Two of the winners of the PM's Literary Awards, Lisa Gorton and Meg McKinlay, chat about their prize-winning books; classical group anon. want to change the way that we look at music; La Runduma by Wa Ode Wulan Ratna tells the unsettling story of Johra, a young woman who is forced to take part in a traditional ritual after a superstition calls her virginity into question; acclaimed American artist Nick Cave is bringing his first major work to Australia, HEARD-SYD.

Creative Accounting. Richard Roxburgh. Defining Australian classics.

Classical music collaborators anon. want to change how we look at music; Meg Rosoff selects her Top Shelf; American artist Nick Cave on his first major work in Australia; and two of Australia's best writers talk about the best Australian writing.

Two winners from the PM's Literary Awards, Meg McKinlay and Lisa Gorton, discuss their books; Art celebrates the Taronga Park Zoo; Kristel Thornell on the real-life mystery of Agatha Christie; and Jefferey Renard Allen on The Song of the Shank.

Artistic responses to the US election, Hannah Kent's second novel The Good People, and another in our series of short stories from Indonesia.

On the Origin of Art is a new exhibition at Hobart's MONA, Maria Semple on her novel Today Will Be Different and The Turquoise Elephant, an award-winning absurdist theatre piece at Griffin Theatre.

Today on the Best of Books and Arts, a one woman show inspired by the freak show performer from the early 20th century; the third story in our Indonesian short story anthology, Crossing Boundaries; journalist and writer Caroline Baum reviews the Setouchi Triennale of contemporary art in Japan; and we journey beyond the Vinyl Frontier.

Join Michael Cathcart and guests to reveal the role of the nude in art.

We hear about a new exhibition of war art from WWI, review the Setouchi Triennale of contemporary art, and chat to Tom Keneally about his latest book, Crimes of the Father.

We chat to circus performer and disability activist Sarah Houbolt, hear the latest tale in RN's anthology of Indonesian short stories, Crossing Boundaries, and chat to Irish bestselling author Sebastian Barry.