Well-pitched tale took 15 years to tell, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

Anne Kennedy is an award-winning poet who has also developed a solid reputation writing novels and screenplays.

It seems strange, in the age of information overload, that we should still be swamped by the fear of the unknown.

A celebrated children's author-turned-publisher has left the country, with a trail of unpaid debts and angry authors in her wake.

A Harry Potter "superfan" accused of making sinister threats to a female author is facing an FBI arrest warrant in the United States.

"An indescribable scene is occurring on the main road leading out of Napier," the Herald reported on February 5, 1931.

The halls of government prove to be an enthralling setting for courtroom drama, writes Stephen Jewell.

Every now and then you get to read a novel that elevates you far beyond the bric-a-brac of everyday routine, takes you apart, reassembles you, and leaves you feeling as though you have been on holiday with a genius.

There are no prizes for guessing what this book is about. This House is Haunted is about a haunted house and, if you like spooky ghost stories, John Boyne’s latest novel does the trick.

Female trainees at Merrill Lynch were handed copies of Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics From a Woman at the Top and told to follow its advice

Popular New Zealand books will be produced and reprinted in Australia.

Children in early-childhood education, ages 3 to 5, are to be given ID numbers.

Elena Stejko is an actor, tutor and director.

Lexicographer Dianne Bardsley tells David Larsen about her love affair with words.

Funny, bossy 23-year-old crime writer and engineer has firm ideas on how he wants to be portrayed.

JK Rowling spoke yesterday of her anger after discovering that a lawyer at a firm that represents her had leaked the fact she had published a detective thriller under a false name.

A British law firm has admitted that one of its partners inadvertently leaked that J.K. Rowling had authored a mystery novel, The Cuckoo's Calling.

Hollywood mothers who seem to juggle stellar careers with kids, husbands and travel - all while looking fabulous - pose a threat to women's mental health.

Actress Alyssa Milano was inspired by Twitter to write a book.

Bras made of dead hedgehog skins, human hair, old telephones and a typewriter are just some of the kooky creations compiled in a new book.