Blonde Redhead performed at Tāmaki Makaurau’s Hollywood Avondale venue over the weekend with locally based act Lucola in support: read our review and relive the set list.

Ah, those pesky in-between spaces! Katie Brown explores what might be hiding in them in this new feature, which has an accompanying playlist AND very cute t-shirt you can buy!

Rachel Soo Thow of The Lit List reviews Sophia Hembeck’s ‘Things I Have Loved’.

Writer and influencer Rachel Soo Thow of @thelitlist__ talks about the ups and downs of the ‘Bookstagram’ life.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Lit List reviews Siri Hustvedt’s ‘What I Loved’.

Auckland counsellor Annie Brown takes a look at the impact of Covid on the sense of self.

Katie Brown discusses the highs and lows of change… and Baby Groot.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Lit List reviews ‘What My Mother And I Don’t Talk About’, a collection of essays edited by Michele Filgate.

Zachary Pryor reviews Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Lit List reviews Saba Sams’ Send Nudes.

The Literature Affair’s Rachel Soo Thow reviews Haruki Murakami’s ‘1Q84’.

The Literature Affair’s Rachel Soo Thow reviews Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’.

Auckland’s Petra Benton launches new fashion brand Benton The Label.

The Literature Affair’s Rachel Soo Thow reviews David Sedaris’ ‘When You Are Engulfed in Flames’.

The Literature Affair’s Rachel Soo Thow reviews Sophie Mackintosh’s ‘Blue Ticket’.

The Literature Affair’s Rachel Soo Thow reviews Alex Garland’s ‘The Coma’.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Literature Affair reviews Lisa Taddeo’s ‘Three Women’.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Literature Affair reviews Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’.

The Literature Affair’s Rachel Soo Thow takes a magnify glass to life as a thirty-something who doesn’t quite tick the expected boxes.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Literature Affair reviews Dolly Alderton’s ‘Ghosts’.

Rachel Soo Thow reviews Victoria Hannan’s ‘Kokomo’.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Literature Affair reviews Olivia Laing’s ‘The Lonely City’.

This month’s edition of the Tuning Fork’s ‘Thursdays I’m In Love’ series sees WHO SHOT SCOTT, Lévyne and INDYAH take to the stage. Q&As within.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Literature Affair reviews An Yu’s ‘Braised Pork’.

A review of The Veils’ ‘Nux Vomica’ show at Auckland’s Powerstation.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Literature Affair reviews Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’.

Catch the first of The Tuning Fork’s new monthly showcase ‘Thursdays I’m in Love’, with Leaping Tiger, Lilly Carron and K M T P.

Rachel Soo Thow of The Literature Affair reviews Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Eileen’.