The Listener

All that he is: an interview with James Salter

Issue 3815 14th Jun 2013

Belatedly reclaimed as one of America’s great 20th-century novelists, the octogenarian writer proves a bit of a contrarian.

You won’t (forget about her). Catching up with Molly Ringwald

By Guy Somerset in Books

Issue 3814 11th Jun 2013

There is much more to Molly Ringwald than her teen-queen past in John Hughes movies.

Two minutes with: Antonia Prebble

By The Listener in Two Minutes With

Issue 3814 8th Jun 2013

Fresh from her role as the fragile Laura in Tennessee Williams’s A Glass Menagerie, the actress plays a wealthy woman who needs help in a big-screen adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novella Medicine Woman, set in 1920s New Zealand.

Shane Cotton: Painting the sky

By Anthony Byrt in Art

Issue 3814 6th Jun 2013

Shane Cotton hopes people will view him afresh after a book and exhibition that reveal a restless artist undoing his own practice in pursuit of new images and ideas.

Interview: The Killing's Mireille Enos

By Fiona Rae in Television

Issue Listener Plus 3rd Jun 2013

The American actress is back as Sarah Linden in the US version of the Danish series.

Dan Brown: The Devil’s in the detail

By Linley Boniface in Books

Issue 3812 27th May 2013

As his new book, Inferno, starts to fly off shelves, best-selling author Dan Brown talks about history, hell – and critics.

Young, gifted & on the right track

By Mark Broatch in Current Affairs

Issue 3811 17th May 2013

New Zealander Derek Handley, 35, who has launched two successful mobile technology start-ups, talks to Mark Broatch about breaking rules, learning hard lessons and giving Richard Branson a hand.