TechnologyPottermore casting magic in the online worldThe official Harry Potter website has let the first lot of fans into its online realm. Harriet Walker was one.19 Aug 05:30 PM
LifestyleSoul food (+recipe)The force behind Soul Bar, Judith Tabron, marks its 10 year anniversary with the release of a new cookbook.19 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: [Not] There But For TheThis was supposed to be the blog in which the author of <i>There But For The</i> answered all the questions that you so carefully crafted for her.19 Aug 02:00 AM
EntertainmentCraig Sisterson: Crime paysNicky Pellegrino speaks to a man who sees a bright future for felony.14 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Theresa HealeyTheresa Healey is an Auckland-based actress who is in Auckland Theatre Company's production of <i>Calendar Girls</i> at The Civic.13 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentRecipe for disasterIan Wedde's new novel portrays a troubled food critic who creates a crisis.12 Aug 10:33 PM
OpinionFiction Addiction: Escaping into 'There But For The'If somebody locks himself in a stranger's spare room for months, is he escaping the world or facing up to it?11 Aug 09:00 PM
EntertainmentBarking mad: Life with the world's tallest dogGiant George may be the world’s tallest dog — 1.5m tall and 2m long — but his owner, Dave Nasser, says he’s a big softie.08 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentDavid Nicholls: Life, love one day at a timeThe movie will be out soon but read the book first, says Nicky Pellegrino.08 Aug 05:00 PM
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: Blue Collar, White Collar, No CollarNifty title. Nifty concept. Stories about work - manual work; skilled work; responsible, itinerant, above-board or undercover work. Nifty aim, also: all proceeds go to fund youth literacy programmes across the United States. 08 Aug 05:00 PM
TravelTravel book: Digital photographyThe most important skill a photographer can have is learning to see: the beautiful in the bland and the interesting in the immaterial.08 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
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: UndercoverThis outstanding transcription of extraordinary events carries a telling subtitle: "A Novel of a Life". 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
