On The Up: Kerikeri writer Irene Gottlieb named International Author of the Year finalist
“It was just a hobby. I had a knack for it, but I’d never written creatively before. “Things…
East Clare writer’s debut novel, The Notion of Words, wins major international literary prize
East Clare writer Eileen Donnellan has been selected as one of just twelve winners of the Irish Writers…
Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan’s A Guide to Rocks takes top children’s book prize
“Seeing Finn now, as this young boy who’s so expressive and beautiful and open and sensitive and just…
Solo cruising in Southeast Asia: How one traveller made friends
Seeing more of Asia has been on my bucket list for some time, so I finally make it…
Annabel Langbein on life in France, wildfires and Sir Sam Neill
Her mother baked. She watched. Annabel Langbein, the free-range cook, loved watching her mother bake when she was…
Family cruises that teens actually enjoy: Why Legend of the Seas works
So, being a teen, I boarded Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Legend of the Seas, I was convinced I…
$250K down, Luke Bateman reveals how he survived a ‘shameful’ gambling addiction
During his darkest chapter, things would go missing from Luke Bateman’s apartment. “My partner would come home from…
From White Lotus to Stories About My Body: Morgana O’Reilly heads to Hamilton
After becoming a parent, O’Reilly said she lost confidence in her writing and questioned whether she should tell…
Three weeks of banh mi bliss: Vietnam’s best sandwich rated
Ornate temples offered a break from Ho Chi Minh’s chaos. Photo / Unsplash The more popular joint for…
Five art movements that shaped New Zealand’s modern painters
The seeds of abstraction In the late 1860s in Paris, a spirited group of painters, fed up with…
Rotorua thriller writer Zoe Rankin sells more than 20,000 copies of her debut novel, The Vanishing Place
The novel was number one on the New Zealand fiction charts and held the top spot for six…
I’m an NZ travel writer. Adelaide made me want to move to Australia
Stone is one of Australia’s most celebrated chefs, now turned Adelaide Hills winemaker with the launch of his…