The Spinoff Essay showcases the best essayists in Aotearoa, on topics big and small. Made possible by the generous support of ...

But the colonial history and ecological significance of the country in Central Africa is getting the spotlight in a new ...

Reading, writes Edwina Preston, is a way of journeying on the wings of others without moving from the armchair (or bed). Here ...

This essay is part of Companion Fare, a series of personal stories about traveling with loved ones.

Bijal Vachharajani, a prolific author and advocate for nature, curates an anthology to inspire children to love and protect ...

This, then, also begs us to ask the following question: what is the value of a tree? Is it the timber it provides, the carbon it absorbs or the peace it brings to someone sitting beneath its shade?

There is something perfectly unclassifiable about the Austrian writer Karl-Markus Gauß’s new book In the Forest of Metropoles ...

News is hosting its third annual holiday memories essay contest. Contest winners and honorable mentions will have their stories featured in the Dec. 26 issue of Lakeshore Weekly ...

Four National Award-winning sound recordist turned indie filmmaker Lipika Singh Darai on the making of her latest epistolary ...

A 57-year-old spent $163,000 on his Altadena home in 1996 and renovated it over the years. The LA fires destroyed it as he ...

Igor Bezinović’s hybrid documentary “Fiume o morte!” was awarded the Tiger Award, the top prize of the International Film Festival Rotterdam worth €40,000, on Friday evening. Bezinović’s film captures ...