This collection of essays came together by chance.

Didn't Sinclair plagiarise a kookaburra when she came up with the original tune plagiarised by Men At Work?

Giving up smoking is one of the easiest things a person can do.

Leaving for work, a buttoned-up English banker asks his housewife: "Is your lover coming today?"

Damien Wilkins' previous novel, The Fainter, was the work of a writer committed to refreshing the page not for the sake of revolution.

Auction houses say their expectations are being exceeded for artwork sale prices, including the record $149 million bid for Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme Qui Marche 1.

Pauly Fuemana's friends and family have farewelled the south Auckland musical legend who sang NZ's biggest global hit.

The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.

Celebrated author JD Salinger spoke to readers in his own special way.

An art student invited the to Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ripped a Picasso masterpiece after losing her balance and falling into the work of art.

Samoan writer Lani Wendt Young has been commissioned to take down the stories of hundreds of people affected by the Pacific tsunami.

The Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane has gradually expanded to include art from 25 countries, with New Zealand's contribution this year the most playful.