Book News

29 Jul 2010
The following books will feature on 'Saturday Morning' with Kim Hill, 'the Arts on Sunday' with Lynn Freeman, and 'Nine to Noon' with Kathryn Ryan, on Radio NZ...
29 Jul 2010
Next week on 'Good Morning' on TV One (2-6 August):Good Morning chats to one of New Zealand’s top Plastic and Reconstructive surgeons Tristan de Chalain about his new crime novel, Wolf’s Paw.Wolf's...
29 Jul 2010
The Bestseller Charts represent the bestselling books in New Zealand for the week up to the date given. The Bestseller Charts are compiled by Nielsen BookScan...
29 Jul 2010
Apple has been accused of censoring the iPad book chart after four pornographic titles mysteriously disappeared from the bestseller list.
29 Jul 2010
Benny's Books in New Plymouth are making the most of Maori Language Week this week:
28 Jul 2010
Sonnets, rhyming couplets, haiku and ballads aren’t standard fare inside most prisons. But in the prison libraries of Christchurch Men’s, Christchurch Women’s and Rolleston Prisons, National Poetry...
28 Jul 2010
The judges for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction have announced the longlist for the prize, the leading literary award in the English speaking world.A total of 138 books, 14 of which were called...
28 Jul 2010
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Releases U-Ventures™ iPhone App Inspired by the Original Book Series, Choose Your Own Adventure
28 Jul 2010
Daniel Craig has signed on for the English-language remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
27 Jul 2010
Friday is National Poetry Day but poets up and down the country like to make a week of it – Tuesday Poem is no exception.  The usual Tuesday Poem is up today and on Friday the blog will host...