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In her own skin
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In her own skin
Award-winning New Zealand author Emily Perkins will visit the South this month to help launch the Queenstown Writers Festival programme.
Obituary: Evan Wright, writer
Obituary: Evan Wright, writer
On the edge author and journalist Evan Wright did not do things by halves.
Towards an authentic reo Māori
Towards an authentic reo Māori
Your computer won’t be heading off for a walk, if Te Aorangi Murphy-Fell can help it.
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Fresh perspective on an ordinary life
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Fresh perspective on an ordinary life
Last night it was announced writer Janet Frame’s papers will be inscribed in the Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand register. To celebrate the honour and what would have been Frame’s...
New book ‘a kind of satirical political pamphlet of poetry’
New book ‘a kind of satirical political pamphlet of poetry’
Former poet laureate David Eggleton, of Dunedin, holds a copy of his new book Mundungus Samizdat in front of a painting by his collaborator Alan Harold.
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Opening up the cupboards of history’s rural life
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Opening up the cupboards of history’s rural life
Having grown up on a small Gore farm, Dr Katie Cooper has an affinity for the rural lifestyle - so much so she has written a book tracing the history of NZ's rural kitchens from 1800-1940. She talks to Rebecca Fox.
Tekapo bookshop NZ’s best
Tekapo bookshop NZ’s best
Petronella’s Bookstore in Lake Tekapo is closing its latest chapter with the most satisfying of endings.
A better type of breakup
A better type of breakup
Fifteen years ago, writer and journalist Sarah Catherall was devastated when her marriage ended.
Obituary: Edna O’Brien, writer
Obituary: Edna O’Brien, writer
Booker Prize winner Anne Enright once called fellow author Edna O’Brien "the first Irish woman ever to have sex".
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’Brook test stands out for wrong reasons
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’Brook test stands out for wrong reasons
All Blacks great Sam Whitelock is the latest rugby player to release an autobiography. In this extract, he reflects on one of his early tests at Carisbrook.
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Forming ties through words
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Forming ties through words
Peace, identity and belonging are the central themes of all Mikaela Nyman’s work no matter what language she is writing in.
They shall not pass
They shall not pass
A new book by Mark Derby tells the remarkable story of Cromwell-raised surgeon Doug Jolly.
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NZ art-making through a female lens
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NZ art-making through a female lens
Art historian, curator and writer Dr Kirsty Baker has shone the spotlight on art-making in NZ through 35 diverse female artists in her new book Sight Lines.
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New book tells story of pioneering war-time surgeon
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New book tells story of pioneering war-time surgeon
He is revered by military medics but few in Douglas Jolly’s hometown of Cromwell would recognise his name.
Novel interesting view of Victorian Dunedin
Novel interesting view of Victorian Dunedin
The house of the title is real, an Otago Peninsula property where the author of this historical novel once lived.
Obituary: Shirley Conran, author
Obituary: Shirley Conran, author
Dame Shirley Conran famously said that life was too short to stuff a mushroom, and the English designer, writer and entrepreneur packed plenty into her 91 years.
Dreaming of a happy retirement? Make a plan
Dreaming of a happy retirement? Make a plan
How much thought have you given to what retirement might look like and how you'll fill those freed-up days?
Mission fulfilled to publish brother’s poetry
Mission fulfilled to publish brother’s poetry
After her younger brother’s sudden death, a Dunedin woman made it her mission to share his poems with the world.
Obituary: Paul Auster, author
Obituary: Paul Auster, author
Prolific US author Paul Auster was revered for his inventive writing for print and screen.
Obituary: master wordsmith won it all
Obituary: master wordsmith won it all
To call Sir Vincent O’Sullivan a writer would be selling his career very short. He was arguably the country’s foremost literary polymath.
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