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

There were years when, as both authors and as publishers, A.H. and A.W. Reed were the main source of Maori myth and legend for New Zealand readers.

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.

My parents were ... eccentric. My mum's not shy in speaking her mind. My old man prefers an easy life - like me.

Paula Green reviews four new collections of poems

Temper tantrums, answering back, deliberately annoying ... it could be that your child's not just naughty, but has oppositional defiant disorder.

A newly revealed collection of love letters shows another side of former US President John F Kennedy.

Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.