The four finalists include novels which have polarised critics and readers.

Family and friends on the real Jane.

This edited extract examines the hours before Jane Furlong's disappearance.

Stella Duffy has completed Ngaio Marsh's unfinished 1940s manuscript Money in the Morgue.

New Kiwi publishing firm gets international praise before first books hit the shelves.

New author Stuart Turton's genre-bending debut thriller has the mystery world abuzz.

New book releases reviewed: This is How it Ends, The Wicked Cometh, Off the Record,

The woman who read Auckland visits Ranui where locals love their library.

According to George R.R. Martin, we won't be seeing a new book any time soon.

Love is in the air this week, so Dionne Christian looks at some of the artists we love.

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Book reveals American socialite was bored by the man who sacrificed his throne for her.

Neil Cross has penned another crime drama, this time about damaged and dodgy detectives.

Greg Fleming on the latest from Mick Herron, Robert Crais, C.J. Tudor and Meg Gardiner

Greg Fleming talks to Auckland writer Ben Sanders and reviews his latest The Stakes.

Robert Crais has made a career charting a city's dark side. He talks to Greg Fleming.

Author of a new book on what really terrifies us.

Nigella Lawson returns to New Zealand to celebrate home cooking and food with friends.

Private school cost leap contrasts with falling state costs due to cheaper computers.

Playwrights David Howard and Carl Bland to share $20,000 fellowship.

A new design trend is being mercilessly mocked on social media, and for good reason.

Michael Wolff's explosive new book reveals a lot about relationships in the Trump family.

Ruth Spencer matches a contemporary novel with a bunch of classics you might also like.

Greg Bruce has written the self-help guide on the self-help book to buy for 2018.

Two dying memoirists wrote about their final days. Then something remarkable happened.

The most popular and most requested books for Auckland Libraries this year.

Children's author Joy Cowley tops New Year Honours list with the Order of New Zealand.

Cuisine founding editor Julie Dalzell stumbled across a 100 year old autograph book and used it as the inspiration for a hand-made children’s book. / Greg Bowker

Author Jane Bloomfield tackles dementia in her children's books.

She was regularly forced to grab hold of an electric fence without showing any pain.