The duo Electric Fields join us to discuss their particular blend of electronic soul music, we hear about the latest Nobel Laureate for Literature winner, Japanese born English writer Kazuo Ishiguro, and a conversation with Miles Franklin award winning writer, Michelle de Kretser about her novel, The Life to Come.

The Australian premiere of new Joanna Murray-Smith play American Song - a timely one man play that explores gun violence, Adelaide circus troupe Gravity and Other Myths are investigating the idea of strength in their latest work Backbone for Melbourne Festival, British novelist Charlotte Hobson's Top Shelf and ABC Sound librarians James Lee and Michael Munson share their favourite vinyl tracks from the Aussie Club scene.

From the Big Banana to the Big Pineapple, what do we do with Australia's super-sized statues that are falling into disrepair? We meet American performer Taylor Mac whose 24-hour concert is headlining the Melbourne Festival and compare the film and book versions of Stephen King's IT.

Robyn Archer is back on stage with her show Que Reste T'il, award-winning author, poet and rapper

Omar Musa on his latest book of poems and Shaun Tan's picture book Rules of Summer adapted for the stage.

For this month's Murder Monday we speak with bestselling crime and thriller writer Harlan Coben, discuss crime fiction that is explicitly about the past or imbedded in the past and meet the protagonists of the novels of Scottish crime writer Denise Mina.

A special DIY program all about zines and art books with some useful tips as well as traps in the growing world of self publishing.

A conversation with British American writer Tracy Chevalier from the 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival.

"I've been cordially invited to join the visceral realists. I accepted, of course. There was no initiation ceremony. It was better that way." So begins Roberto Bolaño's epic, sprawling novel The Savage Detectives - this month's title in our Latin American Book Club.

A show dedicated to DIY art: zines, artist books and self-publishing.

We speak with artist Gareth Sansom, reflect on the legacy of Melbourne's La Mama theatre company, meet artist Frank Young, and head to Bankstown to meet the cast of the new Australian play To Be Honest.