'The Brokenwood Mysteries: Series 5': Next time you're in the mood for a little murder take a trip to scenic New Zealand. You won't regret it.

'Mystery Road is a brilliant piece of television combining a great noir police procedural with intelligent and subtle social commentary.

'Songs of Our Native Daughters' from Our Native Daughters is as rich and textured, and fraught with violence and emotional turmoil, as the history of Africans in the West.

Willie Nile was live in Kingston Ontario February 16 2019: If you have the chance, anytime anywhere, go see him - you won't regret it.

It's not often a TV show comes along which is both intelligent, funny and beautifully filmed, but '800 Words Season 3' is a great example of this in action.

'Matter of Malice by Thomas King is funny, wise and sad all at the same time. A lovely book and a joy to read.

8-Bit Heroes first album, 'Try Blowing In It', is pure pop punk alchemy that will make you feel better about contemporary music.

'Picnic At Hanging Rock' is one of the most compelling and intriguing mini series on television, a visual and intellectual treat.

'Revolutionary Threads' by Bobby Sullivan undermines its own attempts at revealing some historical truths with its use of questionable source material.

'The Al Purdy Songbook' proves once and for all that poetry in the right hands is relevant to everyone and anyone.