Kate Atkinson began as a prize-winning literary novelist with Behind the Scenes At The Museum and has reinvented herself by using the tropes of detective fiction.

Artists@Work, a new book by writer Richard Wolfe and photographer Stephen Robinson, offers an insight into the creative processes of 24 painters and sculptors. In this edited extract, Auckland artist Richard Killeen talks about disliking p

The Usborne Children's World Cookbook has some great recipes perfect for your little ones to try over the school holidays.

Dannii Minogue has opened up about the loves of her life in her autobiography, My Story.

Travel strains stranger in fiction.

A man who wrote a book about the death of his cancer-stricken mother has been charged with her attempted murder.

John le Carre takes the reader into the vicious underside of the global free market.

A meeting of Kiwi actors has urged the producers of Sir Peter Jackson's film 'The Hobbit' to meet actors to discuss pay issues.

Best-known for her rollicking blockbuster romances set in the horse-riding world, Jilly Cooper is one of Britain's most-read authors. Robyn Langwell meets the prolific writer at home, a setting straight out of one of her novels.

Read up on your New Zealand history as you travel the globe.

Don't feel like cooking? With this award-winning book you can get the children to do it for you.

Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

Anecdotal gems from great writing minds.

Witi Ihimaera's novel The Trowenna Sea, which was accused of plagiarism, won't be republished, despite an amended version being promised.

Reviewers are, I suppose, expected to be dispassionate but I admit to being an enthusiastic fan of Simon Winchester. I have never read a book of his that was not thoroughly rewarding and this latest, from a prolific production line, is one of the best.