This is a fascinating eye-opener to the history of a country, which this book made me realise I knew very little about.

Owen Marshall is one of New Zealand's leading fiction writers. His latest novel is The Larnachs (Vintage, $39.99).

The publication of The Waste Land app marks the end of the beginning.

In an exclusive interview, the book and stationery chain's new owners tell Karyn Scherer about their plans for one of the best-known names in NZ retailing.

The inquest into the deaths of the Kahui twins has heard evidence of an alleged confession from Macsyna King from a former partner. The twins died of head injuries at the Starship hospital in 2006.

Expat New Zealand director Andrew Niccol is working on a sci-fi film written by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.

The latest novel from one of Italy's most eminent writers follows a young journalist from Florence as she sets out into Eastern Europe in the mid-1950s.

Stephen Jewell talks to American author Charlaine Harris about why readers must not confuse her True Blood novels with the television series.

Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s memoir is searingly honest, and funny. By Nicky Pellegrino.

Janet Evanovich is the US author of the best-selling Stephanie Plum stories and has just released the latest in the series Smokin' Seventeen.

Philip French looks at a new biography of Robert Redford.

So many books, so little time. Selecting books for Fiction Addiction is a delicious but sometimes difficult task, so this month we sought help by asking you what makes a good book club read.

The Girl In The Polka-dot Dress could be described as a "road novel", since most of the action takes place on the freeways of America as Harold Grasse drives his newly bought, second-hand camper from Maryland to California in the 1960s.