A collection of paintings that have caused art aficionados to turn a deep shade of purple are to go on show.

Another bloodsucking saga.

Gretchen La Roche and Andrew Uren fashioned a graceful weave, in scurrying toccata at times and elsewhere exploring the beat of blurred dissonance.

Natasha Solomons skilfully weaves refugee tales into a novel about adjusting to life in a new land.

A tragic Romeo and Juliet-ish love story unfolds against the backdrop of a prosperous feudal family.

Ashley Brown and pianist Michael Houstoun have few equals as a team.

For a woman knocking on 70, King lights up damn bright and her voice was denser and richer than its younger counterpart.

Bassoonist Ben Hoadley is a man with a mission - to explore and add to the catalogue of woodwind music written by New Zealand composers.

A book about Samoan tattooing - tatau - records a story that has been 30 years in the making.

The auction of 'the most elegant piece of furniture ever seen in Auckland' is a unique event.

Isobel Dryburgh on the clothes that get her creative juices flowing.

Dionne Christian meets a theatre group with a conscience and discusses the risks facing the new generations.

Textile designer Ingrid Anderson has come a long way from screen-printing her own teatowels to save money.

Dylan Horrocks, author of newly published graphic novel Hicksville, said he grew up in two places: In New Zealand and in comics.

Mitch Albom has realised people are hungry for stories that touch them deeply.

Artist Don Binney has been attracted to the Waitakere coast since childhood. He tells Alan Perrott how the diverse landscape can mean so much to so many

Artist Don Binney has been attracted to the Waitakere coast since childhood.