Arnold Schwarzenegger says his estranged wife hasn't read his tell-all memoir which details an affair with their housekeeper.

British historian and writer Lisa Hilton delves into the complicated love life of writer Nancy Mitford. Linda Herrick reports.

Fifty years ago, few people worried about pollution, deforestation or whaling. Then a remarkable book came along. Michael McCarthy looks back to the woman and the book credited with inspiring the environmental movement.

Whitcoull's Kids' Top 50 book list is out - and NZ's favourite children's book is a dark thriller in which children fight to the death for the amusement of a TV audience.

Chick lit darling's new novel tackles depression, says Nicky Pellegrino.

Saul Steinberg's cartoons for the New Yorker are the subject of a special exhibit at Artspace.

Stephen Jewell talks to Scottish writer Louise Welsh about the importance of place and season.

Sudden death of larger-than-life artist shocks his family and the New Zealand art world.

Engaging but puzzling drama explores morality and the consequences as opposites attract.

On a rare fine night, Danielle Wright visits an open-air pop-up drawing club in the middle of town.

Three fabulous places for painters to set up their easels. New Zealand is bursting with beautiful vistas and these three are regularly immortalised on canvas.

Greg Dixon reflects on the colourful characters he has encountered and the changes he has witnessed during his 20-year evolution from boy reporter to Canvas deputy editor.

British writer Ian McEwan tells Boyd Tonkin why all novels are spy novels.