If you’re still wondering what to get the father-in-law for Christmas or intend reclining under a shady tree for the holidays, the Herald on Sunday looks at some of the best sports books on the shelves this year

With the national carrier entering its 75th year, here's a wee stocking-filler for the sky-gawping plane nerd in your life.

My childhood was happy, although not always easy. My parents separated when I was 2 and my mum's parents played a huge role in my upbringing.

With so many gadgets and gizmos available these days, seeing a child getting excited over a book can be pretty extraordinary.

Like other students at Koru School in Mangere, Tyler Adams has his own burgeoning library at home.

Autobiographies and beautiful coffee-table tomes make great stocking fillers.

If you write a sex scene, no one believes it’s fiction, writes Jon Stock.

Neil Gaiman’s latest fantasy is an attempt to restore to fairy tales some of the danger the Grimm brothers removed. Gaby Wood reports.

Some Luck is the first volume of Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley’s trilogy set in the Iowa badlands. Boyd Tonkin reports.

"Short stories don't sell," is the current mantra of publishers everywhere, as a way of refusing to look at proffered manuscripts in case they love them and are sorely tempted.

Kiwi comic creator Dylan Horrocks' love of the medium was beaten to a pulp by Batgirl, but was sparked back into life through a trip into his own imaginary landscape.

'I have had my character and credibility questioned at every turn,' said Dunham of her sexual assault claim.

Actress Lena Dunham will reportedly make an amendment to her memoir after the identity of an alleged rapist was revealed.

British author JK Rowling will publish new Harry Potter material every day from December 12 to 23 on her website Pottermore.com as a gift to fans.

The end of the year has brought a flood of rock biographies. Russell Baillie thumbs through a small pile of them.

Changing fortunes in Tudor times have ring of reality.

PD James, the acclaimed crime writer who died this week, aged 94, was planning one final detective novel.

INTERACTIVE: Our annual guide to the best books to give and receive this Christmas. Guess which ones made the list.

One of the great characters in modern literature could be found in actual life at his amazing house in Auckland's Karaka Bay on Wednesday morning.

10 things about P.D. James, British crime writer who died on Thursday, aged 94.

Stephen Jewell had the pleasure of speaking to author P.D James. The crime queen died today, aged 94. Here's the story he wrote after their chat.