The script book for the stage production 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child', which has received rave reviews, has surpassed order expectations

A Time To Die (Hachette) Tom Wood $34.99 Englishman Wood says he got into the book business "to pen thrillers with the boring bits

Topping the list of favourite Kiwi reads this year was the hard-hitting romantic novel turned controversial film Me Before You.

From sipping champagne to studying the solar system - it's been a busy year for Gilda Kirkpatrick.

Gustav Perle, son of a dead policeman and a bitter mother whom he loves despite her disaffection for him, is merely 5 as this story

Often the books we read cover the same subjects.

A different side of Patricia Highsmith comes to life in a new book, writes Stephen Jewell.

Schwartz had much to celebrate.

The world of author and illustrator Dr Seuss is one in which nothing and everything makes sense.

Written six years ago, the Israeli writer's novel is a disquieting mix of apocalyptic and quotidian, incongruous career jealousies in a time of national blood-letting.

Karl du Fresne's new book takes readers on a sonic journey around the United States.

The comic universe's original Superman, killed off by DC Comics a few years ago, is zooming back to life. But now he has a son ... and is faced with a pretender claiming to be Clark Kent.

Hussein's novella is being translated for a December release, the style of which is described as a mix of Thrones and House of Cards.

Artist Bob Kerr illustrated the seminal Kiwi comic Terry Teo which was made into a popular 1980s TV series.

This is The Taming of the Shrew retold for more modern times.

Danyl, the protagonist, is back after a six-month absence caused by a misunderstanding with the justice system.

Justin Cronin's readers can't easily put him down, writes Dionne Christian.

After decades of estrangement from her father, Susan Faludi received an email: he was now a woman. Could they rebuild their relationship?

Helen Brown enjoys Sylvia Patterson's memoir, I'm Not With the Band.

The Flintstones are back but they look totally different and they're also kind of anti-Flintstones.

We now know what the houses are, who they're for, and how you get in - plus the history of how the US school got started.

Dr Seuss wrote a book for adults about a man in a bowtie who is wheeled through a hospital

COMMENT: We've just passed a milestone with 12 million books given out on our Books in Homes literacy programme.

An official Unesco City of Literature, Melbourne is also home to 'The Best Bookshop in the World'. In the run-up to its Writers' Festival in August, Dani Wright seeks out the city's best bookish spots.

The 1970s love affair between Meryl Streep and John Cazale saw them both on new acting paths but their journey together ended in tragedy.

Julian Fellowes mines the past but is not constrained by it, writes Stephen Jewell.

Karl Stead is like a grand old sideboard in the dining room of New Zealand literature.

Novels about painters and paintings have been in vogue recently.

Jennifer Dann meets an author whose book is inspired by violence but defined by humanity.