No one gets beheaded; some readers are displeased.

Is this 'geeky' Oxford graduate's debut the sexiest book of the year?

Book extract: Helen Garner's assault on condescension.

Sally Gardner's imagination seems inexorably drawn to the past, but what if the journey was real? She talks to Stephen Jewell about her latest novel and its time-travelling teenagers.

Harper Lee, the novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice became standard reading for millions and an Oscar-winning film, has died.

Scottish writer Peter May tells Stephen Jewell about returning to his homeland for his latest novel and putting himself into his character's mind.

What did the Cold War and housework have in common? British author Helen Dunmore reveals the 'ordinary' part of the dramatic period in history to Nicky Pellegrino and how she gets to intimately know her characters.

The new Harry Potter play will become a new Harry Potter book, it was confirmed today.

Jennifer Dann finds out what audiences can expect from New Zealand's first LGBTIQ Literary Festival this month.

Best-selling author Marian Keyes tells Jennifer Dann why she hates the term chick-lit and how she baked herself out of depression

A summer reading programme run by Auckland Libraries has helped more than 12,000 children keep on top of their reading over the long holiday break.

Despite being pulled from the shelves in NZ, Ian Wishart's controversial new book on the Marlborough Sounds murders has been a big seller online.

Kim Knight discovers how to successfully swear your way to self-fulfilment.

EXPLOSIVE NEW CLAIMS: Book says Scott Watson is the person who killed Olivia Hope and Ben Smart.

Greg Fleming reviews the latest batch of crime fiction

Today on the anniversary of his death, Emma Michelle and Anne Maxwell reflect on how JD Salinger's writing first influenced the world and how it continues to do so now.

Smiling broadly and chatting happily as she signed cookbook after cookbook, Nigella Lawson charmed hundreds of fans in Invercargill yesterday.

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is in Invercargill today. We look at similarities and differences between the South Island city and her home in London.

Domestic goddess charms fans who braved the summer heat to meet her in Auckland.

Please add the name of Elizabeth Harrower to the embarrassingly long list of authors I should have read years ago.