The Herald on Sunday is out at last, so let’s check out the Books section in its arts magazine View.

There are three pages of books. One page is devoted to reviews and bestseller lists, a second to a profile of Line of Beauty author Adam Hollinghurst, and a third carries an article about a Robbie Williams biography.

The articles on Williams and Hollinghurst are high quality, but unfortunately reprints. The Williams story ran in the Daily Telegraph on September 19, and the Hollinghurst piece ran in the Observer on April 11, nearly five months ago.

Reprinting overseas articles is nothing new for newspapers in a small market, but it’s a little disappointing to find that two thirds of the entire HoS Books section is reprinted.

The original material consists of four short reviews; three are of Random House books.

The fourth book is Robert Dessaix's Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev, reviewed by Tara Werner. Just over a month ago, James Ley of The Age described it as 'a readable and stimulating book'. And funnily enough, Ms Werner comes to exactly the same conclusion.

But enough of the cynicism. One of the four reviews is of a local book - Healthy Kids, Happy Kids: Better Health For Larger Kids In New Zealand. And for that, we should be grateful.