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Professor Leslie Howsham is an authority on the history of the book, which goes back much further than you might think. Audio

It's happy 25th Anniversary to Artspace in Auckland, we talk to two of its founders, Wystan Curnow and Mary-Louise Brown about why it broke new ground when it was opened and how it's moved with the… Audio

Jan Beiringer talks about her documentary Te Hono ki Aotearoa, which follows a Dutch museum's commissioning of a genuine Maori war canoe. It's a journey from Old Zealand to New Zealand and back again.

Artist Fiona Jack gets political and public with her new work, a large series of photographic portraits of Auckland port workers involved in the current industrial dispute. Audio

Jo Murphy's best loved poem, 'As I Walked Out One Evening', by W H Auden. Audio

We try to establish how the new look local councils will deal with the arts communities under the government's plan to scale back their 'cultural' responsibilities. We hear from a concerned festival… Audio

We meet the winner of the 2012 Adam New Zealand Play Award. Audio

Father and daughter designers Douglas and Rebecca Snelling are two of more than fifty designers who are taking over Auckland retail outlets so they can show what they're made of as part of Urbis… Audio

Our featured writer is debut novelist Sacha de Bazin, who's tried to set the record straight about Minnie Dean, remembered in the history books as a baby killer and the only woman to be executed in… Audio

Italian-American musician, Lorenzo Buhne settled in New Zealand with his wife Kedron Parker after a crazy life on the road with US punk band The Dickies. In a desire to discover more about his new… Audio

A new emergency fund has been launched for musicians - why is it needed and what constitutes an emergency? The fund will also help organisations using music in health and learning projects. Campbell… Audio

We find out why New Zealand's waited until now to set up its own Pops Orchestra, from one of the instigators, Will Martin, one of this country's big successes in the UK. Audio

Our first play - one that's been in the news with its revival after no one dared take it on for 20 years. Neil Wilson talks about the production that touched his life, Michael James Manaia. Audio

The honour of being invited to open London's season of staging international productions of every play by Shakespeare for the city's Cultural Olympiad doesn't come with enough money to get the New… Audio

Rona Cooper's exhibition Earthquake to Exquisite opens on Thursday at The Colombo in Sydenham. Audio

Askew One's exhibition, Smoke Signals, opens on Friday at Australis House in Auckland's Britomart. Audio

Victoria University Press publisher and the editor of the literary anthology SPORT, Fergus Barrowman looks back on almost a quarter of a century championing new New Zealand writing. The latest edition… Audio

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but its spiky brass creatures that are likely to hurt you. Sonia Sly meets with Invercargill-based artist Anna Claire to talk about her jewellery. Audio

One of the future stars of New Zealand composition, Alex Taylor is the 2012 composer in residence with the National Youth Orchestra.

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Since the Christchurch earthquakes first struck the city back in September 2010, Coralie Winn has looked for ways to keep up the spirits of those who've stayed, and give artists outlets in the arts… Audio

Sarah Gill from Hamilton explains what draws her to the work of painter, Peter Siddell. Audio

The film Boy broke all box office records when it was released in NZ two years ago. It was funny, it was serious at times - but above all, it was completely and utterly us. So how do you sell such a… Audio

A West Coast theatre company is performing a play about a fictional family who loses someone in the Pike River Mine disaster. Goodnight Irene opens at Dunedin's globe theatre this Thursday as part of… Audio

This multimillion dollar project has got the green light from the council despite the concerns of many ratepayers. We ask one of the councillors who've backed it and a former companion of the… Audio

Playwright Dr Angie Farrow whose theatre and radio plays have been a hit here and overseas, on the 10th anniversary of Palmerston North's Summer Shakespeare, which she set up and has continued to… Audio