Leading by example
Stephanie Johnsons novel about a creative writing class is itself a lesson in how its done.
View ArticleThe great game
The mistakes of the British in 19th-century Afghanistan leap from the pages of William Dalrymples book and foreshadow the errors of successive occupiers.
View ArticleCharting a fresh course
Louise O'Brien reviews Two Girls in a Boat, a collection of short stories by Emma Martin.
View ArticleBlind man’s garden – or a blind alley?
Nadeem Aslams novel about war-torn Afghanistan gets stranded in self-conscious exquisiteness.
View ArticleAnita Desai: Explaining India to herself
Novelist Anita Desai says she writes without any sense of an audience, but she is likely to find an enthusiastic one at this weeks Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.
View ArticleThe lifeguard’s training
As he releases his latest book, New Zealand Poet Laureate Ian Wedde looks forward to fresh challenges and back to shadows of his former selves.
View ArticleA bluffer’s guide to the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
Interviews, reviews, and everything you need to survive.
View ArticleIn the Mad House: Lunch with Max Hastings
I shouldnt say this about war but it was the most romantic experience of my life.
View ArticleFive questions for Masha Gessen
"The Russian government is completely incompetent and dysfunctional."
View ArticleNew Zealand Listener Gala Night: True Stories Told Live
Les-BEE-ans, rock pigs and a gentlemen's magazine as authors interpret An Open Book.
View ArticleFive questions for Sylvie Simmons
The rock writer on Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson and the joys of the ukulele.
View ArticleFive questions for Fleur Adcock
The poet on composing while walking, young fans and being older than Yeats.
View ArticlePankaj Mishra: nationalist fantasies and a moment of reckoning
Niall Ferguson's threats over a review might have made people question the imperial cheerleader line, says Indian author at writers festival.
View ArticleSylvie Simmons: Leonard Cohen Revealed
'Hes loved women horizontally, yes, but vertically and every other angle in between.'
View ArticleLife Goes On: Kate Atkinson
"I wouldnt eat any member of my family, but I would eat a stranger."
View ArticleFive questions for Ramona Koval
'The secret of a good interview is preparation, preparation, preparation.'
View ArticleAleks Krotoski: What the Internet is Doing to You
'Kids know online creepiness when they see it.'
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