Jonathan Franzen, the literary great who delivered award-winning novel The Corrections, reappears after nine years with a new taste of Freedom.

Welsh town Hay-on-Wye is the perfect spot for bookworms, finds Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere.

Just weeks after a prominent critic proclaimed American literary fiction dead, Time magazine featured a living author on its cover - for the first time in 10 years.

A sculpture walk is the perfect way to combine the enjoyment of art with the beauty of our landscape.

Inexperience hasn't stopped Alison Wong from winning literary gold, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

The rural town of Gore has turned itself into a creative hub, writes Anna Hart.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's operatic success was recognised tonight with the top Maori arts award.

Kapka Kassabova's new novel looks at the issue of trafficked animals in South America, a situation which is all too real.

Landscape photographer Alan Miller is in no rush to press the shutter.

Brace yourselves for US playwright Tracy Lett's August: Osage County, which won the Pulitzer Prize

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

Paula Green reviews three collections of New Zealand poetry.

If your job seems a bit humdrum, what should you do? If you're anything like these two Auckland creatives, you self-publish something that combines your passions for art and science.