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The cover of the Chris Knox biography called Not Given Lightly. It shows Chris Knox's face smiling in sepia tones. In the background is a Chris Knox comic.

When art is life: the exhaustive (and sometimes exhausting) Chris Knox biography, reviewed

Inside The Spinoff Event Guide frame is a photo of two actors on stage, dancing. The stage is washed in pink light.

Stitching for solidarity, Bookshop Day and Heartbreak Hotel: The Spinoff event guide

A photograph of the Hundertwasser Centre showing the building from an elevated vantage point. There is a fine sky above it.

Fun for all ages with circus, opera and zine-making in this week’s Spinoff event guide

The cover of No Good, a poetry collection by Sophie van Waardenberg. The cover is khaki green with pink lettering and an illustration of a slice of red apple with a fly on it.

‘Perfect, fully formed little morsels’: No Good by Sophie van Waardenberg, reviewed

Ash Davida Jane

Two book covers - two medical memoirs - side by side with a fuzzy photo of a hospital ward behind them.

The state of it: two new medical memoirs, reviewed

A photograph from the show Creation, Creation in the We the Young festival at Auckland Live.

Ngaio Marsh Awards, mending and a festival for the kids: The Spinoff event guide

Joy Cowley in the new documentary, Joy: Full & Fearless

We should all hope to live like Joy Cowley

Art and AI, Whanganui Lit and Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: The Spinoff event guide

Ten children's book covers arranged in two rows with a photo of tulips behind them.

The Unity Books children’s book review roundup for spring

The Spinoff Review of Books

The cover of Elizabeth Knox's Kings of this World with a background of a gothic looking building and sky behind it.

Review: Elizabeth Knox’s Kings of This World is both dangerous and dreamy