Bees and wasp brains are about the size of a sesame seed. Despite this, these little insects are much more intelligent that...

It’s a story of snakes... or, perhaps, of something more sinister.

Largely invisible, a legion of cleaners move through the world in an indispensable daily act of service – “the endless...

This special 90-minute evening session marks the first joint appearance in their newly adopted country for writers, thinkers...

Blindness, the adaptation of Nobel Laureate José Saramago’s 1995 novel of the same name, written by Tony Award-winning...

Three exceptional writers join chair Paula Morris on screen, for a live-in venue audience, to talk about and readfrom their...

After fleeing from Iran in 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani became a political prisoner, detained...

In 1990 the seismic novel Once Were Warriors shone a spotlight on the Māori urban underclass; Alan Duff’s award-winning...

Much loved around the world for his writing prowess, his imagination and his advocacy for reading and libraries, a reviewer...

Walking can be both a physical and a mental undertaking – a time for gathering thoughts and centering ourselves.

Distinguished historian Dame Claudia Orange has dedicated a lifetime to the study of Aotearoa’s founding documents, ensuring...

Indigenous Studies scholar and author, Alice Te Punga Somerville, leads an examination of past, present and future...

Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s prize citation describes him as a writer “who, in novels of great emotional force, has...

Former Washington Post Beijing bureau chief and 2018 winner of Stanford University’s Shorenstein Journalism Award for...

As we face one of the urgent challenges of the time, four writers who have each addressed the question in their own creative...

A cultural figure of international renown, Ai Weiwei is an artist, activist, architect, curator and filmmaker who has said...

Award-winning photographer Jane Ussher is one of New Zealand’s most extraordinary and prodigious artists.  She speaks with...

Writing an honest and deeply personal memoir takes a certain degree of courage, and the journey can be fraught. Join these...