Lynn Freeman
Listener's Pick
A movie adapted for the big screen by a playwright who adapted it from an LP Hartley novel - The Go-Between. Audio
Rachel Blau DuPlessis: Drafts
Visiting North American poet Rachel Blau DuPlessis who's on the verge of completing an epic poem she's been writing since 1986. Audio
Penguin Book Reviewer's Club
We find out about a pilot programme a publisher is trialling in Auckland, trying to encourage young people to review the books they read. Audio
Operatunity
The country's busiest touring company has helped many aspiring young singers to find an audience and a singing career and it's celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Audio
Auckland visual arts critic, T J McNamara
The life and times of the arts critic who's been reviewing for The Herald for 46 years. Audio
Christchurch Art Gallery update
With earthquake damage worse than first, gallery staff are thinking laterally, and this weekend sees the beginning of the Rolling Maul Exhibition. Director Jenny Harper gives us an update. Audio
Curator and artist Susan Wilson
Susan Wilson, who's become an authority on the works of British painter Lucian Freud. Audio
Chaplin's grandson's solo show one of Festival's must-see
The grandson of Charlie Chaplin and great grandson of playwright Eugene O'Neill has returned to the New Zealand International Arts Festival for a third time. Audio
International arts festival has musical lineup for final week
The New Zealand International Arts Festival is into its third and final week, with its musical lineup feeling like a mini-Womad. Audio
Work about repression, war caps offs dance at Festival
A work about power, repression and war by one of the UK's most in-demand choreographers, caps off the New Zealand International Arts Festival's challenging dance programme. Audio
Arts Festival
International shows and local theatre productions dominated the programme during the second weekend of the New Zealand International Arts Festival in Wellington. Audio
Chamber music group debuts at Arts Festival this weekend
Arts reporter Lynn Freeman has been to the I Musici Chamber Ensemble. Audio
Hand-picked productions kick off Festival of the Arts
Hand-picked productions from England, Brazil, Ireland, France and Aotearoa have kick started The New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington. Audio
New Zealand arts festival kicks off tonight in Wellington
It's not quite bigger than Ben Hur but it's close - with four opera singers, two choirs and the NZSO, a Stravinsky double bill is opening the New Zealand International Arts Festival tonight. Audio
Murray Lynch - Playmarket
Murray Lynch from Playmarket examines the reasons for a record year on the New Zealand stage. Audio
The winner of the Tui award for Folk Music, Amiria Grenell
Amelia talks about the two years that went into making Three Feathers, life on the road with a small child and being part of the remarkable Grenell music dynasty. Audio
Chapter & Verse
Madeleine Tobert a Scot now living in New Zealand who's created a remote Pacific Island on which to set her debut novel, The Sea on Our Skin, published by Hodder and Stoughton. Audio
First line of a novel
We announce the winners of our 'first line of a novel' competition. Audio
Michael James Manaia
Nathaniel Lees and young actor Te Kohe Tuhaka are in rehearsals for a new production of one of New Zealand theatre's genuine classics, Michael James Manaia. Jim Moriarty made the story of the… Audio
Event organiser Amanda Wright
Amanda Wright on her intriguing career which started went from DJing in India and across Europe to starting up the Splore music and art festival in the Hauraki Gulf. Her finely honed organisational… Audio