British writer Nicola Barker retreats into a self-indulgent solitude when she is working, she tells James Kidd.

Ned Beauman’s new novel, Glow, is being touted as an international conspiracy thriller for a new generation, writes Stephen Jewell.

Eric Hill, the children’s author behind the Spot the Dog series, has died at the age of 86 in his California home.

There is no race for US president this year or next but one woman will today take a very public step towards ensuring she'll be ready to jump in when the time comes.

Economist and author Sylvia Ann Hewlett offers her take on the intangibles of leadership.

In the latest clash between Amazon (the monopolist) and publishers Hachette (the cartel), neither side comes with clean hands or pure heart.

This latest novel by the prolific Richard Powers may be summarised very briefly.

Q&A with Sophia Amoruso, the CEO of online fashion site Nasty Gal and author of the new book #GIRLBOSS.

JK Rowling’s next novel includes a shady journalist and a not-so-subtle attack on phone-hacking.

A One Direction fan's erotic online fiction about her fantasy romance with singer Harry Styles has been commissioned into a series of novels by a major publisher.

Amazon.com defended its tough tactics in a contract dispute with the Hachette Book Group as some critics called for boycotts of the giant online retailer.

Amazon customers are able to easily buy prescription-only medicines through the website.

If anyone epitomised the Anzac Spirit at the Australia and New Zealand Literary Festival in London last weekend, it was Clive James.

Growing up on navy bases, Laini Taylor always wanted to write. She tells David Larsen about the blue-haired girl with an unusual collection who helped her realise her ambition.

Some people never write a book. Now Grumpy Cat has written two.

As storms of outrage go, it was mild. It barely caused a ripple.

Amazon and Hachette Book Group are widely believed to be bickering over e-book pricing and whether Amazon can get bigger discounts for Hachette books.

Michael Cunningham is a writer who mostly polarises readers. Those who love him really love him, for his articulation of the most subtle of human feeling and thought in exquisite language, while others find him laboured and pretentious.

Swiss writer Joel Dicker’s literary crime novel has taken Europe by storm. Now it’s out in English, and may be the creepiest, cleverest book you’ll read all year.

Vincent O’Sullivan, the New Zealand Poet Laureate, has written numerous collections of poetry, short stories, plays and critical works.

Graeme Lay's sequel to his best-selling novel, The Secret Life of James Cook, wisely follows the same approach as before.

New Zealand foodies have taken out culinary royalty like Jamie Oliver, Neil Perry and Oprah Winfrey's personal chef to win at the world's biggest cookbook awards.