We're a nation of dog-lovers - and a new book pays tribute to the canines who are our loyal companions.

Even razor-sharp detectives grow old and slow down.

Embracing literature and inspiring kids across Auckland and Northland, the Storylines family days are coming to town.

Fish ladders are structures that Britons began building in the 19th century when they started damming and blocking waterways.

There are too many Michael Moorcocks. I don't mean the books - although there are a bewildering number of those, there could never be too many for his admirers.

In this final volume of Graeme Lay's fictional trilogy on the life of James Cook, we confront a very different man to the legend or, for that matter, the first two books in the series.

How do you spell these bears' name? The answer could hold the key to a vast conspiracy, theorises a tinfoil hat-wearing Karl Puschmann.

Yachting commentator Peter 'PJ' Montgomery's memories of what started his long-running feud with Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton have been challenged.

A sexually explicit book that has been restricted to people aged 14 and over has been cleared for unrestricted release after an unusual appeal by librarians.

No. That was quite a chastening experience and I feel very betrayed by Rolf Harris.

Always creative, it took a while for Man Booker nominee Anna Smaill to find the perfect medium for her message.

Auckland Grammar School's first cookbook, A Taste of Grammar, is being launched at the school's main hall on Sunday afternoon.

Like every other book of Stephenson's, this one uses formal language to position itself a small, strategic distance from its readers, like a speaker standing behind a lectern.

A grinding, persuasive power binds this collection of short fiction and essays, many of which have been published elsewhere in the past two or three years.

It begins near the end of the 20th century. The Big One has finally hit; on a strangely warm July afternoon, the Wellington Fault tears asunder, and New Zealand's capital is wrecked.

"I'm writing a book on caring for people with Parkinson's. I hope I can finish it because I'm now facing the really heavy stuff. You don't die from Parkinson's, you die with it."

In an age of low-cost carriers, DVT and crappy movies on crappy little screens, we often lose sight of the old-fashioned wonder of flight, writes Winston Aldworth.

British novelist William Boyd's latest book, Sweet Caress, tells the story of a young female photographer. It is published at the end of the August.

South African scientists have discovered that 400-year-old tobacco pipes excavated from the garden of William Shakespeare contained cannabis, suggesting the playwright might have written some of his....

In Benjamin Markovits' vivid new novel, the city becomes a symptom of America gone wrong. He tells Mick Brown about losing out and fitting in.

When he founded Te Araroa - the national walkway - Geoff Chapple encouraged us to go out and see the extraordinary beauty of this land of the long white cloud.

Kim Kardashian may be the second-most followed celebrity on Instagram, but that doesn't mean people want to pay for her selfies in book form.

Amongst the dozens of teams Marvel has put out over the decades, there are plenty that don't have any cinematic selling power. In honour of the latest team to hit the big screen, here are four not-so-fantastic teams.

Bianca Zander is a lecturer in creative writing at AUT and recently published her second novel, The Predictions. She talks about leaving her journalism career to write fiction.

The future of the country's premier book honours - the New Zealand Book Awards - is now secured, thanks to sponsorship from an Auckland property development company.