Arts & Culture

It's taken a year to get from bright idea to a plan of action, but the new Coalition of Books is holding its inaugural meeting at the Booksellers Association Conference in Auckland this weekend. Audio

A celebration of song with artists as diverse as Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave and the King's Singers.  Video

Celebrated New Zealand writer Janet Frame's work has never been adapted for the stage. That's about to change with a play based on her iconic novel Owls Do Cry set to premiere in her childhood… Audio, Gallery

It's National Poetry day today and that means it's flash poem time. The entries will be judged by poet Erik Kennedy, author of Twenty-Six Factitions and There's No Place Like the Internet in… Audio

More than 70 youth from a low decile school area will no longer be able to access free after school music lessons and kai following a funding cancellation. Video

Fans of anime (and Japan) should seek out the new classic Weathering With You, says Dan Slevin. Video

Five top acts have made the shortlist for this year's APRA Silver Scroll Award, recognising excellence in songwriting: The Beths, Tiny Ruins, Aldous Harding, Benee, Avantdale Bowling Club. Kirsten… Audio

A central Auckland theatre is being renamed in honour of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as a permanent tribute to the soprano. Aotea Centre's ASB Theatre will become Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on November the 20th… Audio

The famed Ronnie Van Hout sculpture, "Quasi" - an enormous hand with a human face - has moved to Wellington, where it's aweing and terrifying locals. Former Christchurch Art Gallery curator Jenny… Audio

The old printing presses from the former Nelson Evening Mail, and others even older, have whirred back into life. The Armarie Room, which operates from Nelson's heritage park, Founders, is using the… Audio

Local streamers are still delivering strong product but the mouse is breathing down their neck, says Dan Slevin. Video

The connection between science and art is tested by Siouxsie Wiles, Rebecca Priestley, Huhana Smith and Anne Noble in conversation with Kim Hill. Audio

Victoriana gets a new twist in Gentleman Jack, says Dan Slevin. Video

Dr Lauren Rosewarne from the University of Melbourne has written a new book, Sex & Sexuality In Modern Screen Remakes which raises questions about how women are seen on screen now.  Audio

This week Owen Lindsay's calling home from Dublin, but his usual residence is in the Austrian capital of Vienna. He's the co-founder and director of Restless Ecstasy Theatre Company. Audio

A new exhibition at Wellington's City Gallery uses art to explore the many ways we're being eavesdropped on. The show examines the diverse technologies and contexts involved (including political… Audio

The Woodstock Festival took place between August 15 and 17 1969 attracting a crowd of over 400,000 people and wrote itself into the history of music. For Bobbi & Nick Ercoline Woodstock became a… Audio

The name Colin McCahon for many of us will raise images of huge text over sparse backdrops, but he was an artist of many colours and moods. 2019 is the centenary of the artist's birth and the McCahon… Audio

This month marks 100 years since one of New Zealand's most celebrated and significant artists, Colin McCahon, was born. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki has put together an exhibition to celebrate… Audio, Gallery