Hannah Kent, the acclaimed author of Burial Rites and The Good People, joins Backstory to chat about Devotion, her new novel, with fill-in presenter Elsie Lange. Devotion is a story of…

It's been a rough two years. Climate disasters, a global pandemic and political turmoil everywhere you turn. But Christos Tsiolkas returns with another novel to remind us to seek beauty amid doom. Joining…

“We are all OK. Australia is great. Australia is great as it is and it can remain the way it is now forever after into the future.” This is the message Australia's Prime…

Cultivating creativity often seems like a daunting – if not impossible – task. Charlotte Wood, multi-award winning novelist, joins Breakfasters to discuss how to adopt a creative life. Charlotte’s latest book, The Luminous…

From a child to a teenager to an adult, Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s latest novel The Other Half of You completes his three coming-of-age novels, largely inspired by his own experience growing up as…

Overland co-editor Evelyn Araluen joins Beth AQ on The Glasshouse to talk about the literary journal's recently launched Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature. 

Honouring the late Wiradjuri writer, teacher and advocate for First…

Alice Pung’s latest novel, One Hundred Days, is a mother–daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control. The award-winning author joins Beth AQ on The Glasshouse to discuss the novel, how the…

Curiouser Magazine is a new literary journal that focuses on the paranormal and is fantastical with an emphasis on magical realism. Founder and Editor-in-Chief Thomas Bailey joins Beth AQ to chat about the…

Comedian Matt Okine talks about his debut novel ‘Being Black ‘n Chicken, & Chips’, and its adaptation for a younger audience; and visual artist Tai Snaith chats about her exhibition ‘A World of…

An elegy is a poem of reflection, often lamenting the dead. Anwen Crawford says her latest book – an elegy – is “trying to make up for an absence that can’t be, well…