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Wellington theatre awards finalists named
The best in Wellington Theatre performance and craft will be recognised next month at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards.
Book Review: <i>Kehua!</i>
The book that has everything, Kehua! offers murder, adultery, incest (and plenty of it), redemption and ghosts.
Book Review: <i>The Hut Builder</i>
With this review I want to declare two biases. I am a big fan of Laurence Fearnley’s writing and particularly loved Edwin + Matilda.
New double act a rich read
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.
League: Tate's tears leave lasting image (+ video)
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.
Outside the box
Toni Jordan's novels resist convenient labels, but that's exactly how the ex-scientist likes it.
Heart-throbs and happy endings
There's more to writing a love story than one might think. Rebecca Barry meets aspiring and published authors of the booming romance genre.
Book lover: Tania Anderson
Tania Anderson is a member of gospel supergroup Jubilation Choir.
A novel approach
A professor nominates the 200 books that will teach you more than you will learn at University.
Book Review: <i>Quinine</i>
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.
From chasing the market to living his fantasy
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.
Celebration of Unitec's contemporary dance
A rare treat is on offer for dance aficionados this week.
Sharp entertainer
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.
Eden Park statue fails to score with rugby greats
Sporting legends have their doubts about the statue of Michael Jones commissioned for Eden Park.
Shrinking deadline for rugby sculpture
The famous 1987 image of Michael Jones is being immortalised in bronze by the daughter of the photographer who captured the original.
Inaugural scriptwriter awards handed out
Established names have lost out to new blood in some categories at the first ever New Zealand Scriptwriters Awards.