Academic and writer Jacqueline Rose on why it’s time for a scandalous, untamed feminism, in conversation at the Sydney Writers' Festival.

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Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music. Dark Mofo and the sounds of silence. Ancient Rain: Paul Kelly and Camille O'Sullivan. The Museum of Everything. Death Mask by Brigita Ozolins.

Literary superstar Arundhati Roy joins us to discuss her highly anticipated second novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, we take a look at Good Little Soldier, a new work that combines dance and drama to explore the impact of PTSD, and speak to American author Hannah Tinti about her recent novel The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley.

Jazz pianist and composer Carla Bley shares her life story, Saxophonist Mirko Guerrini and drummer Carlo Canevali paint a sound portrait of Michael Cathcart and director Simon Phillips on the MTC's Macbeth.

Treading contentious histories onstage with Jewish and Palestinian playwrights; bestselling children's author Kate di Camillo and her great laugh; reviewing the last SF titles; and what's on the top shelf of rural romance writer Fiona Lowe.

The biographical music show James Taylor Bittersweet and Low, US novelist Elizabeth Strout on her latest book Anything is Possible, restoring the portrait of Australian politician Sir Thomas Bent and Ali Cobby Eckerman with her Top Shelf.

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We preview 2017 Archibald winner Louise Heraman's eerie, dreamlike paintings ahead of the opening of her latest exhibition at Brisbane's QUT Museum, speak to Delia Olam who channels a 19th century Persian poet and feminist at the Denmark Festival of Voice, veteran actors Nancye Hayes, and Sue Jones join us to discuss Lally Katz's latest play Minnie and Liraz set in the Autumn Road retirement village, and profoundly deaf dancer Anna Seymour challenges how you think about sound.

We speak with Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar about his work The Sound of Silence, meet authors Nadeem Aslam and Lauren Child, and journey beyond the Vinyl Frontier with songs made on the electric organ.