LifestyleThe state of our styleFashion writer Mitchell Oakley Smith has put together a new definitive collection of Australasian fashion designers.09 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: FreedomJonathan Franzen, the literary great who delivered award-winning novel <i>The Corrections</i>, reappears after nine years with a new taste of <i>Freedom</i>.08 Sep 05:30 PM
TravelWales: Tiny village a mecca for book loversWelsh town Hay-on-Wye is the perfect spot for bookworms, finds Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere.08 Sep 12:00 AM
WorldApocalypse thenAs a soldier in Vietnam, Karl Marlantes came face-to-face with war. Thirty years later he has turned that experience into a <i>New York Times</i> best-seller.07 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentAlive and writingJust weeks after a prominent critic proclaimed American literary fiction dead, <i>Time</i> magazine featured a living author on its cover - for the first time in 10 years.07 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The Pleasure SeekersShe's gorgeous. She's an acclaimed poet and dancer. She's been praised by Salman Rushdie and Louis de Bernieres. How astonishing is her first novel? 07 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: The News Where You AreIf you loved watching benign British drama in the 1970s, you'll love <i>The News Where You Are</i>. 06 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentFirst editionInexperience hasn't stopped Alison Wong from winning literary gold, writes Nicky Pellegrino.04 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook lover: Maxine BrahamMaxine Braham is associate director and movement director of the NBR New Zealand Opera's Genesis Energy season of <i>Macbeth</i>.04 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: NotwithstandingBritish author Louis de Bernieres has set most of his stories in exotic places, but now, in this interlinked collection of short stories, he explores the exoticism to be found on his home turf.04 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentThe early sittingA new book documenting New Zealand's restaurant history busts the myth that dining out is a recent Kiwi hobby.04 Sep 05:30 PM
WorldGordon Brown savaged in Blair's memoirsRevelations about Gordon Brown and Britain's involvement in the Iraq war emerged in Tony Blair's book, out today.01 Sep 10:15 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Mad WorldPaula Byrne says she set out to write this book to redress what she believes is the misrepresentation of Evelyn Waugh as "a snob and curmudgeonly misanthropist".31 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentA tale of two PetersTwo big names in British thriller writing visit New Zealand next week. Craig Sisterson talks to Peter James and Peter Robinson.31 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Anthropology of an American GirlHilary Thayer Hamann's novel, Anthropology of an American Girl, has been heralded as both the hottest book on the block and as the worst novel ever.31 Aug 05:30 PM
Small Business<i>Gill South</i>: The lesson from BP It doesn't pay to lose focus on sustainabilityLarge and small business must embrace green concepts to help the bottom line, say authors of a new book.29 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: Sex and Stravinsky<i>Sex & Stravinsky</i> proved to be perhaps her most difficult book yet28 Aug 05:30 PM
LifestyleCommon touch (+recipe)Two friends who lead very different lives but have a great deal in common talk to Nicky Pellegrino about their latest book.28 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentReality intrudes on paradiseKapka Kassabova's new novel looks at the issue of trafficked animals in South America, a situation which is all too real.28 Aug 01:28 AM
New ZealandLashlie's cure to end cycle of crimeIf we want to stop building prisons for men, then first take care of the women, says outspoken author.27 Aug 09:20 PM
LifestyleA fishy favourite (+recipe)<i>Go Fish</i> by chef Al Brown was announced the winner of two categories in the prestigious New Zealand Post Book Awards.27 Aug 05:30 PM
EntertainmentPoetry Reviews: Inventive trio of wordsmithsPaula Green reviews three collections of New Zealand poetry.25 Aug 05:30 PM
