Literature

Sex is expected to be on the minds of many visitors to the Dunedin Public Library next month, when international author Pamela Stephenson-Connolly talks about her latest book, Sex Life.

The launch of a children's book on the history of the gold rush in Lawrence has been well received by the community.

A private funeral has been held for iconic New Zealand-born author Ruth Park.  Her literary agent, Tim Curnow, who attended the private family service this morning, told AAP Ms Park died on Tuesday at the age of 93.

A collection of about 1000 books from the "golden era" of science-fiction writing has been donated to the University of Otago.

Have vandals been attacking some of England's oldest books?

Literary interpretations of the theme "earth and water" have been "amazing" and the calibre of original fiction writing has been excellent, the organiser of the inaugural Queenstown Creative Writing Group short story writing competition says.

Can video games have a Western canon?

They say every artist gives something of themselves to one of their creations, but Peter King has a different connection with his latest work.