The famous 1987 image of Michael Jones is being immortalised in bronze by the daughter of the photographer who captured the original.

Established names have lost out to new blood in some categories at the first ever New Zealand Scriptwriters Awards.

Scriptwriters from television, film and theatre will be honoured this Wednesday at the New Zealand Scriptwriters Awards.

A new book paying homage to five decades of live music in New Zealand is proof, says one contributor, Herald entertainment editor Russell Baillie, that every generation has gigs to remember.

Lloyd Jones' new novel will unavoidably face the towering legacy of Mister Pip: international acclaim, a Man Booker short-list placing, awards, local admiration, sales and a degree of controversy.

I suppose expecting a writer to match the impact of The Reader, Bernhard Schlink's extraordinary novel of a few years ago, is asking too much of him.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is putting her Goldie painting 'Forty Winks' up for auction. A record-breaking sale price of $500,000 is anticipated.

For those readers who do not regularly encounter the New Yorker, Guardian, Financial Times, and others it may come as a surprise to find historian Simon Schama finds time away from writing best-selling books.

When Frank Sargeson was 78 years old, not long before he died, I interviewed him for a half-hour television documentary.