We asked WOW's Competition Director Heather Palmer what keeps people coming back to the annual garment fiesta and what the strangest outfit submitted has been.

Everyone's talking about Chessie Henry's remarkable first book, We Can Make a Life, published by VUP earlier this month. We invited Chessie to share something of her reading life with ARTicle readers.

September is Aotearoa's first-ever New Zealand Theatre Month. To mark the occasion we're catching up with some of the country's best theatre makers – starting with Sophie Roberts from Silo Theatre.

Enter our draw for a chance to win a unique food and theatre experience at Circa Theatre on 17 August as part of Visa Wellington on a Plate.

Kerrin's latest poetry collection, Louder, is published this month by Victoria University Press.

Marnie is New Zealand Festival's new Creative Director, responsible for programming the 2020 New Zealand Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival, and other Festival events. We asked her to complete the famous Proust questionnaire.

Rachael is an award-winning writer and the author of Magpie Hall and The Sound of Butterflies. She's also the Programme Director of literary festival, WORD Christchurch (29 Aug - 2 Sept 2018).

The New Zealand International Film Festival will kick off in Auckland on 19 July with more than 150 films, before making its way down the country across July and August. Tim Wong discusses three themes running through this year's Festival.

Opera star and teacher Lisa Gasteen is the lead judge of the Lexus Song Quest 2018. We asked Lisa what qualities she will be looking for in the five young hopefuls, and if there was any upside to an unexpected break in her career.