EntertainmentBook reviews: Crime fictionGreg Fleming reviews the latest crop of crime fiction and points out some of the year's best reads.06 Dec 01:56 AM
New ZealandBook Review: Hidden Bodies - Caroline KepnesJoe Goldberg's your average, cantankerous New York rare books seller. He's also an accomplished serial killer. When we meet him 21 Nov 09:20 PM
LifestyleDeath by marriage: From loving husband to wife-killerAfter nearly 50 years together, a husband is jailed for life for the strangulation of his wife. Greg Bruce discovers how an ordinary relationship went so horribly wrong.13 Nov 01:45 AM
New ZealandCeramic artist moulds his own careerCeramic artist John Parker's stunning book encompasses 50 years of his work.11 Nov 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Reviews: Crime fictionReviews of crime-fiction by Michael Connelly, Ian Austin, Sam Carmody and Laura Lippman09 Nov 10:00 PM
New ZealandBook review: Bright, Precious Days by Jay McInerneyAuthor Jay McInerney's old-fashioned belief that Love and Art can defy both time and money is to be applauded.28 Oct 04:00 PM
EntertainmentBook Review: History meets crime in Red HerringRED HERRING by Jonothan Cullinane (HarperCollins, $37) Auckland 1951: trams run along Queen St, women aren't allowed in the RSC11 Oct 02:57 AM
EntertainmentReviews: Crime FictionGreg Fleming rounds up the latest in crime fiction.13 Sep 02:51 AM
EntertainmentThe hard questions for British authorBritish writer Cath Weeks talks to Jennifer Dann about life on the brink.04 Sep 01:16 AM
EntertainmentBook review: A mantra for fabulous fictionSince winning the 2003 Man Booker Prize, DBC Pierre has often been forced to come clean about past difficulties, such as his shady 04 Sep 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook review: Rich account of raw historyWiremu Heke, known as Billhook, leaves his Otago home in 1825 with regret in his heart and vengeance in mind.04 Sep 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook review: Of labour and loveIan McEwan's narrators have often been edgy, fractured, disturbed or disturbing, but none has come near the voice that drives his latest novel.04 Sep 01:15 AM
EntertainmentBook review: Epic Bike Rides of the WorldMountain bike enthusiast Russell Baillie reviews the dangerous new tome from Lonely Planet.29 Aug 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReview: J.K. Rowling, none of this makes any senseCOMMENT: I've loved the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling for over 10 years, but now, for the first time, I feel disappointed with her - and it hurts.06 Aug 02:19 AM
EntertainmentBook review: The Salted AirA person could so easily be attracted to this book by its cover. But no, we mustn't judge.30 Jul 05:23 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Chris Gayle's biography Six MachineWhen Chris Gayle foolishly sleazed on cricket journalist Mel McLaughlin, he became Australia's public enemy one.30 Jul 05:19 PM
EntertainmentBook review: When spores go badJoe Hill's latest work has post-apocalyptic optimism, writes Stephen Jewell.30 Jul 05:00 PM
EntertainmentReviews: Crime fiction round-upA Time To Die (Hachette) Tom Wood $34.99 Englishman Wood says he got into the book business "to pen thrillers with the boring bits 25 Jul 02:57 AM
EntertainmentBook review: A right kind of lifeGustav Perle, son of a dead policeman and a bitter mother whom he loves despite her disaffection for him, is merely 5 as this story 23 Jul 05:18 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Work Like Any OtherOften the books we read cover the same subjects.23 Jul 05:16 PM
EntertainmentTrees bring writer southAnnie Proulx's new epic story stretches far and wide and south, writes Dionne Christian.15 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Good PeopleWritten six years ago, the Israeli writer's novel is a disquieting mix of apocalyptic and quotidian, incongruous career jealousies in a time of national blood-letting.15 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: My Last ContinentThis hot love story from an American author, set on a freezing continent, has touches of New Zealand occasionally. The setting is 15 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: City of MirrorsJustin Cronin's readers can't easily put him down, writes Dionne Christian.08 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Vinegar GirlThis is The Taming of the Shrew retold for more modern times.08 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: Mysterious Mysteries of the Aro ValleyDanyl, the protagonist, is back after a six-month absence caused by a misunderstanding with the justice system.08 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentA thriller juicy with secretsOn a chilly, rainy day, it's tempting to escape to the baking heat of Australia.02 Jul 12:04 AM
EntertainmentA Kiwi's walk backwards in Mao's footstepsIt sounds almost too extraordinary to be true: a Kiwi advertising executive makes a pilgrimage across the byways of China, where tourists are rarely seen, and tracks down a long lost son of Mao Tse Tung.01 Jul 06:00 PM
EntertainmentFlash win for Kiwi storytellerChristchurch-based writer Heather McQuillan is the winner of this year's National Flash Fiction Day competition.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentCKS share platesKarl Stead is like a grand old sideboard in the dining room of New Zealand literature.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Last Painting of Sara de VosNovels about painters and paintings have been in vogue recently.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentNovel digs into dark world of home invasionsJennifer Dann meets an author whose book is inspired by violence but defined by humanity.24 Jun 06:00 PM
EntertainmentBook review: The Blackbird Sings At DuskElizabeth is a husk of a woman. She feels nothing. Why she continues to live baffles her.17 Jun 05:00 PM
