The Dictionary of Lost Words is one of those books that sat with me deeply. When I finished it I took a deep breath and just sat for a fe...

Airini Beautrais just won the Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. As such, there is an ever-growing list of reser...

Here's a selection of the books that sparked discussion at a recent meeting of Hastings Library Book Chat. You can find out more by clic...

 I may be in the minority but I REALLY love to wrap gifts up. I take pleasure in finding the right wrapping paper, matching the bow, finding...

You might remember Tana French as the author of the Dublin Murder Squad series. I first came across French with her dark and twisty psycholo...

Kikuko Tsumura’s novel (translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton) is a quiet yet engaging musing on the place of work in modern life. Th...

Chilean author Isabel Allende's latest book is a historical novel in one sense, but also a moving love story set in difficult political ...