Booker winner Ben Okri talks about his latest book The Freedom Artist at Adelaide Writers Week and we explore the writer's room of Perth based Irish writer Dervla McTiernan.

Green Book isn't our cup of tea, the internet seems to finally be making an effort to be less of a trash place (and speaking of the web, our pals at The Signal take us somewhere weird) PLUS Bev tries to get her podcast mojo back.

Lauren Carroll Harris speaks to the creators of the ABC's bold new soap opera The Heights, in particular their aim for innovating the genre, and a lookback at the history of Australian soapies with academic Sue Turnbull. Jason Di Rosso speaks to director Gabrielle Brady about her documentary Island of the Hungry Ghosts and comedians Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney join us for our Top Shelf segment.

Ben Quilty on the defining moments of his career and the first major survey of his work - Quilty, Alana Holmberg on her National Photographic Portrait Prize-winning shot of her pregnant sister, the contents of Mirka Mora's studio up for auction in Arts News, and Janet Laurence on her 30-year career combining art and natural history, ahead of her major exhibition opening at the MCA.

Director John Tiffany and cast members talk Harry Potter and the Cursed Child — the theatrical phenomenon that has just opened in Melbourne's Princess Theatre, Lano and Woodley's Fly is their first show as a duo in 12 years, and as the Perth Festival enters its final week, Humphrey Bower breaks down the hits and misses of this year's program — Wendy Martin's last at the helm.

The Screen Show's Jason Di Rosso and Lauren Carroll Harris pair up with Stop Everything's Beverley Wang and Benjamin Law with a hot off the press Oscars special podcast. We break down the winners, the losers, the memorable speeches and how the hostless Academy Awards played out.

The Screen Show's Jason Di Rosso and Lauren Carroll Harris pair up with Stop Everything's Beverley Wang and Benjamin Law with a hot off the press Oscars special podcast. We break down the winners, the losers, the memorable speeches and how the hostless Academy Awards played out.

Authors Balli Kaur Jaswal, Markus Zusak and Amy Sackville compare notes on the writing process.

Get Krack!n's Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan - with the help of writer Jessica Walton - dedicate an episode of their distinktly inkompetent morning show to disability, Indigicon is coming to Australia so we speak to Lee Francis (founder of the US-based Indigicon) and Cienan Muir (director of the Australian Indigicon) PLUS Frozen 2, live-action Aladdin and some MAFS follow up.

Set on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, this debut novel alternates between contemporary and historical narratives.