Hear 2015 Australian of the Year, Rosie Batty, as she reveals the grief, passion and purpose uncovered in her heartfelt memoir, A Mother's Story.

Hear beloved Australian author and poet Kate Llewellyn as she discusses her latest book, a collection of letters from her private correspondence with artists and writers with editors Ruth Bacchus and Barbara Hill.

Hear Robert Drewe, Australian author of the prize-winning memoirs The Shark Net and Montebello, as he presents a lecture exploring the complexity of writing a memoir. Hear about the literary, personal and public issues involved in writing this increasingly popular and often misunderstood art form.

Hear Nat Williams, James and Bettison Treasures Curator, explore the life of Sir Rex Nan Kivell (1898–1977), a man with a mysterious past who amassed an extraordinary collection acquired by the Library in 1959.

Acclaimed artist John Olsen AO, OBE, joined the Friends of the National Library of Australia for the launch of his book, My Salute to Five Bells. In conversation with Dr Deborah Hart, senior curator at the National Gallery of Australia, John Olsen discusses his journals which formed the basis for this book, his inspiration for the Five Bells mural and his long, illustrious career.

Whitlam is about to lose the federal election, and things will never be the same again.

Acclaimed writer Steven Carroll, winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award, Commonwealth Writers' Prize and Miles Franklin Award, discusses his latest novel with ABC radio presenter Louise Maher.

Forever Young is set against the tumultuous period of change and uncertainty that was Australia in 1977. Whitlam is about to lose the federal election, and things will never be the same again. Radicals have become conservatives, idealism is giving way to realism, relationships are falling apart, and Michael is finally coming to accept that he will never be a rock and roll musician.

Professor Emerita Michelle P. Brown explores the world of medieval illuminated manuscripts, their makers and readers, in the context of the famous Rothschild Prayer Book.

Widely published, Michelle Brown is Professor of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the University of London, and was previously Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts, British Library.

666 ABC’s Genevieve Jacobs talks with author Robyn Cadwallader about her passion for the medieval era and her debut novel, The Anchoress.

Set in England in the year AD 1255, The Anchoress tells the story of 17-year-old Sarah, who chooses to become a holy woman shut away in a tiny cell at the side of the village church. So begins an absorbing story of faith, desire, shame, fear and the deep human need for connection and touch.

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Bosch is back! And so is celebrated crime writer Michael Connelly.  "The finest crime writer working today" – Neil Cross, Spooks; Luther

Michael Connelly and Jeff Popple discuss the latest Hieronymus Bosch thriller — set in the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit. The case starts with a fresh body, a bullet that’s been lodged in the victim’s spine for a decade, and new leads revealing that the shooting may have been anything but random.

Frank Moorhouse, author of the beloved Edith trilogy, delivers the Australian Society of Authors’ 2015 Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture on the topic, 'Does the imagination have ethics?'.

A journalist, Colin Simpson is perhaps best remembered for his role in exposing the Ern Malley hoax of 1944. He wrote prolifically and was employed by the ABC to write travel documentaries. These led to a career as an author of many popular travel books, often about the North of Australia.

His work with the Australian Society of Authors was instrumental in securing Public Lending Right legislation for Australian authors. For his services to Australian literature, he was made OBE in 1981. The Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture commemorates his memory and his place in Australian literature.