EntertainmentNZ Book Award finalists namedThe 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards inaugural longlist has been announced. There are 40 long-listed works; ten each from the four awards categories - illustrated non-fiction, general non-fiction, poetry and fiction.25 Nov 10:41 PM
EntertainmentHunger Games prequel a possibilityA <i>Hunger Games</i> prequel might be in the works, according to series' director Francis Lawrence.24 Nov 08:40 AM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Emma WrightWaiheke artist Emma Wright became a best-selling author after blogging about her art, her life and her battle with bulimia.23 Nov 04:30 PM
EntertainmentCatton and Mouse in top 10The Fault in Our Stars, which debuted at No 1 on the New York Times bestseller list for children's chapter books, had been borrowed 3006 times by this week.21 Nov 07:25 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Best New Writing On ... Arrival, John FreemanJohn Freeman shot to international fame with his contentious 2009 book <i>Shrinking the World: The 4000-Year Story Of How Email Came To Rule Our Lives</i>.21 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Going South, Colin HoggThere's no easy way to find out that an old mate has terminal cancer but reading a book about it has got to be one of the most moving.20 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Pacific - The Once and Future Ocean, Simon WinchesterWill the Pacific save us? In his biography of an ocean, Simon Winchester finds an optimistic note among all the doom we humans trail in our wake.20 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Undermajordomo Minor, Patrick DeWittThe style of the narrative can best be described as a darkly comic fairy tale. All the familiar tropes are there; jilted hero, beautiful damsel, dark castle,mysterious forest and a collection of untrustworthy characters who mean our hero no good.19 Nov 08:45 PM
All BlacksCarter fever runs high at book signingThere's only one person who can reduce Kiwi men to starstruck school girls clamouring for a peep of their idol.17 Nov 03:06 AM
EntertainmentBook review: Submission by Michel HouellebecqYou'll go a long way to find a more complex character than French writer Michel Houellebecq. He has attracted (and courted) controversy throughout his literary career.15 Nov 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook Review: Revenge, a dish best served coldBill Manhire's new collection of stories includes a powerful essay on growing up with a father who liked a drink.14 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBest-selling crime author: 'I grew up with fear'Patricia Cornwell's best-selling crime novels are based on obsessive detail and gory research. But the author's own back story is one of the most frightening of all.12 Nov 06:00 PM
New ZealandArty Kate, 7, rises to book challenge7-year-old Kate Diprose loves art and is now a published illustrator.11 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentThe haves and the have moresWealth inequality is driving us back to the days of Victorian England, argues a book exposing the rise of the rich kid club.07 Nov 11:46 PM
EntertainmentBittersweet ending for Thrones says authorThe Sun may shine once winter falls as Game of Thrones author George RR Martin hints at a bittersweet ending for his famed book series.06 Nov 03:30 AM
LifestylePhoto essay: Inside New Zealand's most spectacular churchesPhotographer Jane Ussher has captured some of New Zealand's most beautiful church architecture in her new book, Worship. Here are some of those images.05 Nov 08:30 PM
LifestyleWhat's really in Chicken McNuggets?A new book breaks down the surprising ingredients in popular foods.04 Nov 12:19 AM
Lifestyle'Wolf-whistling reduces rape' - Picasso's loverFrancoise Gilot expresses controversial views in her new book: 'About Women: Conversations Between a Writer and a Painter'.02 Nov 05:30 AM
GolfSteve Williams opens up on Tiger Woods' affairs in tell-all bookKiwi Steve Williams opens up about golfer's affairs in tell-all book.01 Nov 10:15 PM
EntertainmentSnoopy and the meaning of lifeAs Charlie Brown celebrates his 65th birthday, Lucy Davies learns how his creator, Charles M Schulz, reinvented comics for the modern world.30 Oct 11:00 PM
New ZealandThe rise of adult colouring booksThe adult art craze is driving a resurgence in book sales but many bookworms are colouring-in rather than reading.30 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Golden Age, Jane SmileyBill Bryson famously came from Iowa ("Somebody had to"). So do the farming dynasty of Jane Smiley's now-completed trilogy.30 Oct 04:00 PM
