Melbourne-based author Troy Hunter joins Jono to discuss writing queer and teenage perspectives within the crime genre, the enduring influence of Agatha Christie, and his new YA crime novel Gus and the Burning Stones.

He’s followed by Michael Burge, whose new rural noir Dirt Trap examines homophobia, justice, and institutional failure in regional Australia, and Jack Ball, winner of the 2025 Ramsay Art Prize, who speaks about exploring trans histories and queer intimacy through photography, collage, and sculptural installation.