A nationwide survey has found Kiwis are instinctively negative towards New Zealand fiction - but they struggle to explain why.

Up the end of the dark hall, and behind the office door on the right, one generation of New Zealand screen acting is butting heads with another.

On Wednesday, three new JK Rowling e-books were released online. Here's what you need to know.

British writer Cath Weeks talks to Jennifer Dann about life on the brink.

Wiremu Heke, known as Billhook, leaves his Otago home in 1825 with regret in his heart and vengeance in mind.

Ian McEwan's narrators have often been edgy, fractured, disturbed or disturbing, but none has come near the voice that drives his latest novel.

Since winning the 2003 Man Booker Prize, DBC Pierre has often been forced to come clean about past difficulties, such as his shady

Mountain bike enthusiast Russell Baillie reviews the dangerous new tome from Lonely Planet.

A Kiwi teacher and mother-of-two has launched New Zealand's first erotic literary magazine, writes Eleanor Ainge Roy.

Self-published books can be well produced. It is probably worth paying to have them professionally written, edited, designed and printed.

It has never been easier to get your own story into print. Michael Donaldson looks at the rise - and some of the pitfalls - of self-publishing.

"What does it mean to be somebody else's muse, and do you feel like you're being harvested and used?" Author Jessie Burton is pondering

Considering she said Harry Potter's story was over, JK's been rolling out a tonne of new content.

Next to Batman and Superman, there is a comic book hero called Stix whose pornographic adventures in space can be followed through public libraries.

She may have just turned 80 but one of our most acclaimed authors has no plans to put down her pen.

Zayn Malik is writing a tell-all book about his One Direction days, guaranteed to make Simon Cowell "furious".

Dame Fiona Kidman talks about her new novel A Day at the Movies.

Dig out your collection, a rare typo found on page 53 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone could mean your book is worth a fortune.

George R.R Martin could have another TV hit on his hands, but what does it mean for Game of Thrones?

COMMENT: I've loved the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling for over 10 years, but now, for the first time, I feel disappointed with her - and it hurts.

The man who was responsible for penning the images that brought many well-known Maori legends to life has died.

COMMENT: If you're looking to read about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child without any spoilers, read this instead.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the latest in J.K Rowling's series on the boy wizard, goes on sale today.

A person could so easily be attracted to this book by its cover. But no, we mustn't judge.

When Chris Gayle foolishly sleazed on cricket journalist Mel McLaughlin, he became Australia's public enemy one.

Joe Hill's latest work has post-apocalyptic optimism, writes Stephen Jewell.

At the age of 63 Kiwi sailor Graeme Kendall, in his yacht the Astral Express, conquered the "Everest of sailing".

It's Harry Potter again, though not quite as we've come to know the boy wizard.

The script book for the stage production 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child', which has received rave reviews, has surpassed order expectations

A Time To Die (Hachette) Tom Wood $34.99 Englishman Wood says he got into the book business "to pen thrillers with the boring bits