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

Johno Ryan is doomed, it seems. He's barely out of short pants when his father and his grandfather sit him down and explain that their family are criminals: that's what they do.

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

A family’s story can be far more tumultuous than any blockbuster, as Linda Herrick discovers in a conversation with author Lloyd Jones.

People who read a lot of novels develop certain discriminations.

Church historian and author Peter Lineham is joining us at midday for a chat on his new book Destiny: The Life and Times of a Self-Made Apostle.

Rugby superstar Jonah Lomu has criticised his former manager Phil Kingsley Jones in a new book.

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.

Why do we collect things and devote so much time, and in some cases money, to surrounding ourselves with common or unusual objects?

Well-pitched tale took 15 years to tell, writes Nicky Pellegrino.