EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Dominic HoeyTourettes, real name Dominic Hoey, is a local poet, rapper and spoken word performer. He talks drugs, politics, Grey Lynn and more with Jennifer Dann.15 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandJournalist who took down a tabloidJournalist Nick Davies pulled at a thread and everything unravelled, exposing the British tabloid phone-hacking scandal. Next month he is in NZ for the Auckland Writers Festival.03 Apr 04:00 PM
New ZealandMichele Hewitson interview: Anne O'BrienThe Auckland Writers Festival announced this year's line-up of authors last week. Michele Hewitson talks to the festival's director, Anne O'Brien.27 Mar 04:00 PM
LifestyleActor-writers to headline festivalTwo British actors who have forged successful parallel writing careers will headline the Auckland Writers Festival in May.17 Mar 04:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Festival full of praise for women writersThree important writers, all women over 65, were given separate standing ovations yesterday at the Auckland Writers Festival.18 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleAussies discuss their backyardThree Australians – cartoonist Michael Leunig, writer John Marsden and artist Rod Moss – chewed over the question of whether their homeland is “The Lucky Country”.17 May 11:33 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Packed session for McCall SmithWhat a treat to see Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith in his packed-out Saturday session.17 May 11:22 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Explorer seeks excitementPerky Cambridge-based explorer and historian Huw Lewis-Jones blew some much-needed levity into the day.17 May 09:00 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Small details reveal bigger picture for Dutch historianDutch historian Frank Dikotter, based in Hong Kong, has spent year immersed in the horrors to be found within China’s open archives.17 May 08:43 PM
EntertainmentAudience left star-struckEleanor Catton correctly picked John Campbell's star sign backstage before stepping out in front of a record-breaking crowd last night at the Auckland Writers Festival.17 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandWriters Festival: Shocked visitor offers city tipsWhen one of the audience asked British architecture critic Jonathan Glancey what he thought of Auckland's Unitary Plan, he pointed to the example of Barcelona.17 May 03:34 AM
New Zealand'It's pretty scandalous'The Government is "extremely aware'' of the full extent of drone attacks by the United States, it has been claimed.16 May 11:54 PM
LifestyleThinking outside the bookDanielle Wright talks to the talented folk behind the brand new Family Day at the Auckland Writers Festival.16 May 11:18 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Book clubFive of our most acclaimed writers tell us about the books that changed their lives.16 May 10:00 PM
New ZealandWriters festival: What Irvine Welsh's mother thinks of his latest novelIf writers are rock stars, "this man beside me is Johnny Rotten", said Noelle McCarthy by way of sassy introduction of Irvine Welsh last night at the Auckland Writers Festival.16 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleThrill for Kiwi writerWriter Elizabeth Knox was yesterday awarded a $100,000 grant to write a memoir based on her experiences of violent death and illness in her family - a timely note to kick off the Auckland Writers Festival.15 May 05:00 PM
LifestyleBroadcaster boxing well above her weightWriter Sandi Toksvig says that full-body exercise has helped to turn her life around.14 May 05:00 PM
TravelMy holidays: Inua EllamsThe poet, playwright and performer shares his travel memories.13 May 04:15 PM
LifestyleThe paradoxes of scienceIn a Canvas exclusive, Eleanor Catton talks to Professor Jim Al-Khalili about physics, life, the universe and everything.09 May 09:00 PM
LifestyleAlice Walker: Nature is her templeThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Colour Purple, Alice Walker, talks to Margie Thomson about the state of American politics, poetry — the lifeblood of rebellion and the richness of a life connected with nature.09 May 07:00 PM
LifestyleShonagh Koea: Her dark materialsAuthor Shonagh Koea tells Rebecca Barry Hill why she doesn’t stick to the rules.02 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Heartland"Donny Mac was released at Easter time, about a month before Pansy Holloway, also known as Nightshade, disappeared for good."02 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleIrvine Welsh: Food for thoughtScottish writer Irvine Welsh, now based in Miami, is fascinated by Americans’ eating habits, he tells Stephen Jewell.02 May 06:00 PM
LifestyleInvestigative journalist who shoots at Obama's schoolyard sniperThe sniper is on a roof-top opposite a playground. He has a child in his cross-hairs.26 Apr 12:36 AM
LifestyleWriter's Festival: To-do listBooks editor Linda Herrick lets you in on her picks of this year's Writer's Festival lineup.21 Apr 12:00 AM
LifestyleAlexander McCall Smith: The bright side of lifeScottish writer Alexander McCall Smith spent a year in Belfast in the middle of the Troubles. Amid the bombs and blasts, he discovered a great love, he tells Linda Herrick.18 Apr 06:00 PM
LifestyleCamilla Lackberg: Crime is on her sideStephen Jewell talks to ‘Swedish Agatha Christie’ Camilla Lackberg about her close friendship with her characters, fact being darker than fiction and the myths surrounding her country.11 Apr 06:00 PM
Lifestyle12 Questions: Nicky PellegrinoNicky Pellegrino is a novelist and former magazine editor who moved to New Zealand for love.31 Mar 03:15 PM
LifestyleWriters Festival: Where the duck goes, he goesDavid Larsen discovers the intriguing backstory behind cartoonist Michael Leunig’s whimsical birds29 Mar 05:00 PM
LifestyleLegends of literature in line-upLinda Herrick surveys the wealth of names coming to Auckland’s Writers Festival in May.21 Mar 06:00 PM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Sam NeillDid you always think the name Nigel was a bit of a liability?27 May 05:30 PM
