It’s all go at this family-friendly cafe full of soul.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Colour Purple, Alice Walker, talks to Margie Thomson about the state of American politics, poetry — the lifeblood of rebellion and the richness of a life connected with nature.

I feel pretty confident that this first book by Seattle-based Kim Fu will be the only novel you read this year with an Oriental-Canadian trans-sexual protagonist.

Our stereotyped image of the Italian restaurant is bustle, informality, cheerful clamour and theatrical accents.

Sharp tailoring, mixed with boyish insouciance, maketh the man.

They’re the kids born totally wired, the first generation who will spend their whole lives in a world where the planet’s accumulated wisdom is available instantly at the touch of a finger. And the first of them have just left school.

What’s your lucky number? Alex Bellos conducted an online survey and discovered a hot favourite: people find the number 7 clever, cheery and divine.

Author Shonagh Koea tells Rebecca Barry Hill why she doesn’t stick to the rules.

Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, now based in Miami, is fascinated by Americans’ eating habits, he tells Stephen Jewell.

"Donny Mac was released at Easter time, about a month before Pansy Holloway, also known as Nightshade, disappeared for good."

We'd been meaning to try Cazador on Dominion Rd ever since we'd heard that this was one of Auckland's iconic family restaurants. It

British authors Nicci Gerrard and Sean French tell Stephen Jewell why their book collaboration works so well.

I do not read a lot of noir crime fiction which, on the face of it, means I should not be writing this review — well, on the face the book presents after a few dozen pages, anyway.

Bedford Soda & Liquor felt great from the start. Our friends were grinning like soon-to-be-satisfied cats, cocktails in hand, at a table overlooking Richmond Rd.

Suzanne McFadden uncovers the top 10 interior design trends for 2014.

You’ve heard of craft beer but craft soda is the drink everyone with a conscience is sipping these days, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.

Pastels for autumn? Who would have thought? Sombre tones beware, it’s time to lighten up.

Alan Perrott meets two Auckland women with the knack for finding a new life for unwanted objects.

State houses seem to be everywhere and it's true - they are spread throughout the country, from Kaitaia to Bluff.

Stephen Jewell talks to ‘Swedish Agatha Christie’ Camilla Lackberg about her close friendship with her characters, fact being darker than fiction and the myths surrounding her country.

The charming title of this book is a quotation from The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe.