Reading to children impacts long term academic achievement more than many other activity.

When it comes to NZ crime fiction, Greg Fleming says the boys' club is long gone.

Siobhan Harvey reviews the latest New Zealand poetry books.

Street poet David Merritt's works may be the most performed of all on National Poetry Day.

David Hill recommends a short book which could change the way you look at your world.

Jimmy Fallon isn't the only celebrity to follow in Oprah Winfrey's footsteps.

Annabel Gooder rounds up the best in recent sci fi and fantasy book releases.

Based on the book 200 Women, this exhibition could truly change the way you see the world.

Author Bren MacDibble's had a tough few years, but now she's got two reasons to smile.

Look, feel and even smell of the books judged before NZ's best-looking books were named.

More than 25,000 New Zealand readers voted for their favourite books.

Auckland Libraries recently hit 5,000,000 electronic books hired.

The Going West Books and Writers Festival launches this week - here's what to expect.

Greg Fleming on the latest from Laura Lippman, Kent Anderson, Henry Porter and Tom Marcus

Otago professor Liam McIlvanney talks about giving a voice to crime victims.

The English Patient voted best Man Booker Prize winner.

Colonel says minister should be more careful about the publications he publicly backs.

On Christmas Eve, 3 astronauts became first humans to orbit the moon. Here's their story.

Stranger than fiction -- these quirky tales from Whanganui's bygone era are all true.

NZ On Screen's Zara Potts takes a look at some NZ's male literary heroes.

Te reo Māori taken to the page and the stage as language learning continues.

While you're getting into the groove you might also like some Māori literature.

Book-burning denied in closure of three specialised university libraries

Former All Black and Whanganui police officer Glen Osborne is booked for the next reading.

From Dr Seuss to Roald Dahl and everywhere in between.

Pip Desmond writes about the difficulties of caring for a mother with dementia in her book

Searching for Onehunga's Hard to Find Bookshop? Try the Catholic convent in Newton.

Turn up the volume (and put in the earplugs): we're taking a look back at NZ's punk scene.

How Bryony Gordon went from loathing her body to running marathons.

Chef and TV star Rick Stein talks with Sarah Daniell about his love of Mexico.