It took months to figure out why books were disappearing and reappearing in odd places.

A choir signals the start of the Tauranga Arts Festival. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Auckland artist Jeremy Kyle says Jonah Lomu painting is his best work yet.

Monet's garden at Giverny has remained unaltered for decades.

Greg Fleming on the new Colin Harrison, Paul Cleave, Lynda La Plante and Tess Gerritsen

The Play That Goes Wrong does - nearly - everything right, writes Roger Hall.

Ten minute portrait artists wow crowds in central Auckland.

Find out what designer Emma Kaniuk is up to on her weekends.

Former ballerina Adriana Harper finds love and new career in a world of magic.

Interactive Hamlet video game stage show comes to Auckland for school holidays.

Old sketch sitting in a private collection for 150 years reveals more about the Mona Lisa.

The Kiwi songstress has won her second Silver Scroll for hit song Green Light.

The Pop-up Globe will be back in Auckland this summer.

From 1000 authors in more than 800 events, four Kiwi authors took flight in Edinburgh.

Now winning rave reviews in Melbourne, Pop-up Globe announces its third Auckland season.

A New Zealand classic gets a sequel which shows it still resonates, writes David Hill.

Siobhan Harvey rounds up the latest poetry books released in New Zealand.

Janet McAllister visits Tupu Youth and Manukau libraries on her library quest in Auckland

The collection includes works by Dick Frizzell and Gottfried Lindauer.

Professional embroiderer Jo Dixey shares the books that inspire her.

The sculpture was parked outside Nick Smith's campaign caravan in Nelson today.

Reading The Unquiet Time good way to start thinking on NZ's big issues, writes Jim Eagles.

NZ harpist Carolyn Mills' new CD forges French-Kiwi connections, writes William Dart.

Devonport Library should be a major tourist attraction, writes Janet McAllister.

Lynda La Plante talks to Greg Fleming about her latest prequel, and has news for NZ fans.

Jim Eagles and Mark Fryer round up the best of recently released non fiction books.

James Robins talks to author who writes with first-hand knowledge of Colombian civil war.

Kiwi playwright Albert Belz shares his love of comic books and graphic novels.

A well-known artist says one of his charges was a case of "Medieval sex" role playing.

The Royal NZ Ballet and Auckland Art Gallery join forces for a unique collaboration.