky Pellegrino.03 Jan 10:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: The DIY approach to publishingAnother new year, another bunch of resolutions. Kilos to lose, bad habits to cut back, exercise regimes to start and maintain, or even some audacious personal or creative goals, like running a marathon, or writing and publishing a first novel. 02 Jan 08:30 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: The best new escapist novelsLooking for something absorbing to read over New Year? You’ve come to the right blog. 27 Dec 04:30 PM
LifestyleFiction Addiction: Review - House of SilkIn some ways English author Anthony Horowitz was presented with a gift when he was invited to write the first official Sherlock Holmes novel since the Arthur Conan Doyle era.22 Dec 09:48 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Charles DickensWe have the idea that the celebrity cult is a modern phenomenon. But when Charles Dickens visited America in 1842 he was surrounded by cheering crowds wherever he went.22 Dec 04:00 PM
TravelTravel writing: Peaks and pavements The boldest travel writing crosses every frontier of genre as well as place.20 Dec 04:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Forecast: TurbulenceThe turbulence of the title keys us into the parts weather and water play, but that turbulence also works on a metaphorical level. 20 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionMinding your manners in a modern worldIf modern life is a battlefield, then everyday etiquettes are the mines hidden across it, many laid where you least expect them. So why, asks Greg Dixon, do people not tread more carefully?19 Dec 10:30 PM
LifestyleFiction Addiction: Review - Animal People by Charlotte WoodThe final scenes of my December feature read, <i>Animal People</i> by Charlotte Wood, seem especially appropriate at this time of year. 19 Dec 09:51 PM
LifestylePeek into a point of viewNicky Pellegrino checks out a pithy perspective on self-improvement.19 Dec 04:30 PM
LifestyleFiction Addiction: Q&A: Bringing Sherlock back to lifeBeing chosen to write the first official Sherlock Holmes story since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle retired the famous detective has to be the dream job for a writer of mysteries.15 Dec 05:00 PM
LifestyleA confusing book you can't put downAn offbeat thriller with dementia as a theme absorbs Nicky Pellegrino.13 Dec 03:00 AM
TravelTravel book: <I>Art Galleries to visit in New Zealand</I>This slim volume, which purports to "provide a guide to the many art galleries of all types that are scattered throughout New Zealand", is by no means comprehensive. 12 Dec 04:30 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Q&A with Charlotte Wood Characters in good books have a way of lingering long after the final page is closed. For author Charlotte Wood it was, Stephen, from previous novel, The Children, who worried her so much she wanted to see him progress through the next stage of his life.12 Dec 04:00 PM
LifestyleTara Moss has a 'Thing' for snakesTara Moss's husband could be forgiven for feeling a little concerned over a rival's competition for his wife's affections.12 Dec 02:03 AM
LifestyleBook lover: Max CryerMax Cryer's books are published worldwide. His latest is <i>Preposterous Proverbs</i> (Exisle).11 Dec 01:00 PM
LifestyleFiction Addiction: Reviving Sherlock Holmes - againSir Arthur Conan Doyle is said to have hated the character of Sherlock Holmes, which he first created for a short story in 1886.08 Dec 07:00 PM
LifestyleChristmas gift ideas: Search beneath the pagesWith Christmas almost here, <i>Canvas</i> book reviewers take the hassle out of gift-shopping with ideas for all ages and tastes.05 Dec 11:00 PM
LifestyleFiction Addiction: Rangatira reviewGoing by the feedback we’ve received in the last month, there’s been a great deal of interest in Paula Morris’s new novel <i>Rangatira</i>.05 Dec 09:00 PM
LifestyleBook lover: Alison HolstNew Zealand's own favourite food writer dishes the dirt on what it's like to be a bookworm.05 Dec 04:00 PM
LifestyleDevil in the detail of a Nora Roberts novelThe characters, once they finally arrive, are great, writes Nicky Pellegrino.04 Dec 04:30 PM
