Images of the writer and aviation pioneer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - probably taken just before his death - have surfaced in France.

This book does contain all the practical information you'd need to walk the tracks but really it's more a source of inspiration

It's hard to pin down Jane Smiley's style as each new book is so different from the last.

Plenty of buzz in the publishing world surrounds this sprawling, post-apocalyptic novel that's being heralded as one of the year's big releases.

The good news for Stieg Larsson addicts: two unpublished manuscripts have been unearthed in his native Sweden.

A vivid portrait of a time and a place, I can see exactly why UK author Amanda Craig's sixth novel was longlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize.

Whitcoulls has entered the e-book fray with a new reader, as Amazon continues to ignore New Zealand with its popular Kindle.

I thought the first of these books put out under the auspices of the AA, 101 Must-Dos for Kiwis, was great.

Florence and her younger brother Giles live in a largely abandoned homestead in 1891 New England.

There's something buttoned up and restrained about Charlotte Grimshaw's writing, something as middle class as the characters whose stories she tells and, I imagine, as the people who tend to read them.

Angels and the supernatural aside, Singh's books are each a unique emotional journey.

Marmon was one of many Europeans who jumped ship to live with Maori in the early days of contact.

Expat chef Robert Oliver is on a mission to promote real Pacific food, writes Peter Calder.

Dalrymple, a towering figure who spoke with the brio of a great orator, used imagery of paintings and photos to reinforce his compelling tale of the last Mughal.

The complicated and sensitive world of artists is explored in Sarah Thornton's new book. She talks to Stephen Jewell.

This memoir by New Zealand children's author William Taylor is, I am delighted to report, an endearing collection of his experiences.