I am fascinated by Captain James Cook , and the footprints he's left on New Zealand history. Cook was the first European to widely ex...

I realise that there is an awful lot of things that Peter , age 8, may never really grow up with that his dad, 40, took for granted. The no...

In the last few years, several of my personal pantheon of favorite authors have died -- notably John Updike and Kurt Vonnegut, both of who...

So Thursday night finally marked the official launch of my father-in-law Sir Peter Siddell 's massive coffee table art book of his life...

Some books you try several times to read before you crack their code. I remember picking up a paperback of William S. Burroughs ' ...

The gory end! We hit the finale of my look at Stephen King 's written legacy -- over 50 books, kazillions of words and a lot of inventiv...

One of my favorite discoveries of 2009 was the venerable Sherlock Holmes . Oh sure, I knew who Holmes was, how can you not? But while I...

So, here are a handful of my favorite books of 2009 -- a couple of which might've snuck out a bit earlier than this year but which are...

As I just cracked open the 14,000-page monolith that is Stephen King's latest, "Under The Dome," I thought I'd get back t...

So for about five minutes there, it seemed David Bowie was going to be playing New Zealand and Australia's Big Day Out festival next ye...

...As I continue strolling my way through re-examining my near-complete collection of Stephen King tales, I'm entering the period of Ki...

Whenever I'm asked about my favorite writers, the answers are different depending on what day it is. But there are constants, and usuall...

Harlan Ellison is a loudmouthed, righteous man. This few who know of him will argue. But he's also a fiery, wonderful writer, one of th...

I am a rather huge bibliophile, with an ever-growing cascade of books filling the house. Periodically I clear some out only to have others f...

Pass the cheesecake -- I just recently found out about this grand online documentary by Joe York on Oxford, Mississippi's late great Ho...

John Updike is dead , and I think today the title of America's greatest living writer is vacant. I first discovered Updike right around...