EntertainmentImaginative rationalistBooker Prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan tells Boyd Tonkin how a trip to the Arctic helped inspire his new satirical novel about science, scientists and climate change29 Mar 03:00 PM
EntertainmentRisky businessDrawing on your own experiences for a novel can be a perilous affair, finds Nicky Pellegrino.28 Mar 03:00 PM
New ZealandWriter: I was raped at knifepointAuthor and columnist Nicky Pellegrino has gone public on how she was raped at knifepoint as a young woman - and her attacker was never found.28 Mar 03:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Review:</i> APO at Auckland Town HallThe revivification of the Auckland Town Hall organ has certainly captured the imagination of the city.28 Mar 03:00 PM
EntertainmentCK Stead wins inaugural <i>Sunday Times</i> short story awardThe NZ author's story <i>Last Season's Man</i>, beat more than 1150 entries from published authors around the world.27 Mar 12:08 AM
LifestyleHow the Last Supper became a banquet over 1000 yearsPortion sizes in depictions of the most famous meal in history - the Last Supper - have ballooned over the past millennium, a study shows.25 Mar 02:30 AM
EntertainmentHeights of bad attitudeAnita Shreve is fascinated with relationships. And this story, which explores a new marriage set against the backdrop of Africa, puts yet another relationship under the microscope.24 Mar 03:00 PM
EntertainmentA modern predicamentOver the years - and rather unkindly, in my opinion - Joanna Trollope's books have tended to be relegated to the category of "Aga saga".24 Mar 03:00 PM
EntertainmentDelving into heritage makes a harrowing readStephen Jewell talks to author Andrea Levy about slavery, story-telling and holidays on the North Shore.23 Mar 03:00 PM
LifestyleThe enrich listForget the mundane, give your life meaning ... become enthused and inspired. We meet people who have followed their hearts, and share simple ways to fuel your fire for life.23 Mar 03:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Review:</i> The Official Opening of the New Organ at Auckland Town HallThere was no mistaking a historic occasion when Aucklanders packed the Town Hall to sample its newly restored organ. 22 Mar 03:00 PM
Entertainment<i>Preview:</i> Auckland Town Hall Organ Official Opening ConcertAll will be revealed at a grand concert, featuring John Wells, three choirs and an orchestra.20 Mar 03:00 PM
EntertainmentNZ Arts Festival: <i>Frisky and Mannish</i> reviewFrisky and Mannish are musically adroit, vocally gifted and brilliant mimics teaching Pop Philosophy 101 at fast forward and delivered on high rotate.18 Mar 09:13 PM
EntertainmentBloomsbury Set archive releasedFree-thinking and gifted intellectuals, or a bunch of dissolute subversives "who lived in squares but loved in triangles"?18 Mar 08:43 PM
Entertainment<i>Review:</i> Royal NZ Ballet's <i>From Here to There</i>The Royal New Zealand Ballet's triple bill seasons are always an opportunity for dancers and audiences to explore new territory.18 Mar 03:00 PM
EntertainmentLiterature within the reach of allPenguin revives some popular New Zealand titles to allow a new generation to discover some gems.17 Mar 03:00 PM
New ZealandAfter the Beehive, some cake designing perhaps?He probably should not give up his day job, but Prime Minister John Key has won some encouragement from experts for his artistic endeavour.16 Mar 03:00 PM
New ZealandGoldie paintings 'recession proof', says galleryA portrait by renowned NZ artist Charles Frederick Goldie is expected to sell for close to $250,000 when it goes up for auction in Auckland.16 Mar 05:12 AM
