One critic dubbed it "Bend it Like Beckham in a burka." A feel-good read that carries with it romance, humour and suspense, with a sinister twist.

Adults of all ages will love this comic cleverness, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

When we last saw Thomas Cromwell, in the Booker prize-winning Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel's unlikely hero was at the height of his powers.

New research suggests by losing yourself in a book you could temporarily change your own behaviour and thoughts to channel the characters.

Fifty Shades of Grey has become the fastest selling paperback since records began, beating Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code.

Today's romantic comedies and louche celebrities set a poor example for the modern woman. So should we take lessons from a literary great instead? Emily Jupp tries Jane Austen's morals and values for size.

Novelist examines marriage in a social media age, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

For those of us afflicted, read-walking can be almost a compulsion.

As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers

In New Zealand exists a dozen or so successful authors who've bypassed our tiny local publishing market and headed straight out into the world.

Parallel plots warm Nicky Pellegrino's heart and capture her sympathy.

Margaret Rhodes, a self-confessed "publishing sensation", takes the cake for what must be one of the worst book covers ever

Shelley Harris' remarkably assured debut novel is rooted in the Silver Jubilee celebrations of June 1977.

Robert Hardman has had access to "every level" of the Royal Household, he trumpets in the introduction to this exhaustive study of HRH.