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Get Back: A long trip worth the time

The Beatles documentary Get Back is worth the trip back in time writes Diana Wichtel

Design for Living: When a building changes a city

The Bilbao effect has its critics, but would it work in Auckland?

Restaurant review: Can Ponsonby whitebait woo a West Coaster?

A little whitebait goes a long way at The Blue Breeze Inn.

Wheeling and dealing in real life inspires TV's Succession

Succession's big business deals have nothing on real life corporate chicanery

Laura Dern: 'My 50s? It's just a really alive time'

"I feel so lucky to have sisters because I didn't have siblings."

Aotea Great Barrier Island: Off-grid living with Tim Higham and family

"The wonder of this world enables all artifice to collapse."

Richard Shaw and a legacy of lament

His new book, The Forgotten Coast, wrestles with family, community and loss.

Al Jean on Alf, Carson and 30 years with The Simpsons

"It's hard not to take the criticism personally."

Twelve environmental sculptures encircle the Earth

A global land art project a quarter of a century in the making

She won one of NZ's biggest writing prizes. And that's when the questions started

The rights and wrongs about writing about another country - even if you are an expat.

Representation for children in literature is everything: Ataria Sharman

Diversity in children's books is vital, writes Ataria Sharman

Diana Wichtel: a Bridge to nowhere with Ryan on The AM Show

Auckland enters Red on December 3, Ryan. Red. All going well.

The best cookbooks of 2021

2021 - a year of great cookbooks

Brilliant books to give this Christmas

Give the gift of exquisite reading this festive season.

Top books of 2021: Twenty books we can't stop thinking about

A round up of Canvas reviewers' picks of 2021

Fiona McIntosh: what makes a great holiday read

Why we search for pure escapism in our holiday reading

Paul Rudd: Sexy genius or just a really nice guy or both? Both

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch The Shrink Next Door.

I tried to get my kids to read more. Here's what happened

Greg Bruce tries to encourage his kids to read more, with mixed results.