American author Ian Tregillis has written two speculative history trilogies, and will be part of the 2018 Writers and Readers Festival in Wellington in March.

We asked writer, musician and RNZ host Nick Bollinger to share the live music acts he’s most looking forward to at the 2018 New Zealand Festival.

Acclaimed choreographer Michael Parmenter opened up a rehearsal for his new dance opera OrphEus to selected media last week. Photographer John McDermott captured the work in progress.

Described as “the best poet in Adelaide”, Mike Ladd has published eight collections of poetry and prose. His most recent book is Invisible Mending. Mike will be a guest of 2018 Writers & Readers in March.

As Kazuo Ishiguro becomes the latest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Marco Sonzogni reflects on the world's most esteemed literary prize, and uncovers an unexpected New Zealand connection along the way.

As the 2017 recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, Kate traveled to Menton in the south of France in April where she is spending seven months writing at Villa Isola Bella.

Double Denim, in partnership with the New Zealand Festival, is inviting 50 creatives to be a part of the spectacular 2018 Festival opening A Waka Odyssey, through a unique Content Creation Sprint.

Director Eleanor Bishop and actors Karin McCracken and Julia Croft lift the veil on the inspiration behind their sexy, often subversive new play Body Double, which runs at BATS this month.

James Brown’s poems have been widely published in Aotearoa and abroad. His most recent collection is Floods Another Chamber (VUP). Here he sheds light on his reading life.