Sara Wiseman stars in a string of successful TV shows, now she's going back to the start.

US composer Copland's symphonic masterpiece is gloriously restored, writes William Dart.

In town this week, author Elizabeth Kostova shares the secrets of her bookshelves.

Annabel Gooder rounds up the latest sci-fi and fantasy books for our short takes column.

Organisers of National Poetry Day think it's time for the All Blacks to have a team poet.

A new exhibition will tell the stories of our brave medical pioneers, including patients.

What would you have done? Play asks tough questions, says actress Elizabeth Hawthorne.

One of our great cultural chroniclers is now on a musical mission

Matilda - The Musical means a family reunion for one of its star and NZ opera boss.

Short takes - top reads for Kiwi teens reviewed by Graham Hepburn

Short takes - kids chapter books reviews the latest junior fiction.

NZ's worst road accident to be remembered in a play that finds grief still raw 54 years on

The City of Secret Rivers is intelligent, engaging and simply delightful.

Peter O'Connor teaches theatre in prisons, psychiatric hospitals and dementia wards.

Brian Falkner's Machines of War is a gripping read with equal parts fact and fiction.

Brilliant steampunk adventure a worthy successor to Harry Potter, says Dionne Christian.

NZ children are spoiled for choice when it comes to great local books, say award judges.

APO percussionist Eric Renick hits all the right notes, writes William Dart.

Artist Shannon Te Ao talks about work commissioned for the Edinburgh Arts Festival.

Virtuoso violinist Karen Gomyo says open your heart and mind for the next NZSO concerts.

Show is a winner despite unlikely political theme, writes Paul Simei-Barton.

Meet the celebrity actress who refused to bow to norms.

It's New Zealand history in a way you've never seen it before.

Auckland ballet fans will be the first outside of the UK to see epic production of Giselle

Old Tricks New Dogs breathes new life into a dance show, writers Raewyn Whyte.

The painting of Sir John Logan Campbell has never been seen in public till now.

William Dart finds himself longing for the Kronos Quartet to channel Jimi Hendrix.

More than 5000 people have signed the petition calling for effective sex education

Atmospheric APO concert the next best thing to being in the Baroque, writes William Dart.

Billy T James was a brilliant entertainer who also felt like a family friend, fan says