For the first time, our 49-year-old book awards will get an international judge.

The average New Zealand writer is struggling to pay their bills.

A leading world critic of Muslim extremism says New Zealand should establish "assimilation centres" for migrants and refugees from

A poet from Te Kuiti thought her win was a hoax at first.

Greg Fleming reviews a new collection of unpublished poems and writings from the Man in Black many of which read like song lyrics.

US author Laurie Frankel tells Jennifer Dann how she didn't have to look far for the idea behind her latest novel

The woman who read Auckland, Janet McAllister, visits the Mangere Bridge and Onehunga libraries.

It may be the digital age but libraries are coming to a street near you, and they need your books. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.

Lucy Clark on why we shouldn't stress about our children's academic success - or lack of it.

The celebrated author has had to make the strange request after an unfortunate tweet.

A raunchy novel for teenagers that was banned in New Zealand has won a rare "perfect 10" rating from an American young adult fiction website.

A new book explores the Treaty of Waitangi - at the coalface and where we are headed.

JK Rowling has been sending off sassy comebacks on Twitter like she's firing off spells

Film-maker seeking funding to film controversial tale.

Former President Barack Obama could rake in more than $26 million in advance for his post-presidential memoir.

Think colouring-in is still trendy? Prepare to think again.

Greg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction.

E L James' writing is so execrable, the characters in Fifty Shades so banal, the sex scenes so lacking in passion and emotion.

A charity comic starring Batman and other DC heroes is raising funds for victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

There are certain practices that separate the financially successful from the rest of us mere mortals. And one daily habit shared

Does the country have designs it can point to and say 'oh, that's so New Zealand' and claim it for our own?

A family photograph taken before a Christmas Day massacre holds a telling clue of why the slaughter took place.

Design writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins has been a Herald, Listener and Home magazine contributor and hosted The Big Art Trip on television.

Not even 24 hours after Kiwis unwrapped their annual Christmas haul, almost 8,000 unwanted prezzies are being hawked off online.

The travel writer Colin Thubron tells John Preston what drives him to the world's most remote outposts.

Book extract by Diana's former bodyguard reveals the moment the Princess met 'love rat' James Hewitt and addresses those Harry rumours.

1 When were you last embarrassed? I'm embarrassed all the time. I've thought about it quite often and wonder if it's a form of depression

If you're looking for a gift to keep a sport-lover absorbed over the festive season, Andrew Alderson has had his reading light on to sift out a few gems.

In 1970s' New Zealand, real men played rugby, not rock, writes musician Nick Bollinger.

Greg Fleming reviews Ben Sanders' second American-based novel Marshall's Law