Marina Endicott witnessed a two-car collision that provided the starting point for Good to a Fault, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.

Samoan writer Lani Wendt Young has been commissioned to take down the stories of hundreds of people affected by the Pacific tsunami.

If you had been in Venice just over a year ago and gone to see the elegant Bridge of Sighs, you would have had an unpleasant surprise.

If you're convinced you have a bestseller but no publisher, Nicky Pellegrino says DIY may be the way to go.

Wes Anderson's adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1970 novel Fantastic Mr Fox is as much a treat for adults as for older kids.

Author Anthony Bozza tells Scott Kara why the classic Australian rockers deserve more credit for their sound.

With the Fox With Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson has tackled a painstaking stop-motion adaptation of a childhood favourite.

Top Kiwi authors tell us what they'll be reading on the beach this summer - and recommend some favourites.

Charles Darwin spent nine days in New Zealand in 1835. He disliked the young country, but his experience helped shape his monumental theories about evolution.

The first of Stieg Larsson's acclaimed Millennium thrillers makes it to the big screen this week.

I cannot fathom why short stories are not as widely read as they once were when the best of the contemporary work is so entertaining.

Rachael King clearly didn't exhaust her fascination for the queer Victorian penchant for "collecting" with her award-winning and much-admired debut novel, The Sound of Butterflies.

Whitcoulls and Borders are set to become the first book retailers in New Zealand to offer e-books.

As The Lovely Bones rattled its way back to his hometown, Peter Jackson sat down with Russell Baillie for a chat about the film.

Katharine McMahon's haphazard approach to writing has structured her successful career.

She's funny, she's had a boob job and she's just written a book that could see her thrown out of her church.