A record-breaking estimated festival audience of 60,000 meant author-signing queues up to two hours long. Janet McAllister reports.

Bruce Jenner's ex-wife Linda Thompson is reportedly planning to share her side of the story.

Parisian feel-good tale amuses despite its implausible plot.

Karen Attwood meets first-time novelist Kate Hamer, whose 21st-century Little Red Riding Hood is tipped to be a best-seller.

Self-described "Scottish elf trapped in middle-aged man's body" among highlights from the first week of Auckland Writers Festival.

Veteran lawyer and human rights advocate isn't letting poor health stop his solo session today at the Auckland Writers Festival.

Alan Cumming says he has been surprised at a surge of support for his writing a personal memoir in which he detailed the vicious sadism of his father who died in 2010.

Author takes on internet bullies: "The internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly."

He’s the self-styled revolutionary who backed Ed Miliband at the Election and advocates the overthrow of "corporate tyranny".

Nigerian author Ben Okri uncovers the dark side of Arcadia in his latest novel. Stephen Jewell chats to the writer.

Success has given Tim Winton, one of Australia’s best-loved authors, the luxury of time to craft his books into their ideal form, writes David Larsen.

Over the course of her more than 20 years studying how people eat, Traci Mann has found that willpower doesn't work quite like we imagine it will.

86: Rifleman Clifford Nightingale was more familiar with the pen than the sword when he sailed with hundreds of reinforcements to join troops on the Western Front.

Auckland archaeologist and heritage expert Dave Veart tells the history of New Zealand through food and toys in his books.

One of the world's biggest selling authors is offering a cash lifeline to struggling New Zealand book stores to help get Kiwi kids reading.

Organisers fear for the future of some of the country's literary events as the commercial sponsorship dollar gets smaller for traditional books.

The owner of Auckland CBD’s last remaining independent book retailer is mourning Whitcoull’s down-sizing.

Whitcoulls is leaving its iconic Queen St shop so that Farmers can return to Auckland's CBD. Here is the latest selection of Your Views on the upcoming closure.

With the release date of the sequel to Fifty Shades Of Grey confirmed, fans have been given a sneak peek at what's in store in the next installment.

‘Intense’ aristocrat who was married to Jane Austen’s friend is the real-life character behind Pride and Prejudice hero, claims historian.

Kiwi author Nalini Singh has sold more than six million books in 20 languages, making the New York Times bestseller list 25 times. She talks to Jennifer Dann.

A debut novel has readers curious about how they’ll be remembered when they die.

From all the hoo-ha over The Interview - a lowbrow farce lampooning Kim Jong-un, which led to the extraordinary cyber-attack on Sony Pictures - you might derive the casual impression that North Korea's notoriously repressive ruling body is anti-cinema.

When a young lady approached me at a gallery opening and whispered in my ear, "I love reading your columns.

In a new book, American cultural critic Kate Bolick argues that spinsterhood is an enviable state. Laura Freeman reports.