German author Johanna Adorjan tells Cathrin Schaer about researching her grandparents’ life and death.

TJ McNamara's picks of the week from the Auckland galleries.

In one of the most exciting pairings since Hudson met Hall, broadcaster Jeremy Wells is going on a European tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Bonobos. They share 98.7 per cent of our DNA. They're slimmer and lankier than chimpanzees. They can be taught to use sign language. They're vocal, sociable, and "extremely amorous". They even (ahem) use the missionary position.

In her latest novel, Fay Weldon has channelled her childhood experiences in New Zealand and some mischievous Maori ghosts. She spoke to Stephen Jewell.

Poetry usually arrives in the form of the traditional "slim volume" - elegant packages of 40-80 pages, like smoked salmon slices. By contrast, 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry, all 624 pages of it, landed on my desk with a thump.

Paula Green tells Linda Herrick about a cancer diagnosis which led to a renaissance of writing.

Celebration of hat draws thousands to the Red Centre, writes Pamela Wade.

Kelly Ana Morey cast her creative net wide for her new novel.

How chick-flick Eat, Pray, Love sold out to the forces of materialism. By Guy Adams.