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

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.

It's a book lover's heaven - more than 80,000 books collected throughout the year are on sale at the Variety Monster Book Fair at Alexandra Park.

Kiwi crime fiction is top class, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

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.

A fiery episode in our recent history is plumbed for drama, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.

An author of a popular Maori children's book series cannot enter a national library award because she is Pakeha.

When did the amusement park coming-of-age story become a thing? Did I miss the memo?

This well-told story won the American National Book Award last year.

Ray Richards was a modest man who made a significant impact on New Zealand publishing.

Linda Herrick talks to an Australian who has made French food his passion.

Jimmy Nelson's Before They Pass Away is a tribute to vibrant tribal cultures around the world, including New Zealand's Maori population.

A young student who was a finalist in last year's inter-school writing competition has gone a step further this year, winning the top prize.

Carl Hiaasen needn’t look far for a story on which to base a novel. It’s all right outside his door in Miami, he tells Stephen Jewell.

Rudy’s 43rd year is not a good one. He’s on bad terms with his wife and daughters; his parents (living or dead); his assertive younger fellow-architects. He’s falling off the booze wagon and he’s just fallen off his Vespa.

Having never before met a polluter of the moral innocence of youth, I have no idea whether the author Ted Dawe is an unusually engaging example of one.