British author Joanna Trollope, who is in Auckland next week, talks to Stephen Jewell about her new book and the trouble with raising boys.

Scarlett Thomas has penned a chatty, delightful easy read about friendship, love, and making those hard, life-defining choices.

Conor Lovett is a virtuoso actor and widely acclaimed as the best living interpreter of Samuel Becket's work.

Childhood memories and an inspiration from the past are part of the rich tapestry of themes woven into Kim Edwards' novel.

The genesis of this startling first novel is already en route to becoming a New Zealand literary legend.

Paula Green reviews three new volumes of poetry from New Zealand writers.

What went wrong at Whitcoulls?

It is a truism in the publishing industry that very few Kiwis get rich by writing a book.

A sickbed obsession culminates in moving musings about the beauty of our world.

Though Sue Orr's new collection of short stories, From Under The Overcoat, references short stories by literary greats such as Nikolay Gogol (The Over Coat) and James Joyce (The Dead), don't hold that against it.

It's been six months since the last Joyce Carol Oates, so it's not surprising to find she has another book out. Her productivity is astonishing, she's Barbara Cartland in black instead of pink.

Confession time: I'd never read anything by Anne Rice before this. For a while, I thought she was another name for Stephenie Meyer. She's not (of course), but she could be.

I began this book when a William Lobb rose was in its first flowering in my garden. Every time I went out to get the mail the perfume hung in the air and I breathed it in and felt good about being alive.

Between books, TV shows and travel, it's a wonder this chef still gets time to bake.

A new cookbook written by two old friends exploring their culinary heritage should reignite your zest for Italian food.

They are small, yellow and designed to endure nothing more stressful than a quick journey around a bathtub.

Lynch fans will delight in her latest offering of love and heartache in the Italian hills. Sarah-Kate Lynch even helped smooth the reviewer's own path to love.

David Larsen talks to career film buff David Thomson about his revised classic.