Miriama Smith is looking forward to helping Cupid, writes Elisabeth Easther.

The best of the weekend and beyond.

Exhibition pays homage to genius, writes Dionne Christian.

One was a victim, one a bully, but that doesn't mean that's all you are forever, as Norm Hewitt and Manu Bennett tell Siena Yates.

Elijah Wood talks to Chris Schulz about The Greasy Strangler, a weird festival entry.

It's nearly the end of the school holidays and you haven't been out of town? A mid-winter jaunt in Miranda is the perfect escape.

Mostly we see a terrified young man, staring down the barrel of an uncertain future. And six more hours spent transfixed on the couch.

Gustav Perle, son of a dead policeman and a bitter mother whom he loves despite her disaffection for him, is merely 5 as this story

Often the books we read cover the same subjects.

Singer/songwriter Anna van Riel pens an ode to her favourite spot.

The best of the weekend and beyond.

'I'd heard Americans were loud and brash but the Wisconsinites were quite the opposite. They spoke slowly and articulated everything carefully.'

Annie Proulx's new epic story stretches far and wide and south, writes Dionne Christian.

This hot love story from an American author, set on a freezing continent, has touches of New Zealand occasionally. The setting is

Written six years ago, the Israeli writer's novel is a disquieting mix of apocalyptic and quotidian, incongruous career jealousies in a time of national blood-letting.

At Britomart's Milse, the Bombe Alaska is so deliciously decadent that it formed part of one man's marriage proposal. "We've seen

A film's change of setting captured a priceless atmosphere.

The 80s crime-solver kid has moved on, writes Chris Schulz.

This is The Taming of the Shrew retold for more modern times.

Danyl, the protagonist, is back after a six-month absence caused by a misunderstanding with the justice system.

Justin Cronin's readers can't easily put him down, writes Dionne Christian.

A place that was a constant to me, growing up, was Lake Tarawera.

On a chilly, rainy day, it's tempting to escape to the baking heat of Australia.

Kate Beckinsale gets wicked in a Jane Austen screen debut, writes Helen Barlow.

Have you ever turned on the radio and wondered how on Earth these songs hit the airwaves, and who's to blame for it? Well here's the bad news: it's you.

It sounds almost too extraordinary to be true: a Kiwi advertising executive makes a pilgrimage across the byways of China, where tourists are rarely seen, and tracks down a long lost son of Mao Tse Tung.

Helen Brown enjoys Sylvia Patterson's memoir, I'm Not With the Band.

The best of the weekend and beyond.

Nick Dwyer fondly remembers growing up in Paihia.

Although he stands as one of Hollywood's most in-demand actors, Ray Donovan star Liev Schreiber has never really fit the mould of the modern leading man.