At the start of 1985, Maire Leadbeater took her two children for a January break on Kawau Island.

Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City have delighted readers for four decades and brought gay life into the mainstream. Now the ninth book brings the series to an end. Hermione Hoby reports.

For a parent there is only one thing more precious than their child: seeing that child fast asleep.

While the summer holiday season is still going strong, there's nothing better than whiling away the hours with a good travel book. Linda Herrick reviews a selection of the latest.

Girl power is taking on a whole new meaning in the reading world, with more and more books featuring brave young heroines as key characters.

The head of the Film and Literature Board of Review has broken ranks with his board to express strong reservations about an award-winning children's book.

New Zealand's top publishers offer their picks for this year's best summer reading.

New data reveals how many holidaymakers headed off for a summer break lugging an extra 1.1kg of reading.

When the two library assistants reflect on the past year they both note an increase in the lending of erotic paperbacks.

They were the men who played for their country before dying for it.

For generations, they were the books that defined childhood .But Asterix cartoons and the works of Roald Dahl and even J.K. Rowling appear to have fallen out of favour with younger readers.

Don Brash has just finished writing a book evaluating his successes and failures.

Sports books are a great Christmas buy. Andrew Alderson and Dylan Cleaver, two great devourers of the genre, offer 11 good reads (and one not so good) for this year.

Auckland Libraries has added thousands of new, free electronic texts to its collection.

Alex Robertson reviews two Lonely Planet titles aimed at the younger members of the family.

Books editor Linda Herrick and her team of reviewers reveal their top reads for all ages and tastes.