Writers Festival: Unexpected paths
Writers Festival: Unexpected paths

The big issue with writers' festivals is that you can't be at three or four events at once. So the rich array of offerings…

My happy place: Graham Beattie, blogger
My happy place: Graham Beattie, blogger

I am fortunate enough to spend more time in my happy place than anywhere else. My happy place is my office/library. It's…

Listen to the silence
Listen to the silence

New Zealand’s Poet Laureate, Ian Wedde, has written two of my all-time favourite poetry collections: The Commonplace Odes…

Writers Festival: Giant books bring the past to life
Writers Festival: Giant books bring the past to life

Rutherfurd, whose new tome is called Paris , had an extra hour added to yesterday's Writers & Readers schedule after selling…

Auckland Writers & Readers Festival

Writers Festival: Revealed - a name of shame
Writers Festival: Revealed - a name of shame

The city of Auckland was named after "a dud ex-colonial mediocrity who stuffed up on a quite spectacular…

Young writers get advice from the best

Budding writers will hear some sound advice from the professionals this week. The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival begins…

Writers Festival: Food for thought

Graham Reid talks to Australian writer Wayne Macauley about food porn and creativity.

Writers Festival: A sanctuary of magic

Carlos Ruiz Zafon tells Stephen Jewell why he likes visiting bookstores and supermarkets.

Writers Festival: For whom the bell tolls
Writers Festival: For whom the bell tolls

She’s best-known for her detective novels but British author Kate Atkinson’s latest work is a change…

10 Favourite Things: The page turner

Lover of literature Anne O'Brien tells tales of books, bags and Boris the bear.

Book lover: Edward Rutherfurd

The book I love the most is ... The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, the greatest family saga of them all, written…

Writers Festival: A brief history of seven centuries

The master of historical sagas, Edward Rutherfurd, talks to David Larsen about the symmetry of his writing.

Writers Festival: A terrific determination

Stephen Jewell talks to esteemed British author Max Hastings about battles won and lost.

Writers Festival: What to look out for
Writers Festival: What to look out for

Free events There are more free events than ever at this year's Auckland Writers & Readers Festival…

Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Archives

Books

Festival a tale of diverse interests
Festival a tale of diverse interests

My favourite session at last weekend's Auckland Writers & Readers Festival involved tales of kidnapping, ship-burning, widow…

Rare Superman comic found in house insulation
Book Review: Belomor
Book Review: Blood & Beauty
Book Review: Who We Were
More Books

Arts & Literature

T.J. McNamara: Food for thought
T.J. McNamara: Food for thought

One way to link with the Triennial and its theme of If You Were to Live Here is to visit Artspace, which has been reconfigured…

A cry for protection
T.J. McNamara: Birth of a nation
Making his own language
The best and brightest
More Arts & Literature

Arts

Book examines the human form
Book examines the human form

Known for his evocative and nostalgic portrayal of everyday life, photographer Derek Henderson's third book examines the…

Review: The Illusionists
Asian artists draw on heritage
Twelve Questions: Miss NZ
Frizzell: $100,000 kicked for touch
More Arts

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