Whenever I'm faced with a tidal wave of books, I am overwhelmed by what I call "reading procrastination".

In the glory days of the space race, arguably the real stars were holding the fort back home.

There is something far more thrilling about anti-heroes than your cliche noble heroes.

Today our junior critics tell us what's on offer in the category non-fiction

Publishing company HarperCollins is closing its NZ distribution network, moving supply to Australia.

Ringo Starr is turning an old Beatles favourite into a children's book.

He got hate mail from the Nazi high command, went on a strange double-date and his creator had a kinky secret.

Author Iain Banks' death over the weekend is truly a sad and terrible loss. Not least because he was only 59.

Scottish novelist Iain Banks has died from cancer just days before the release of his 27th novel.

A New Zealand author has been awarded a fellowship of $100,000 to write about her experiences of the Christchurch earthquakes.

Welcome to the world of fanfiction writers, where fans love a creative work so much they just want more of it.

If the 20s is the decade of experimentation, then the 30s is the decade of discovery.

Jennifer Hussey tells us about her 2-year-old daughter Vienna's favourite book.

How do the shows match up to the books - and vice versa?

Cash, 4, tells us what's so great about his favourite picture book for our kid reviewers competition.

We have enlisted our junior reviewers to tell us what they thought about this year's nominees for the Children's Book awards.

Re-reading a good book is like reconnecting with a friend that you've lost touch with.

We're looking for junior reviewers and offering an amazing prize pack to one lucky winner.

"A true milf is confident, sexy, and radiates natural femininity." There are so many things wrong with this.

Hamilton-based Arthur Tompkins found a passage of his writing in Dan Brown's latest bestseller.