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Auckland Writers Festival special: Duncan Sarkies writes about democracy ... and alpacas
We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.
Auckland Writers Festival special: Family secrets unveiled in Amma
We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.
Auckland Writers Festival special: The debut novel from Auckland lawyer about secrets and betrayal
Read an exclusive extract of Rachel Paris' debut novel, See How They Fall.
Auckland Writers Festival special: Dominic Hoey recalls 1985's biggest events
We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.
Auckland Writers Festival special: Jude Dobson's true story of intrigue and espionage
We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.
'Calamity': New book lays bare 'cover-up' of a steeply declining Joe Biden
'Original Sin' presents evidence that Biden’s cognitive decline began way back in 2015.
‘We need more writers who can just remember’, says Ockham-winning wahine professor
Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku won the General Non-Fiction Award for her memoir Hine Toa.
Auckland Writers Festival special: Uncovering a life at the end of the world
We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.
Ockham Book Awards: All the winners from local literature's biggest night
Wellington author takes fiction's richest prize for a second time.
Watch live: The 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
The biggest night on New Zealand’s literary calendar is here.
Simon Wilson: Shaun Hendy's warning on the Covid lessons we're still to learn
OPINION: A new book by the Covid modeller is a compulsive read with provocative ideas.
Auckland Writers Festival special: Jacqueline Bublitz’s latest blockbuster
We're celebrating this year's festival with extracts from some authors on the programme.
Author Rachel Paris on ‘massive’ writing failure before hit debut novel
Success of See How They Fall follows the 'devastation' of a failed writing project.
Author Trent Dalton on coming back to NZ and the power of optimism
Dalton said his talk in Auckland last year was the most powerful event he's ever done.
Why embracing mortality and our limitations may help us succeed
Author Oliver Burkeman wants people to look at a different kind of self-help.
The man who made a nation cry: One Day’s David Nicholls heads to NZ
'To sit by myself in a pub a long way from home and read a book, that’s a kind of bliss.'
Why hunger for the Hunger Games is stronger than ever
The latest book in the series is the fastest-selling YA book of the year.
AI book thieves rewrite Holocaust survivor's memoir for profit
Renee Salt's memoir was manipulated and sold on Amazon for $20.
‘State-house boy from Naenae’ to property magnate: Sir Bob Jones' colourful, controversial life
He didn’t suffer fools, loved boxing, smoked a pipe and liked to buy buildings on corners.
Sisterhood of Ill Repute: Amanda Knox on how meeting Monica Lewinsky helped her move on from shame
An exclusive extract from Knox's second memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning.
Decades after her death, Princess Diana is still larger than life
The Princess of Wales remains a cultural force 25 years after her death.
'A fresh adventure': New Gruffalo book to hit stands for first time in two decades
The book is set for a 2026 release.
'Raw and unfiltered:' Jenny-May Clarkson's emotional life story
TVNZ's Jenny-May Clarkson admits to suffering from self-doubt in her book Full Circle.
'Each one had their own story': Author explores WWII experiences
'Don’t know what you don’t know until you go digging': Dannevirke man's historic journey.
'I want their story known': Author on a mission to tell story of NZ Land Girls
Lynda Taylor's book details the story of land girls and depicts life in World War II
10 rules for a long and happy life (from a joyful 85-year-old)
New York Times: These tips apply at any age, writes Roger Rosenblatt.
Meet the women suspected of murder in Agatha Christie's most famous whodunnit
Behind the scenes at one of the fastest-selling theatre shows in Auckland's history.