A notebook belonging to Sir Edmund Hillary will be auctioned off after it was discovered in a box of old books donated by the late mountaineer's caretaker.

A poll shows that UK citizens overwhelmingly side with Rowling over Morgan

The celebrated author has had to make the strange request after an unfortunate tweet.

A raunchy novel for teenagers that was banned in New Zealand has won a rare "perfect 10" rating from an American young adult fiction website.

A new book explores the Treaty of Waitangi - at the coalface and where we are headed.

JK Rowling has been sending off sassy comebacks on Twitter like she's firing off spells

Film-maker seeking funding to film controversial tale.

Former President Barack Obama could rake in more than $26 million in advance for his post-presidential memoir.

Think colouring-in is still trendy? Prepare to think again.

The second novel from Mindy Mejia has already gotten attention from TV networks

He may seem like something out of a comic book, but Trump has found some help from Marvel.

A charity comic starring Batman and other DC heroes is raising funds for victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

There are certain practices that separate the financially successful from the rest of us mere mortals. And one daily habit shared

Does the country have designs it can point to and say 'oh, that's so New Zealand' and claim it for our own?

A family photograph taken before a Christmas Day massacre holds a telling clue of why the slaughter took place.

Design writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins has been a Herald, Listener and Home magazine contributor and hosted The Big Art Trip on television.

Not even 24 hours after Kiwis unwrapped their annual Christmas haul, almost 8,000 unwanted prezzies are being hawked off online.

The travel writer Colin Thubron tells John Preston what drives him to the world's most remote outposts.

If you're looking for a gift to keep a sport-lover absorbed over the festive season, Andrew Alderson has had his reading light on to sift out a few gems.

In 1970s' New Zealand, real men played rugby, not rock, writes musician Nick Bollinger.

Greg Fleming reviews Ben Sanders' second American-based novel Marshall's Law

Weekend's pick for 2016's NZ book of the year.

Anthony Horowitz has penned his first original novel for adults in more than a decade.

Our picks of 2016's best illustrated non-fiction books.

A Roald Dahl classic comes to the Auckland stage.

Dionne Christian reviews the latest kids' chapter books and points out some of 2016's best.

Catherine Smith savours some of 2016's best food books.

Annabel Gooder reviews the latest sci-fi and fantasy books and points out some of the year's best reads.

An initiative keeping children learning over the six weeks of summer break is attracting more interest than ever.

Jim Eagles and Mark Fryer pick 2016's best non-fiction books.