L.S Hilton's new novel combines sex, murder, designer dresses and art forgeries.

Former Christchurch head boy whose school speech went viral talks about life after cancer.

Best-seller puts black girls on the cover, writes Susie Mesure.

Editor Greg Bruce tells us about American short story writer George Saunders.

High St will become a literary venue for a special night, writes Sarah Ell.

Why feminism is flawed (and why that's okay).

Author Lauren Child explains how writing Clarice Bean led to a teen detective series.

Weekend reviewers give their top picks for what to see at the Auckland Writers Festival.

The books which have inspired honoured New Zealand writer, Dame Fiona Kidman.

Students are preparing for Hawke's Bay's top literacy competition next Friday.

Janet McAllister, the woman who's reading her way around Auckland, heads west.

His latest fantasy novel now out, NZ author David Hair explains how to craft new worlds.

Greg Hall's novel tells of the darkest day in New Zealand military history.

Our favourite reads can make us more - or less - attractive to the opposite sex.

For Lebanese chef and food writer Marlene Matar, Aleppo is the source of a unique project.

NZ cosmologist Professor Richard Easther talks gravity with science writer Marcus Chown.

A popular local book sale opened this Easter weekend. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Lael Chisholm has designs on a future as an illustrator; now a major award ought to help.

Max Harris is young and wants to change the world so he's putting plans into action.

I'm reluctant to say what I really think of Tui Street Tales.

Astonishingly author Kevin Ireland's new book is his 23rd poetry collection.

The late James McNeish sets out the subject of his final book right from its opening line.

Books feature in most rooms, and I've just counted the bookcases.

This is the third book about (mis)adventures of two unlikely friends: a snake and a lizard

Rankin and Rebus: growing older together but still on the case, writes Greg Fleming.

Vietnam War is not past for author Viet Thanh Nguyen, writes Alexander Bisley.

Drysdale told kids in a special assembly "It's cool to read and cool to achieve."

If you picked up a book left behind in Auckland, chances are it came from Emma Watson.

Loss, pain and hope run through NZ writer Bonnie Etherington's first novel.

NZ elite soldiers killed six civilians during a 2010 Afghanistan raid, a new book claims.