We remember John Berger, the author, art critic and television presenter who died this January at 90; then we meet novelist and US Young People's Poet Laureate Jacqueline Woodson; and Andrew West on the Art Of Songwriting.

Leah Purcell takes out the Victorian prize for literature, we hear about gay icon Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, whose life is explored in the play I Am My Own Wife, and head to ACCA for Sovereignty - an exhibition of Indigenous art from South East Australia.

The Invention of Angela Carter. Twelfth Night under the stars. Top Shelf: Heather Rose. Top Ten: most commonly mispronounced author's names.

Michael Chabon's Moonglow. Cuts to arts funding feared under President Trump. Victorian Opera's 'Tis Pity with Meow Meow.

We revisit the best stories from the past week of Books and Arts. Ben Quilty takes us inside an exhibition of more than 100 paintings by Myuran Sukumaran, the Bali Nine drug smuggler who was executed in Indonesia in 2015; Egyptian mummies on display at the Powerhouse; and bestselling US writer Jodi Picoult on the novel that made her want to be a writer.

We tackle racism with Indigenous artist Vernon Ah Kee's new show, explore whether graffiti is art or vandalism and travel to the 'Concerto Grotto' in the Faroe Islands.

On Australia Day, we bring you a very personal conversation with Magda Szubanski and George Megalogenis about the post-war migration that shaped modern Australia.

We delve into a theatre production inspired by a decade of recorded personal conversations, find out what common Shakespearean phrases like 'one fell swoop' actually mean, and visit an exhibition from the British Museum on ancient Egyptian mummies.

The life of Dymphna Clark. The Encounter performs sound and photography in the Amazon. The video art of Soda_Jerk. Nursery rhyme meanings debunked.

Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary. Myuran Sukumaran: Another Day in Paradise. An olfactory portrait of Sydney. Top Shelf: Kristel Thornell.