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Bomber Command vets open up for book

Novel chameleon

It's hard to pin down Jane Smiley's style as each new book is so different from the last.

Book review: <i>The Passage</i>, by Justin Cronin

Plenty of buzz in the publishing world surrounds this sprawling, post-apocalyptic novel that's being heralded as one of the year's big releases.

Review: <i>Stepping Out</i> at SkyCity Theatre

<i>Review:</i> NZTrio at the Auckland Museum

Review: <i>The House of Bernarda Alba</i> at TAPAC

Carving path for Maori theatre's rising stars

The Maori New Year festival Matariki gets bigger every year. This year Taonga Whakaari: The Inaugural Maori Playwrights Festival has been added to the calendar of events in Auckland and Papakura.

Public access to unearthed Larsson stories in doubt

The good news for Stieg Larsson addicts: two unpublished manuscripts have been unearthed in his native Sweden.

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Sydney Opera House to get $186m upgrade

Keeping women's issues real

Review: <i>Marriage of Figaro</i> at the Aotea Centre

NBR New Zealand Opera's <i>The Marriage of Figaro</i> is as engrossing a night of theatre as one could wish for.

Active - and loving it

<i>TJ McNamara:</i>Impressive array of talent laid bare

A mother of a year

Michele Hine is revelling in a trio of rich maternal roles _ from <i>Go Girls'</i> downtrodden parent, to fading theatrical star, to hell-bent control freak in the Auckland production of <i>The House Of Bernada Alba</i>.

Tributes flood in for pioneering actress

Dame Pat Evison, a much-loved stalwart of New Zealand radio, television and theatre who died at the weekend, will long be remembered for her colourful contribution, colleagues say.