LifestyleBook Review: AnticipationThe materially successful but spiritually bereft Janine Harding finds herself, in her early 40s, living in a “do-up” on an island in the Hauraki Gulf, where time on her hands sets her to thinking about her family history.15 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Astronaut Wives ClubStories told of the mostly unknown women behind US astronauts.15 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: His Own Steam: The Work of Barry BrickellIn this book full of striking images, it's the first that seems to best capture the essence of potter Barry Brickell - a 1971 portrait of the artist bent double to work inside a huge ceramic jar, his trunk vanishing ostrich-like into its clay mouth.14 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of CakeAn older woman's wisdom is an asset we can all bank, writes Nicky Pellegrino.08 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: House Of EarthWoodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie wrote many of his most enduring folk songs after trekking through America's dust-bowl during the years of the Depression and dispossession.07 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Five DaysIt was only in retrospect that I truly got the point of Douglas Kennedy’s latest novel.01 Jun 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Lost, Stolen Or ShreddedThe universal appeal of the "What If" speculation underpins this fascinating collection of artistic losses ranging from historic thefts to works that never actually realised.31 May 06:00 PM
SportCricket: Martin Crowe's latest memoir spares nobody - including himselfMartin Crowe has called John Parker's document on the "Taylor Affair" ill-advised in a new book.31 May 05:30 PM
LifestyleBook Review: AmericanahPartly autobiographical novel is a potential winner of awards, predicts Nicky Pellegrino.25 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleTime-travelling kill spreeStephen Jewell meets the award-winning South African author of a thrilling tale of murder ... and baseball.25 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Blood & BeautySarah Dunant's trio of novels set in Renaissance Italy cemented her reputation as one of the great writers of historical fiction.24 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: BelomorMost of Nicolas Rothwell's books and journalism offer lyrical, subjective evocations of northern Australia and its indigenous people.24 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Who We WereThe first book by Australian author Lucy Neave, <i>Who We Were</i> is a very restrained sort of thriller.24 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Levels Of LifeSome natures are drawn to hazard: to explore the familiar from a vertiginously different perspective.18 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Golden BoyAbigail Tarttelin has written a dramatic and emotionally authentic story. An unusual sexual secret gives this novel raw power, writes Nicky Pellegrino.18 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleListen to the silenceNew Zealand’s Poet Laureate, Ian Wedde, has written two of my all-time favourite poetry collections: <i>The Commonplace Odes</i> and <i>Three Regrets And A Hymn To Beauty</i>.17 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Two Girls In A BoatWellingtonian Emma Martin won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize with the title story of this first collection.17 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: AmericanahOne of the more startling observations in a book filled with acute and startling observations is that Africans only really come to consider they are “black” when they go to the United States.17 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Writing ClassNicky Pellegrino is captivated by a 'how-to' with a plot.11 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: BangsSteven Eldred-Grigg is a well-known and respected popular historian and novelist. <i>Bangs</i> is the fourth book in a series of novels that began with the much loved Oracles and Miracles, published in 1987.10 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Maya's NotebookNicky Pellegrino delves into a harrowing tale of survival that's also a story about love.04 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Secret Life Of James CookA few years ago I visited the charming English port town of Whitby and was intrigued to discover its crucial role in the lives of two very different men whose names continue to echo down the centuries: Count Dracula and Captain James Cook.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: She RisesFor those readers eagerly anticipating the next effort from Sarah Waters, the queen of historical revisionism, look no further than Kate Worsley's debut novel.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Writing ClassPeople write - or want to write - for many reasons. For some, it is a compulsion, an itch that must be scratched. For others, it has more to do with the narcissistic conviction that the world wants to know what they're thinking and feeling.03 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Ashenden“Houses have their own ways of dying,” wrote E.M. Forster, “some with a tragic roar, some quietly.” Ashenden Park, the honey-stoned Palladian villa at the heart of Elizabeth Wilhide’s debut novel.26 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: In The Memorial RoomA previously unpublished novel by Janet Frame, <i>In the Memorial Room</i> was written in 1974 and comes out of her experience as a Katherine Mansfield Fellow in Menton, France.26 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: The Golem And The DjinniNicky Pellegrino praises the author's skilful blend of human characters with the folklore of two cultures.20 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook Review: Fixed in memoryAs the number of living New Zealanders who have actually fought in a war declines, attendance at Anzac Day ceremonies continues to rise and ever more books about military history are published. Jim Eagles looks at the latest offerings.19 Apr 06:00 PM
