Each summer, we commission nine of Aotearoa’s finest writers to tell us a short tale. This year’s theme is distraction. Ma ...

A new collection of short stories seeks to capture the thematic breadth of diverse geographies and social and emotional ...

It's been a notable year for filmmaker and writer Gutierrez 'Teng' Mangansakan II, his two books published in 2025 gained ...

DAVID Walliams has been axed from a children’s book event in Scotland following claims of inappropriate behaviour. It comes ...

Viewers say the abridged cut — roughly 22 minutes shorter than the original 130-minute film — removes the iconic ...

A BIZARRE situation is emerging in Pakistani Urdu literature. On one hand, booksellers usually bemoan that reading habits ...

These films from Iran, Spain, France, Germany and New Zealand all focus on women and girls who are hiding a part of ...

A new collection of poems by Iris Murdoch, Poems From An Attic, has also been published after those clearing her attic found ...

A snapshot selection of some of the best African and black diaspora writing from 2025 – and some to look out for next year ...

Nashik: Gramarang is a very meaningful collection of short stories, through which the author has showcased the diverse colours of rural life. All the stories in Gramarang are excellent and should be ...

A novel set aboard a space station and a collection of short fiction set in south India’s Muslim neighbourhoods both make you think deeply about the world and its complexities ...

Juhea Kim offers a resonant, sometimes hopeful, addition to the field of climate fiction in short stories that take place from Seoul to California ...