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Dunham sorry for 'predator' joke
Lena Dunham has apologised for joking about being a "sexual predator" in her memoir.
Grace Dent: There's a huge taboo over children's sexuality
The ‘incident’ with the Girls’ creator’s younger sister highlights our confusion over children’s sexuality, writes Grace Dent.
Gallery: Portraits From A Doctor's Surgery
For nearly two years Northland doctor Chris Reid photographed his patients. Greg Dixon talks to him on the eve of an Auckland exhibition of the result.
Win at rock, paper, scissors
Thought rock, paper, scissors was a game of chance? Think again, says William Poundstone.
Amy Poehler spills the beans in new memoir
Comedy queen Amy Poehler’s new memoir spills the beans on her divorce and her dalliance with cocaine. Now, the much-feted comedian is on a new mission — to get rid of the cult of cool and promote humour that’s for everyone, writes Hephzibah Anderson.
Books: Pulling the plug
Meetings with prize-winning authors form the basis for new satire, writes Stephen Jewell.
Portraits from a GP's surgery
Kerikeri GP Chris Reid photographed - with their permission - more than 400 of his patients at the end of their 15-minute consultation. The photos have just been published in a book called 'Patient: Portraits From A Doctor's Surgery' and will feature in an exhibition in Auckland in November. Check out some of the photos in our gallery.
Book extract: A walk on the wild side
A new book exploring New Zealand’s long history of bush walking is published this week. In this Exclusive extract, writers Shaun Barnett and Chris MacLean discuss the evolution of that mysterious New Zealand term for hiking: ‘tramping’.
Books: Elementary, my dear
Anthony Horowitz talks to Linda Herrick about shocking his readers with his new Sherlock, why he wrote with a fountain pen and how his difficult school years drove him to the world of books.
Why there's so much love for S.P.Q.R (+recipe)
S.P.Q.R, hallmark of Auckland dining and Ponsonby road staple for over twenty years, publishes the cookbook S.P.Q.R with the restaurant's recipes, photographs and, republished here, a tribute written by Simon Farrell-Green.
Travel book review: <I>View From The Road</I>
This journey along State Highway 1 show that the nation's backbone is a place of life as well as an inanimate stretch of bitumen, writes Alex Robertson.
Alan Duff: Our future lies in our past
What compelled a 20-year-old Irish youth last month to murder his two younger brothers after finding out he was adopted?
Hairy Maclary project nears final leg
The Hairy Maclary sculpture project planned for Tauranga's redeveloped waterfront is closing in on its fundraising target.
Al Brown: Biography of a restaurant
He used to be a fine dining chef in Wellington. Then he had an epiphany and moved to Auckland. Greg Dixon meets Al Brown, the man who learned to relax at dinner and made us do the same.
Books: Ian Wedde goes there and back again
Ian Wedde retraces his childhood steps from Blenheim to Pakistan, Bangladesh, England and Jordan, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.
Special bound copy of Luminaries on show
Book lovers will have a chance to see Eleanor Catton's specially bound copy of The Luminaries as part of Auckland Libraries' latest exhibition.
Booker Prize winner never even wanted to write the novel
Richard Flanagan won the Man Booker prize for a tale inspired by his father's experiences in a Japanese PoW camp. It was a novel he never wanted to write, he reveals to Arifa Akbar.