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Expat Stephen Daisley redefines heroism and traitors in his debut novel 'Traitor', set both in New Zealand and in Gallipoli during World War One, and published by Text Publishing. Audio

Four of the artists and writers who've been paired up on blind dates to create work for an exhibition called Metonomy. Audio

The Indian Ink Company goes back to how they started in the 1990s, with a solo show for star Jacob Rajan as The Guru of Chai. Audio

Tim Prebble has collaborated on three NZ Films all of which are up for a number of awards, including best sound at this year's Qantas Film and Television Awards. Sonia Yee discovers Tim is a man who… Audio

Axis is an an online resource for contemporary art. We find out how British arts groups are taking on the new coalition government over its slashing and burning of arts funding. Audio

The director of that 'beautiful friendship', the 1942 film Casablanca, Michael Curtiz has his own love story told in a new play written by his Kiwi granddaughter. Audio

Nick Butcher finds out about the intricate art of silent movie piano playing with pianist David Beattie Audio

British writer Kathleen Jones, author of a substantial biography about Katherine Mansfield, feels many past writers have misrepresented both Katherine and her husband John Middleton Murray. Audio

Julie Hill ventures into a writer's workshop at The Creative Hub in Auckland. Audio

Sonia Yee chats to Christchurch Free Theatre stalwart, George Parker Audio

Holland-born New Zealander Hedda Oosterhoff is a violinist, opera lover, architect and designer - so she's found the perfect career in designing opera sets. She's won a scholarship that will see her… Audio

As eBooks gain more traction with readers, what is the future for bookshops? We talk to an American who's helping bookshops across the States cope with this bold challenger to paperbacks. Audio

Following months of upheavals at Auckland Museum, staff get to concentrate on one of its most ambitious projects yet. Audio

An interview with one of the big winners at the New Zealand Post Book AwardsAn interview with one of the big winners at the New Zealand Post Book Awards Audio

A chat with artist, environmentalist and mountain climber Dean Buchanan, one of the first artists to be interviewed for a series on Jam Radio's cultural icons series. Audio

Ben Sanders is only 20 and he's just published his first book with a big publishing house. Audio

'Stunning Debut of the Repairing of a Life' is a name given to the collection of work posthumously published, after winning the 2009 Kathleen Grattan award for Poetry. Lynn talks to Leigh's widow… Audio

Poly-amory and nanotechnology are both explored in Eros, the first play by Auckland-based writer Caroline Lark. Audio

Sonia Yee visits the weekely art workshop at Mary Potter Hospice in Kapiti, and also their exhibition Filght of Fancy which is currently on at the Roderick and Gillian Deane Art Space at Paraparaumu… Audio

We continue our occasional series on creative families by bringing together his silversmith/sculpture wife Tanya Ashken and their sons Tony and Cameron. Audio

The Auckland Theatre Company's search for a permanent home may have come a step closer. Audio

Jane Zusters, Michael O'Donnell and Ian Hamlin talk to Lynn about the Artists as Activists exhibition, on now at the NZ Academy of Fine Arts. Audio

The New Zealand String Quartet are on the road for the 9th year, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Schumann and his ultra-romantic music. Audio

I could have Sworn I: New Zealand Artists Abroad has just opened at the Daire Sanat Gallery in Istanbul. Audio

Lily Richards, Mark Broatch ad Emily Perkins. The Sunday Star Times and the The Long and Short of It short story writing competitions are still open. Audio