A poignant blog shows just what an impact fear can have on women’s lives and dreams. Anna Maxted — no stranger to crippling anxiety — is prompted to ask ... What are we all so afraid of?

In the world that Paul Cleave creates, Christchurch is a violent and seedy city, inhabited by kidnappers, jaded ex-cops, and twisted serial killers.

People who read a lot of novels develop certain discriminations.

Stuart MacBride brings back his leading man in his latest thriller, writes Stephen Jewell.

Unless you're a gazillionaire signed up for one of those trips into space, your next holiday is somewhere inside these pages.

Previously unpublished family photographs of the Queen as a young girl are to be seen by the public for the first time.

A controversial children's novel is being reviewed by the Office of Film and Literature Classification.

Massive forces bent faults below the Canterbury Plains, jolting a sleeping city awake at 4.35am. The other world - that occupied by animals - got an almighty fright too.

A new poetry prize has been launched to honour Auckland poet Sarah Broom who passed away in April at the age of 41, just before her collection Gleam was published.

A comedy set in North Korea? Now there's an oxymoron for you.

Crime writer Denise Mina tells Doug Johnstone why she sees herself as a political writer

Dionne Christian finds the Storylines Festival is perfect to encourage kids' love of reading and writing.

It's the shoes at the foot of Bishop Brian Tamaki's impressive all-black ensemble that catch the eye as his delegation sweeps up the library stairs at Massey University's North Shore campus.