And where to get them.

No overdue fees had been incurred because she got the book out as a child. As an adult, at today's rates, the woman would have racked up a fine of $24,604.

When a journalist - and tech industry skeptic - went to work for a start up.

COMMENT: Four hundred years after the writer's death it's time to acknowledge Shakespeare has less to offer the modern world.

Male friendships have always fascinated American author Hanya Yanagihara.

Former soldier Glyn Harper, now Professor of War Studies at Massey University, has written numerous history books and children's books.

Prolific American writer Jane Smiley has been described as 'the best living American novelist'. She talks to Greg Bruce about Donald Trump, perfectionism and her mid-life crisis.

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.

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.

Alan Bollard has written two books about Bill Phillips, a visionary New Zealander who changed the world of economics.

Author JK Rowling has revealed who her favourite Harry Potter character is.

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.

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.

The Harry Potter author has told how publishers suggested she could benefit from a writing course when she approached them under pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

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.