The red and white wines that will give you the best bang for your buck have been revealed in the 22nd edition of a Kiwi vino guide.

Normally gloomy Sebastian Faulks is enjoying the abuse he’s had for daring to write a pastiche of his boyhood hero, P.G. Wodehouse. Sarah Rainey reports.

Man Booker prize-winner Eleanor Catton has criticised one of NZ's foremost literary figures on his comments on the Roast Busters scandal.

By November 18, 2010, there was just enough progress at Pike to reassure some workers that the operation could yet be a success, but not enough to ease the dark fears held by others.

It's been a week since a tweeted picture of Lorde and Eleanor Catton reading in bed together in New York became a world-wide hit.

The Pike River coal mine should have been shut down well before the devastating explosion, says the author of a new book on the tragedy.

New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has picked up another trophy for her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries.

Like one of Field Marshal Haig's family whiskies, Max Hastings is a dram that steadily improves with age.

It’s 30 years since one of our most famous children’s books was first published. Hairy Maclary has been read and loved by millions in its three decades.

What a character arc Jean Batten's life offers.

It's almost a tradition for birders to complain about their field guides: a particular variation of plumage.

It wasn't until after he had taken the photo for his new book featuring people from 35 tribes from the Siberian Arctic to New Zealand that British photographer Jimmy Nelson realised who Pita Sharples was.

From Earth's End tells the tumultuous story of the outrageous talents and idealistic publishers who created the Kiwi comic industry, writes Robert Smith.

As a new edition of the all-powerful Michelin Guide is published, Neil Tweedie delves into the secret world of the restaurant inspectors who wield the power to award or withdraw those coveted stars.

In all good bedtime tales, the deal is that the beautiful princess ends up with a handsome hero and they live happily ever after - right?

As we age from children into adults, the sheer power of our imagination ebbs away.

When Elizabeth Knox started writing her new novel, Wake, she wanted to take on the challenge of inspiring fear. But, she writes, that evolved into confronting the real-life things that terrified her.

New Zealand Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton will treat Kiwi bookworms to a reading and discussion of her winning work, The Luminaries.

At age 80, Willie Nelson is ready to say it all. Little, Brown and Company has announced that the country music superstar has a book deal with the publisher.

It's been 17 years since Bridget Jones's Diary first appeared, turning freelance journalist Helen Fielding into a best-selling author and screenwriter.