John Key briefly considered walking away from the job about 18 months ago and his new biography reveals he sacked two Ministers for 'nothing in particular'.

It's said you should never judge a book by its cover, and Auckland author Vasanti Unka's The Boring Book proves this.

It was three months after the publication of Robert Galbraith's The Cuckoo's Calling, that J.K. Rowling was exposed as the true author of "his" crime debut, lauded by readers and critics alike.

Editorial: Book launches can be a trap for unwary authors. Eager to gain the maximum publicity for their work, they face an ever-present temptation to gild the lily.

A judge has ruled a book written by a Herald journalist about Kim Dotcom is not "news activity" - so it doesn't get special legal protections.

The "state of constant distraction" created by the internet, email and instant messaging is killing the traditional literary novel, a leading British author has claimed.

becoming an octogenarian has only ramped up Jane Goodall’s globe-trekking schedule, because there’s far too much to be done to pause for a breather.

Most of what you need to know about Stephen King you could learn from his sex scenes.

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

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

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.

Leslie "String" Garner's new occupation couldn't get much further from the battlefields of Vietnam and Borneo.

Sloth, torpor, idleness. Forget the negative connotations, for it turns out they might actuallybe good for us. Kate Bussmann managed to put down her iPad and allowed her mind to wander for the purposes of research.

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.

Una has lung cancer, and just days to live. "I have friends and family ... I have money.