BBusiness Read More Children’s book Play Wild recalled over unsafe edible flower adviceDecember 3, 2025 Bateman Books spokeswoman Lise Clayton said the author noticed the inaccuracy while working on a separate piece about…
NNew Zealand Read More Children’s book author Helme Heine dies in Russell aged 84November 22, 2025 He is best known for the characters Franz von Hahn, Johnny Mauser and the plump Waldemar, the trio…
EEntertainment Read More What Cookbook Author Gretchen Lowe Learned At A Spanish Cooking Retreat With Ottolenghi’s Former Head ChefNovember 12, 2025 Gretchen Lowe, the author of My Weekend Table, shares the tips and tricks she learned at a Spanish…
MMental health Read More Revelstoke mom among B.C. authors reflecting on postpartum depressionNovember 7, 2025 Six years after first putting her postpartum struggle into words, Revelstoke’s Hilary Thorpe hopes her essay in a…
NNew Zealand Read More Fake Hachette offer: US author warned after bogus NZ book deal exposedNovember 3, 2025 There was more: “To further support the launch and regional engagement of your work, Hachette will fully sponsor…
AArts and design Read More Artist Sues Photographer Over Iconic Portrait of Queen ElizabethOctober 27, 2025 The late queen with Prince Philip in 2017. Photographer Chris Levine, who captured an iconic holographic portrait of…
NNew Zealand Read More Jacinda: The Untold Stories; author David Cohen opens up on unauthorised Ardern biography and what he discoveredOctober 24, 2025 An audio recording of the discussion, which featured several other panellists, reveals that at one stage Cohen began…
BBooks Read More What bans? ‘Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition’ due in 2026October 24, 2025 A new expanded edition of Maia Kobabe’s award-winning graphic memoir “Gender Queer” will be released next year. Oni…
HHeadlines Read More Author Rachel Weston finds joy and biodiversity in chaos gardeningOctober 19, 2025 While writing it, she realised she wasn’t a superwoman who could maintain a picture-perfect garden, manage a busy…
BBooks Read More Hispanic bookstores and authors push for representation in publishingOctober 16, 2025 Authors, readers and publishing industry experts lament the underrepresentation of Hispanic stories in the mainstream world of books,…
BBooks Read More Greil Marcus on ‘Mystery Train’s’ 50th anniversaryOctober 11, 2025 When it was first published in 1975, “Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” was…
EEntertainment Read More Chelsea Winter launches new cookbook Nourish inspired by family lifeOctober 11, 2025 And now, much to Chelsea’s joy, her mum Annemieke is moving from the Waikato to be close by,…