EntertainmentBook Review: Saraswati ParkSet in Mumbai, <i>Saraswati Park</i> is a vivid portrait of intergenerational family dynamics in an ever-changing, modern day India.29 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Brothers & SistersTheme-based anthologies serve several purposes. They explore and represent particular subjects from a thousand vantage points and they assemble diverse voices, both familiar and unfamiliar.29 Nov 04:30 PM
SportAuthor stands by claim of father's affair with MPJock McLean is sticking to his claim that his late father - sportswriter Sir Terry McLean - had an affair with a South African MP. 28 Nov 04:30 PM
Small BusinessSuccess: Publishers in a class of their ownMaking teachers' lives easier is the mantra for Invercargill company.28 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City NovelWay back in the 1980s I was addicted to Armistead Maupin's <i>Tales of the City</i> novels.28 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentParky's perspectiveChat-show supremo Sir Michael Parkinson pays tribute to guests but despairs at TV's descent into mediocrity.27 Nov 04:30 PM
LifestyleBuon appetito (+recipe)Celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo shares his recipes of Italian food like Mama used to make in his new book.26 Nov 04:30 PM
LifestyleNew York hot shotNew Zealander Henry Hargreaves is an ex-model making a name for himself in the Big Apple with a book celebrating breasts.25 Nov 04:30 PM
RoyalsRoyal wedding books set to hit shelvesThe hype over the publication of a royal wedding biography nearly matches the fervour accompanying the event itself.23 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Shakespeare's Hamlet</i>Nicki Greenberg loves Shakespeare, she "gets" Shakespeare, and she has done something wondrous with him, a thing I have never seen done before.22 Nov 04:30 PM
LifestyleA few of Neil MacGregor's favourite thingsThe most ambitious history project of the year — the British Museum’s <i>A History of the World in 100 Objects</i> — is now a book. Boyd Tonkin talks to its creator and author and finds out that how the world looks depends on where you stand.22 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>On Life, Death And Breakfast</i>Move over Bridget, it's the blokes' turn.21 Nov 04:30 PM
LifestyleFine dining: A work of art (+recipes)Wellington chef Martin Bosley's new book is a work of art. He explains to Kerri Jackson why he couldn't have done it five years ago.21 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Ethan Grout</i>David Hill reviews two new Australian novels depicting two very different sides of modern life.20 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentFine lines between pleasure and painIsraeli David Grossman tells Helen Brown how writing helps him cope with grief.20 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Hand Me Down World</i>It is a tricky little bugger of a book this one. Distant, confusing and perhaps a little cliched in parts, it is also compelling, subtle and maybe even brilliant.20 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>The Vintage And The Gleaning</i>Judge not a book by its title.20 Nov 04:30 PM
LifestyleThe taste of Asia (+recipe)Melbourne restaurant Red Spice Road has released a cookbook modernising age-old Asian dishes.19 Nov 11:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: <i>Kehua!</i>The book that has everything, Kehua! offers murder, adultery, incest (and plenty of it), redemption and ghosts.18 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook 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.16 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentNew double act a rich readSimon 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.16 Nov 04:30 PM
TravelTravel 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.16 Nov 01:00 PM
EntertainmentNot so simple, SimonSimon 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.16 Nov 01:00 AM
EntertainmentOutside the boxToni Jordan's novels resist convenient labels, but that's exactly how the ex-scientist likes it.15 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentHeart-throbs and happy endingsThere's more to writing a love story than one might think. Rebecca Barry meets aspiring and published authors of the booming romance genre.15 Nov 04:30 PM
LifestyleHome sweet homeArchitects spend their working lives designing for the desires of their clients. A new book by John Walsh looks at what happens when they can please themselves. Rebecca Barry talks to the author. Pictures by Patrick Reynolds.15 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Tania AndersonTania Anderson is a member of gospel supergroup Jubilation Choir.14 Nov 04:30 PM
