Anne Kennedy is an award-winning poet who has also developed a solid reputation writing novels and screenplays.

It seems strange, in the age of information overload, that we should still be swamped by the fear of the unknown.

A celebrated children's author-turned-publisher has left the country, with a trail of unpaid debts and angry authors in her wake.

A random act of kindness brought 92-year-old fire victim Pearl Sanger close to tears after she received a signed novel from writer Lee Child, not yet released in NZ.

Spirituality and government surveillance are hot topics on Whitcoulls' new Top 100 book list.

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.

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.

Bras made of dead hedgehog skins, human hair, old telephones and a typewriter are just some of the kooky creations compiled in a new book.

In the mid-1990s, a string of publishers turned down a manuscript by an author called Joanne Rowling about a boy wizard.

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