ReadingRoom literary editor Steve Braunias selects the 10 most beautiful illustrated coffee table books of the year.

National Library Services to Schools staff are pleased to share our annual selection of some of the best children’s and young ...

One of the best novels of 2024; only The Royal Free by Carl Shuker, Kataraina by Becky Manawatu and Delirious by Damien ...

Tairāwhiti Multicultural Society's book Diverse Tairāwhiti will be released as part of Diwali celebrations next month.

The Diwali festival in Gisborne next month will feature free food and a range of performances from local and visiting artists ...

I’ve enjoyed several recent books, including Dava Sobel’s fresh retelling of Marie Curie’s story – and my pick ... illuminating history of the Australian Women’s Weekly’s food pages A Matter of Taste ...

Hard not to read that without the image of the insult-spewing orange oaf coming to mind. December is always a patchy, quiet ...

Diwali Festival of Light. A free community event with food stalls, live entertainment and a bouncy castle. 4pm-6.30pm.

From politics to entertainment & books, points worth noting from our most recent stories.

Stewart told a different story. “When I was sent off to Alderson Prison, she stopped talking to me,” Stewart said. On the Oct ...

Nic Lim fell in love with Japan when he was a teacher there, and liked it so much he wrote a book about it.

One hundred and fifty years ago Able Seaman Thomas Lewis became the hero of one of the most grisly shipwrecks in British ...