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Book Review: <i>Kehua!</i>
The book that has everything, Kehua! offers murder, adultery, incest (and plenty of it), redemption and ghosts.

Book Review: <i>The Hut Builder</i>
With this review I want to declare two biases. I am a big fan of Laurence Fearnley’s writing and particularly loved Edwin + Matilda.

New double act a rich read
Simon Rich published his first short story collection three years ago. Now, aged just 26, his first novel has won critical acclaim. He talks to Stephen Jewell.

Travel book: <i>A (Nearly) Complete History of the Moose in New Zealand</i>
Moose were released in Westland in 1900 and in Fiordland in 1910 but unlike other such introductions they were not a success.

Not so simple, Simon
Simon Pegg had no plans to become a movie star. In fact he had no plans at all. So just how did the geek from Gloucester catch the eye of the world's best film-makers? It's all down to 'quantum attraction', discovers Tom Lamont.

Heart-throbs and happy endings
There's more to writing a love story than one might think. Rebecca Barry meets aspiring and published authors of the booming romance genre.

Book lover: Tania Anderson
Tania Anderson is a member of gospel supergroup Jubilation Choir.

A novel approach
A professor nominates the 200 books that will teach you more than you will learn at University.

Book Review: <i>Quinine</i>
In her new book, award-winning novelist Kelly Ana Morey has created a world out of research, imagination and a touch of personal experience that captivates and disturbs.

From chasing the market to living his fantasy
Fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson tells David Larsen how a dragon on a book cover lured him back to reading and changed the path of his life.

Classic variations (+recipe)
Learn how to make the perfect pav and then shake things up with some twists on the traditional.

Dining in with a master chef (+recipe)
Martin Bosley's new cookbook means his incredible dishes are yours to sample from the comfort of home.

Travel book: <i>Wild New Zealand From The Road</i>
It's hard to think of a better guide to our wild places than Gordon Ell.

The cook and the baker (+recipes)
A Kiwi cook and a global baker have cooked up a recipe for simple but tasty home meals.

Whole lotta love
A new book paying homage to five decades of live music in New Zealand is proof, says one contributor, Herald entertainment editor Russell Baillie, that every generation has gigs to remember.

Book Review: <i>Hand Me Down World</i>
Lloyd Jones' new novel will unavoidably face the towering legacy of Mister Pip: international acclaim, a Man Booker short-list placing, awards, local admiration, sales and a degree of controversy.