Mimi will be a guest at Writers & Readers in Wellington in March.

The Jac share some of the behind the scenes highlights from their recent trip to the Jarasum International Jazz Festival, the exciting finale to their 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival project.

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.

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.

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.

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.