Lynn Freeman

The usual sign of a book's success is when the movie rights get sold. But often that's when the real hard work begins. Turning a novel into a film is difficult - as Steven Spielberg says, the two… Audio

Ex detective Ian Austin has written a novel featuring - an ex detective called Dan Calder. These days Ian runs an Auckland training business, but back in the day he served as a tactical firearms… Audio

Art classes offered to Auckland's Inner city 'rough sleepers' have produced work that's so revealing, it's found a home in an art gallery. For many homeless, expressing themselves in paint, clay or… Audio

Gordon Tovey was a man on a mission to encourage Kiwi kids to express themselves through art and imagination. His ideas and his legacy are examined in Luit Bieringa's new documentary, The heART of the… Audio

There's a new playground for sonic artists and composers who want to experiment with more than conventional musical instruments - the 'sound dome'. Auckland University's Dr John Coulter and Multimedia… Audio

Journalist-turned-screenwriter and novellist Debra Daley has set her third book The Revelations of Carey Ravine in the midst of 1770s buccaneering London society. The Bay of Plenty-based writer has… Audio

Can art make a difference? Hell, can it change the world? Should art make us feel uncomfortable, make us think, make us ask questions? Audio

Copenhagen is regularly acclaimed as one of the world's "most liveable" cities. So just how have designers made it work so well and can we steal any of their ideas? Rasmus Frisk started up Copenhagen… Audio

In its hundreds of thousands of pages published over 175 years, the New Zealand Gazette contains unexplored treasures for historians and genealogists. Amongst the official Government notices and… Audio

Performer and academic Marianne Schultz looks at how Maori extravaganzas - both here and overseas - helped to shape New Zealand's identity in her new book, Performing Indigenous culture on stage and… Audio

Crime stories regularly dominate what the news media offer us, as well as TV , movies, and most of all, bookshelves full of crime stories. But writer Fiona Sussman takes a step back in her new novel… Audio

Irish writer-director John Carney sprang to fame in 2007 with the surprise hit movie Once, about two struggling musicians in Dublin. He hit again with the more star-studded Begin again. Now he's back… Audio

Creating a synthesiser with potatoes as the main ingredient is one of the recent challenges jazz composer, bass-player and sound designer Tom Dennison set himself. Audio

Twenty years ago Jason Te Kare was a nervous new actor making his debut in Hone Kouka's play, Waiora - Te-u-ko-pai. Also in the cast was the hugely experienced Rawiri Paratene. Fast forward to now and… Audio

One of New Zealand's artistic family dynasties is about to showcase the work of three generations of painters, printmakers, sculptors, photographers, architects and jewellers. In all, 10 members of… Audio, Gallery