LifestyleFocus on Lily RichardsRadio personality and bibliophile Lily Richards tells her story to <i>Viva</i>.06 Oct 04:30 PM
EntertainmentRod Stewart's womanising ways unveiled in memoirsCrooner Rod Stewart will “hold nothing back” in his autobiography.05 Oct 07:45 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Pao "Life is hard" is one of the Noble Truths and Yang Pao, as a young boy landing on the streets of Jamaica in the 1930s, learns that lesson quickly. 05 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Cat's TableIn the opening pages of Michael Ondaatje's new novel, a young boy named Michael sets out for England on a passenger liner. It's the early 1950s. 05 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Introducing The Sense of an EndingBronwyn Sell turns to the bookies to help her decide what to read and comes up with <i>The Sense of an Ending</i>. 04 Oct 01:00 AM
TravelTravel book: <I>Trail</I>A decade after it opened, the rail trail has become - to use an overworked phrase - a New Zealand tourist icon.03 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Michael CooperWine writer Michael Cooper has recently released <i>100 Must-try New Zealand Wines</i> (Hodder Moa, $34.99)02 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentVanessa Diffenbaugh: Heady mix of flower powerThis author deserves bouquets for her insight, writes Nicky Pellegrino. 02 Oct 01:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Rules of Civility reviewIn an uncharacteristic fit of efficiency, I started reading my September feature book, <i>Rules of Civility</i>, on the same day I finished my August novel, <i>There But For There</i>.30 Sep 02:00 AM
EntertainmentStef Penney: Licensed to write fictionBritish author Stef Penney tells Christian House about moving the setting for her second novel from the Canadian wilderness to a sinister England.28 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Spirit Of ProgressConstructed in the manner of ensemble films such as <i>Nashville</i>, <i>Grand Canyon</i> and <i>Crash</i>, this novel by the award-winning Australian writer Carroll again refracts the lives of some characters who have populated his previous work. 28 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Sense Of An EndingIn 1967 the great critic Frank Kermode published The Sense Of An Ending, a series of lectures that not only mined the apocalyptic theme in art, but reviewed the ways in which fiction carves order and pattern out of the chaotic flux of time. 28 Sep 12:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: The Story of Beautiful Girl - The ReviewWhen I finished <i>The Story of Beautiful Girl</i> I felt like I needed a lie down.27 Sep 01:00 AM
EntertainmentWhy do adults read children's books? Blame modern lifeAdults hacked off with the disappointment of modern life seek solace in children's books, a Cambridge University believes.23 Sep 02:23 AM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Five hot new booksNext month sees the announcement of the year's most anticipated literary award, the Man Booker Prize.23 Sep 12:00 AM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Amor Towles Q&AI'm loving Rules of Civility by debut New York novelist Amor Towles. And I love the influences he's shared with us in our Q&A. 19 Sep 08:45 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Quality Of MercyWhat kind of historical novelist is Barry Unsworth? Despite his practised ear for the idioms of the mid-18th century drawing-room, and weather eye for the contents of the era's wardrobe, he is not a pasticheur. 19 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPip Ballantine: A full head of steam punkStephen Jewell talks to New Zealand writer Pip Ballantine about why she went to the United States and the good manners of sci-fi followers. 19 Sep 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book: 100 Places To Remember Before They DisappearMore an exercise in global warming propaganda than anything else, really, though the photos of endangered beauty spots are certainly stunning.19 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentStefan Merrill Block: Out with the skeletonsA writer fills in the gaps in his family's dubious past, writes Nicky Pellegrino.18 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Penny VincenziPenny Vincenzi is a bestselling UK author whose new novel <i>The Decision</i> (Headline, $36.99) has just been released.18 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Good Living StreetA family history. Also a social and intellectual history, and a different take on the Australian Dream. 18 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBronte novel gets a breath of fresh EyreWhat can the latest film of Jane Eyre add to the story's long history on screen? Gerard Gilbert reports.16 Sep 07:00 PM
LifestyleA year of Italian food (+recipe)Let your tastebuds travel with a cookbook that celebrates the seasonal foods of Italy.16 Sep 05:30 PM
