In this, the sixth in Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles, the master story teller continues the saga of the triumphs and tribulations of the Clifton and Barrington families.

A new book argues the view that World War I is a pointless conflict fails to consider myriad positive experiences that continue to shape our lives today.

Ian McGuire's story of brutality, greed and whaling - set aboard a boat off the coast of Greenland - is worth seeking out, especially for those of you who are not squeamish.

Former resistance activist and rape survivor Carmen Aguirre these days channels her revolutionary impulses into theatre and writing, says Dionne Christian.

Ghislaine Kenyon tells Craig Sisterson about why she felt compelled to write a book about Sir Quentin Blake, the most renowned illustrator of our time.

"Nothing moves forward in a story except through conflict," writes Robert McKee of Story Seminar fame.

Television comedian-cum-birdwatcher and writer Bill Oddie talks to Greg Bruce about his path through fame and depression.

Yes, Gwyneth Paltrow does eat carbs! An exclusive extract from her new book, It's All Easy.

A spokesman for GCHQ said: "We do not comment on our defence against the dark arts."

A pristine copy of Hawaiian Surfboard is part of the Rare Books collection up for grabs.

Paul Theroux is one of the great travel writers because he makes you eager to visit where he writes about, even when he sharply gets what's wrong with it.

Dozens of authors will visit for the Auckland Writers Festival but what's it like to be a visiting author far from home?

It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part when the whale and the captain do battle, but it took 165 years for scientists it prove it's actually possible.

A visiting British reading advocate says reading can help fight poverty.

Sir Ian McKellen returned a £1 million memoir advance because he found writing it "painful".

Local writer Ben Sanders tells Greg Fleming about transposing his previously Auckland-based crimes Stateside and finding his storylines while daydreaming.

Greg Fleming reviews the latest batch of crime fiction

A complaint about the reading of a novel written by a beloved Kiwi children's author has been upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority.

Our new literary heroines are dark, twisted - and a little closer to home. Kim Knight talks domestic noir with Paula Hawkins, ahead of the British author's Auckland visit.

A book about New Zealand got Toby Little started on a mammoth letter-writing project. Joe Shute meets him.

Booker and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and standout New Zealand writers are lined up for the Auckland Writers Festival.

JK Rowling has earned a further NZ$11.2 billion from the Harry Potter brand since completing the young adult book series.

Art Green talks about his new book Eat Clean, Live Lean, wanting children with his girlfriend Matilda and the second season of The Bachelor.

COMMENT: Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published in 2007 and the second of the two-part movie adaptation of JK Rowling's final Harry Potter novels was released in 2011, the author and her creation have been in a kind of limbo.