Eden Hore kept cattle on his Central Otago farm – and ball gowns in his tractor shed.

The rights and wrongs about writing about another country - even if you are an expat.

Good ideas that make cities better: The cycleway on New York's Brooklyn Bridge.

Diversity in children's books is vital, writes Ataria Sharman

Auckland enters Red on December 3, Ryan. Red. All going well.

2021 - a year of great cookbooks

Give the gift of exquisite reading this festive season.

A round up of Canvas reviewers' picks of 2021

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch The Shrink Next Door.

"I'm just like a little cheeky monkey sometimes."

Good ideas that make cities better: San Francisco's Piano Flower Festival.

Dinner with a side of creative thinking? One last takeout before the great reopening.

Fifty years after their first publication, Hilma Wolitzer's remain as relevant as ever.

"Every platform has a strain of the plague right now."

"Covers. That's what originally draws me into any book."

Authentic ramen is an elaborate dish to cook, but simply soothing to eat

Steve Braunias farewells the left of the map.

'Lockdown dating' is an oxymoron.

A new exhibition at Auckland's art gallery explores nudity, homosexuality and repression.

Bright ideas that make cities better: the vertical forest in Milan.

A fascinating new book uses Auckland landscapes to reveal histories we don't always know.

'Working from home means every room holds a reminder of life before she left us.'

November marks the one-year anniversary for three women Cabinet ministers.

"A lot of the people we talked to genuinely love whales — but they love eating them too."

The music icon tells Karl Puschmann why big ideas power his new album.

A book challenging traditional notions of sex, gender and literature.

Meanwhile, in the adult world, chaos.

Steve Braunias spent six years tracking down New Zealand's music makers

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch The Rescue.