Anita Shreve is fascinated with relationships. And this story, which explores a new marriage set against the backdrop of Africa, puts yet another relationship under the microscope.

Over the years - and rather unkindly, in my opinion - Joanna Trollope's books have tended to be relegated to the category of "Aga saga".

Forget the mundane, give your life meaning ... become enthused and inspired. We meet people who have followed their hearts, and share simple ways to fuel your fire for life.

Stephen Jewell talks to author Andrea Levy about slavery, story-telling and holidays on the North Shore.

Sharon Osbourne talks to Stephen Jewell about getting revenge on the literary critics.

Free-thinking and gifted intellectuals, or a bunch of dissolute subversives "who lived in squares but loved in triangles"?

Jenny Pattrick conjures up colourful images of Samoan life from a barren room in France.

Penguin revives some popular New Zealand titles to allow a new generation to discover some gems.

The popularity of baking is rising faster than a perfect muffin.

If you do happen to get bitten by something Australian, it's a bit late then to read a For Dummies book on the subject, don't you think?

Claims by one of Hollywood director James Cameron's closest collaborators that he was hounded out of New Zealand by an academic witch-hunt in the 1980s are pure fantasy, say those he has accused.

The chairman of the Shareholders Association has defended Telecom executives' high salaries, saying the company operates in a global market.

Former Telecom head Theresa Gattung has attacked the company for paying its executives much bigger salaries than when she was in charge.

David Eggleton, who has edited the latest Landfall (it now has a revolving editor), has produced a mix of writers that is immensely satisfying.

The Independent's John Walsh speaks with the author of In Praise of Older Women as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.