EntertainmentBook lover: Hana SchofieldHana Schofield is the co-author of the best-selling memoir, Goodbye Sarajevo.08 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: In Rough CountryJoyce Carol Oates, a prolific and award-winning writer, has assembled and revised a collection of essays and reviews that originally appeared in places such as the <i>New York Review of Books</i> and the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>. 08 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: UndercoverThis outstanding transcription of extraordinary events carries a telling subtitle: "A Novel of a Life". 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBen Sanders: From reader to writerBest-selling Kiwi crime writer Ben Sanders talks to Craig Sisterson about balancing study and writing, and evoking Auckland in his thrillers.07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Wish You Were HereWe still know little for sure about the prospects for intelligent fiction in a digital age. Yet most observers agree that the status of the professional "career novelist" may shift from that of a rare species to a deeply endangered one. 07 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentLady Gaga's bathroom moments photographedLady Gaga's forthcoming pictorial book will include images of her in the shower.04 Aug 03:26 AM
LifestyleGrace Coddington's brand new chapterModel, film star, now writer: Grace Coddington is set to tell all in her memoirs.03 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentTim Radford: Celebrating displaced soulsNew Zealand writer Tim Radford tells Stephen Jewell why his new book about roots defies genre and how reading Moby Dick can affect one’s sense of place.03 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: RomeHad Robert Hughes continued with his original aim of being an artist rather than becoming possibly the best-known art critic in the world it is a safe bet he would not have been a miniaturist. 03 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Greetings From Route 66When, in 1946, Bobby Troup wrote what became his classic song, <i>Route 66</i>, he could hardly have anticipated how popular it would become.02 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Introducing 'Caleb's Crossing'Geraldine Brooks very nearly missed the inspiration for her latest novel, this month's feature book <i>Caleb's Crossing.</i> 02 Aug 12:00 AM
EntertainmentBook lover: Tim CarlsenTim Carlsen is an Auckland actor who is performing in Silo Theatre's I Love You Bro, now playing at the Herald Theatre.25 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentAravind Adiga: Mischief in MumbaiAravind Adiga turns a mirror on Indian society, writes Nicky Pellegrino.25 Jul 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book: <i>The Official Rugby World Cup 2011 Travel Guide</i>If you haven't already heard quite enough about Rugby World Cup 2011 then this is for you. 25 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentPoetry Reviews: Breathing on the pageVivienne Plumb's new collection of poetry - beautifully designed by poet and publisher Helen Rickerby - reminds me that poetry books can feel so good in the hand. Plumb's poems have a chance to breathe on the page. 24 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentNew stars of Nordic noirWhy, asks Barry Forshaw, are Scandinavian writers winning worldwide acclaim for their crime?22 Jul 12:00 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Four hot new novelsWe had the world's politest fight over who got first dibs on the most promising of the new novels on our Fiction Fix hot list this month...22 Jul 02:00 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: Goodbye SarajevoSarajevo, in Bosnia, was the perfect city for a siege. Nestled in a valley surrounded by hills, the people below became easy targets.20 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionBook Review: We Are Soldiers Award-winning Sunday Times columnist Danny Danziger made the inspired decision not to write a book about British soldiers, but to let the soldiers tell their own stories. 20 Jul 05:00 PM