Russian-American journalist and author Masha Gessen believes Donald Trump is a threat to democracy

George Saunders' first novel Lincoln in the Bardo centres around the grief that haunted Abraham Lincoln (R)

Sean Dooley is a twitcher, recording the lives of birds like the Godwit, which flies from Alaska to New Zealand without stopping

Capturing the sounds of wildlife, natural phenomena and secret worlds

Richard Flanagan recounts a strange chapter from early in his writing career

How police officer Allan Sparkes became one of Australia's most highly decorated people (R)

The second of two episodes on Hugh Riminton's adventurous life in news reporting

The first of two episodes on Hugh Riminton’s adventurous life in news reporting  

Lily Bailey spent years making lists of 400 things she'd done wrong each day (R)

Anita Link experienced her first major psychotic episode shortly after the birth of her first child (R)