The best in Wellington Theatre performance and craft will be recognised next month at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards.

The book that has everything, Kehua! offers murder, adultery, incest (and plenty of it), redemption and ghosts.

With this review I want to declare two biases. I am a big fan of Laurence Fearnley’s writing and particularly loved Edwin + Matilda.

Simon Rich published his first short story collection three years ago. Now, aged just 26, his first novel has won critical acclaim. He talks to Stephen Jewell.

Despite Benji Marshall's match winning antics it's the images of a crying Brent Tate that may be most remembered after the Four Nations final.

Toni Jordan's novels resist convenient labels, but that's exactly how the ex-scientist likes it.

A professor nominates the 200 books that will teach you more than you will learn at University.

In her new book, award-winning novelist Kelly Ana Morey has created a world out of research, imagination and a touch of personal experience that captivates and disturbs.

A rare treat is on offer for dance aficionados this week.

Fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson tells David Larsen how a dragon on a book cover lured him back to reading and changed the path of his life.

From the Sharpe books to Arthurian sagas, the prolific output of Bernard Cornwell has topped best-seller lists around the world. The secret is in the plot, he tells Robert McCrum.

Sporting legends have their doubts about the statue of Michael Jones commissioned for Eden Park.

The famous 1987 image of Michael Jones is being immortalised in bronze by the daughter of the photographer who captured the original.

Established names have lost out to new blood in some categories at the first ever New Zealand Scriptwriters Awards.

Scriptwriters from television, film and theatre will be honoured this Wednesday at the New Zealand Scriptwriters Awards.